EB80 | 80 East Berkeley | South End

stick n move said:
Looking at equilibrias post didnt it actually gain a floor? The approved building is on the left and the proposed is on the right.
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The approved one has 11 plus the mechanical crown. The proposed one is the project change, which has 10 plus the mechanical crown. It's easiest to spot the difference in the darker cladding.
 
Area finally fenced off; entry gate on Washington street. No demo of the auto shop yet.
 

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Construction Set to Begin for South End Lab Project​

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“A permit valued at $142,319,900.00 has been pulled to begin construction of a 10-story life science building at 80 East Berkeley Street in the South End. Plans for an office project on the site were approved in 2013 but never realized. In January 2022 the development team proposed changes to include lab space. The new building will include roughly 300,000 square feet of state-of-the-art lab space with 200 parking spaces.”

https://www.bldup.com/posts/construction-set-to-begin-for-south-end-lab-project
 
cburns said:
Trees came down on this site today (passed by around noon) and there were two excavators onsite!
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Right now seemingly only pavement being removed. Word was the gas station building to come down.
 
Some history of this site:

17th-18th Centuries

This was originally at or near the thinnest point of the Neck connecting Boston and Roxbury. Soon after the foundation of Boston in 1630 a fortification was established at this location to protect the nascent town. In 1710 a second fortification was built to replace the decayed original works, and in 1774 the occupying British Army expanded this defensive line, creating a moat that effectively turned Boston into an island at high tide.


(1722)


(1775)


19th Century

Following the filling in of the South End in the first half of the 19th century, this site was built up with a number of 3 1/2 - 4 1/2 story flat-front and bowfront rowhouses. On the corner of Washington and Dover streets stood a piano manufactory. Despite the otherwise respectable construction here, the north side of this location faced a much more modest line of wooden residencex on the opposing side of Garland Street.




(Washington Street, looking north from Dover Street)


(Washington Street, looking south towards Dover Street)


(North side of Garland Street, facing the site)


Construction of the El

In 1901, the Washington Street Elevated commenced operations. Dover Street station was directly adjacent to this site.


(Washington Street, looking north from Dover Street)


(Washington Street, looking south towards Dover Street)


(Dover Street from just east of Washington Street, looking west)


Mid-20th Century

By the 1950s, Dover Street was an infamous skid row, noted for its seedy reputation as a hotspot for crime and violence.


(Dover Street, looking west from Washington Street)


(North side of Dover Street)


(North side of Dover Street; Dover St. Station in background)


(Shamwut Avenue, looking north from Dover Street)


Urban Renewal

During the 1950s-60s, the area was completely transformed, with the New York Streets and Castle Square projects fundamentally changing the character of the neighborhood. Even Dover Street disappeared, being renamed East Berkeley Street in an attempt to memory-hole its past bad reputation.


(Area in 1955)


(Same area in 1969)


Today

A former car shop now occupies the site.


(From Shawmut Avenue)




Future

 
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