The Hub on Causeway (née TD Garden Towers) | 80 Causeway Street | West End

I think he was more commenting on the steel being at a higher level on the office side than the residential even though that is where the core is and will be the main focus at first.
 
citylover94 said:
I think he was more commenting on the steel being at a higher level on the office side than the residential even though that is where the core is and will be the main focus at first.
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I was actually commenting on both because I missed the comment where there would only be 1 core. So does that mean the office tower side is going to be built more like Avalon North Station? How common is it for buildings to not have concrete cores?
 
DZH22 said:
I was actually commenting on both because I missed the comment where there would only be 1 core. So does that mean the office tower side is going to be built more like Avalon North Station? How common is it for buildings to not have concrete cores?
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I can't say how common it is, but I've seen it before. Someone did mention upthread that use of this design would make it much easier to cap the podium, since Phase III will be constructed at a later date (aka - you may never see it...sorry, cynicism got the best of me there).
 
Watching steel rise on the right side is straightforward–since it's just the podium; a continuous 5 or 6, then 7 levels from the left side to the right side. The left side will eventually catch up.
 
Money said:
I can't say how common it is, but I've seen it before. Someone did mention upthread that use of this design would make it much easier to cap the podium, since Phase III will be constructed at a later date (aka - you may never see it...sorry, cynicism got the best of me there).
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We're currently working on one of the upcoming North point buildings. The plan is to do a steel core as well. The rationale is that there is so much concrete construction going on in the city, that it will be more cost effective to go steel.
 
DZH22 said:
The residential core continues to grow but there's no progress there beyond the core. The office tower's podium is well underway. It's starting to look like 2 separate sites in 1 giant hole!

I also think the very middle will be a connection between the two and won't have a core.

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Correct. See this post again for reference:

dshoost88 said:
Here's the site plan for reference. The white square above Arclight and below Residential lobby in this plan is the concrete core we see rising at the moment.

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This construction photo showing the shiny steel layed horizontally at ground level in the rough center of the photo is more or less where the new plaza and entrance into North Station/TD Garden is going to be.

HubOnCauseway8.15.17 by Derek Shooster, on Flickr
 
Maybe this was in the plans and I missed it, but this extends significantly farther out toward lovejoy than I thought. Steel is now covering the garage entrance, flush with the pedestrian passageway.
 
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Curious, how would a project like this handle water? I am referring to melting snow and even rain that gets between the Garden wall of the wall of the podium.
 
mass88 said:
Curious, how would a project like this handle water? I am referring to melting snow and even rain that gets between the Garden wall of the wall of the podium.
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Any gap (very minor, just any minor tolerances between the Hub's structure & the Garden's existing party wall) between the Garden & Hub on Causeway will be covered by an expansion joint with waterproof flashing at the roof of the podium. The water that falls on the plan-north face will shed onto the podium roof itself and be handled by the podium's roof drains. There will be no way for water to get between the two structures.

Edit: I just reviewed the plans & diagrams and can see that the podium does not extend to the roof of the Garden itself, so all the rainwater will be contained on the podium roof. Nothing should shed onto the Garden roof.
 
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FitchburgLine said:
Maybe this was in the plans and I missed it, but this extends significantly farther out toward lovejoy than I thought. Steel is now covering the garage entrance, flush with the pedestrian passageway.
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Renders show the podium stretching over the garage entrance (I glanced over that too). What I find weird is the bathtub/foundation does not extend toward the pedestrian passageway (probably for logistics w/ the garden) and I noticed almost no prep work (foundation work, pile driving, etc.) along the two garage entrance roads prior to them putting up steel. Strange considering a portion of the podium will sit on top of it.
 
I dont care at all for that POS residential tower, the office tower is fine, but ALL we need is this podium. The rest are just icing on an already delicious cake. They could build the podium and announce the next day everything else is cancelled and its still the biggest win for this area since the artery came down. Seeing this going above ground is incredible.
 
The East/Office is farther along and the point above the direct OL/GL connection seems tallest--do we have a target date for when the CR-Subway connection opens?
 
Arlington said:
The East/Office is farther along and the point above the direct OL/GL connection seems tallest--do we have a target date for when the CR-Subway connection opens?
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Still too early. I personally don't think we will see it open prior to the rest of the podium, which last I heard was slated to be delivered in Q4 2018. Perhaps it will open slightly before?
 
stick n move said:
I dont care at all for that POS residential tower, the office tower is fine.....
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It blows the developer caved to nimby's after attaining Board approval for 659' (at the rooftip)–cutting it down to 495'. But, I'm keeping a smile in reserve for when you post your surprise about how well this thing turned out. ....The office tower on the other hand, is the 505' fatty; and looks like a glass grain elevator.
 
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How is all of the steel for a project like this sourced? Is is it produced here in Massachusetts? Or is imported from another country on a container ship?
 
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