Fenway Center (One Kenmore) | Turnpike Parcel 7, Beacon Street | Fenway

[BeeLine]

Eastbound lanes of Beacon (over the Pike) fenced off.

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[found5dollar]

Woah. Another turnpike parcel is really happening. I never believe it till I see work starting. Bonkers.

 

[xec]

Woah. Another turnpike parcel is really happening. I never believe it till I see work starting. Bonkers.

That was my criteria for believing too until Columbus Center didn't happen. Now I don't believe it's happening until the certificate of occupancy is issued. Better to be very skeptical than very disappointed.

 

[urbandozer79]

That was my criteria for believing too until Columbus Center didn't happen. Now I don't believe it's happening until the certificate of occupancy is issued. Better to be very skeptical than very disappointed.

EXACTLY! I was living just down the street in the South End when Columbus Center "broke ground" and I rememeber being SO excited. Though my criteria for believability is a little less stringent: I'll become a believer once the deck is completed.

 

[intellirock617]

Woah. Another turnpike parcel is really happening. I never believe it till I see work starting. Bonkers.

I know a few people who rub elbows with the job team over at Fenway. It's going to ramp up pretty fast. That's all I'll say.

 

[HenryAlan]

EXACTLY! I was living just down the street in the South End when Columbus Center "broke ground" and I rememeber being SO excited. Though my criteria for believability is a little less stringent: I'll become a believer once the deck is completed.

At the time I had an office directly abutting the project zone and was so excited during that brief period of work to watch the crews working from my window. It definitely seemed real... until it wasn't.

 

[393b40]

I'd be really surprised if this got deep-sixed. It's lab space which is high in demand right now.

 

[BeeLine]

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[BACsop]

 

[FK4]

Nobody's building hotels on a 1-2 year horizon... they're building them for 20-50 year+ lifetimes. This pandemic will be forgotten by end of next year.

Nice to come across stuff like this now... of course, if you asked me then, I'd have said the exact same thing.

 

[393b40]

Nice to come across stuff like this now... of course, if you asked me then, I'd have said the exact same thing.

Ive still got a few months

Delta kinda threw a wrench in things. That was unpredictable.

 

[intellirock617]

I've been told on good authority that a crawler crane has been mobilized to the site.

 

[Blackbird]

Ive still got a few months

To be fair "the end of next year" to me means "December 31st 2022". So you've got a little longer than just a few months.

 

[DZH22]

9/17 Foggy day

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[ccole]

Today:

 

[A Chicagoan]

Is there still a 103 meter building (as listed on SSP)?

 

[jass]

Thats nice 3rd track theyre building there.

Surely thats what it is, because no one would be dumb enough to permanently make the route 2 tracks

 

[Camberville]

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Wow. This seems like an accident waiting to happen. Is that seating for an active restaurant? Audubon maybe? Why couldn't the bike lane have gone around?

 

[DZH22]

Is there still a 103 meter building (as listed on SSP)?

Yes except I was of the impression it's a tiny bit taller than that, 350's whereas SSP I think lists it as 337'.

 

[JumboBuc]

Thats nice 3rd track theyre building there.

Surely thats what it is, because no one would be dumb enough to permanently make the route 2 tracks

I'm pretty sure there are multiple pinch points east of here (including the entire Pru air rights complex) that preclude running three tracks through this stretch. What would a triple track between Beacon Yard and ~Shawmut Ave even get you?