Ginkgo Bioworks (Parcels O&P) | 1-3 Anchor Way | Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park

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BPDA project info:
http://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/parcels-o-and-p-(raymond-l-flynn-marine-park)

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https://dreamcollaborative.com/portfolio/parcels-o-p/
 
I like the building overall, but I still can't stand when developments use the corrugated blue/green wall look. It looks like the temporary, cheap storage container crap at the Worcestor Sox ballpark and it looks bad here. Thank goodness it's only a small portion of the buidling, but it is a very visible portion to the humans at ground level.

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I said the same thing about COVID-19, but it never seemed to happen.
 
The underground utility relocations are mostly done at Parcel O. So we should see some digging soon.
 
The ship in drydock in those renders appears to be the Titanic, albeit without its funnels. An oddly specific design choice, if you ask me.
 
It’s almost enough time for a reboot of Raise the Titanic.
 
The ship in drydock in those renders appears to be the Titanic, albeit without its funnels. An oddly specific design choice, if you ask me.
The render really bothers me, because not only is that ship far larger than the drydock itself, the impression is given that it's actually floating in a non-existent body of water. I kept trying to figure out whether the perspective was really from the other side of the Summer St. bridge and then flipped, or whether I was just confused. But I think it's the artist who was confused.
 
The render really bothers me, because not only is that ship far larger than the drydock itself, the impression is given that it's actually floating in a non-existent body of water. I kept trying to figure out whether the perspective was really from the other side of the Summer St. bridge and then flipped, or whether I was just confused. But I think it's the artist who was confused.
I think the ship may be a US Navy ship that is part of the Navy's Maritime Prepositioning Force. Some of these ships are over 900 feet long, and don't have much of a superstructure. Some are conversions of ships built for privately owned shipping companies. I believe this drydock is often used for repair / conversion of such ships.

https://www.msc.usff.navy.mil/Ships/Ship-Inventory/Maritime-Prepositioning-Force/ .

See also Military Sealift Command, particularly list of ships in the Sealift Program PM5. this list includes ships that are 950 feet long. The South Boston drydock can handle ships that are up to 1,150 feet in length, long enough for a current day aircraft carrier, but probably lacks the capacity for a carrier's displacement.

https://www.msc.usff.navy.mil/Ships/Ship-Inventory/[url]
 
Ginkgo Bioworks will delay their lease of the building. They plan to lease 4 floors by the end of 2023, taking the rest of the space by 2025.
 

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