Middlesex County Courthouse Redevelopment | 40 Thorndike St | East Cambridge

[DZH22]

3/25 From Somerville

IMG_9567 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_9606 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[BeeLine]

IMG_5316 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_5320 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_5322 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_5321 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_5325 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

 

[DZH22]

4/8 From Prospect Hill Waltham

IMG_0145 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[bigpicture7]

Not much left of the original facade (today, 4/14).
From the perspective of someone who walks by here fairly frequently, man, it has been an arduous process gutting this whole thing down to its frame:

 

[DZH22]

4/14 From Watertown

IMG_0454 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Boston02124]

 

[DZH22]

4/21 From Mount Auburn

IMG_0702 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[ccole]

From 4/29:

 

[kz1000ps]

 

[statler]

She is almost completely naked now. How undignified!

I wonder why they couldn't do what they did in P.O. Square?

 

[soundguise]

She is almost completely naked now. How undignified!

I wonder why they couldn't do what they did in P.O. Square?

The asbestos mitigation seems to be the biggest piece of this. Also not currently occupied?

 

[chrisbrat]

I wonder why they couldn't do what they did in P.O. Square?

Take 20x longer recladding a building than the time it would take to build a new one from scratch?

 

[JeffDowntown]

Take 20x longer recladding a building than the time it would take to build a new one from scratch?

I have to believe PO Square is being slow-walked due to the pandemic suppression of office demand. The owners are saving their pennies while demand is so soft.

 

[chrisbrat]

I have to believe PO Square is being slow-walked due to the pandemic suppression of office demand. The owners are saving their pennies while demand is so soft.

i dunno that i buy into that theory...

supply-chain issues re: glass and steel more likely.

 

[Boston02124]

 

[dhawkins]

Can you picture it yet? I don't think we will see the rounded corner windows on the lower floors.

 

[guitarguynboston]

It's like the Seaport World Trade Centers East and West but with more windows.

 

[DZH22]

5/28 From Chelsea

IMG_1407 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[DZH22]

5/29 From Savin Hill

IMG_1474 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[bigpicture7]

^kz, there are some fantastic live action demo shots in this set