Kendall Common ( née Volpe Redevelopment) | Kendall Sq | Cambridge

[johnmcboston]

You beat me to it. Today was the first time I have walked by during daylight hours (been long nights at work) and it looks really weird now that all the trees on the property have been removed.

 

[bigpicture7]

Today (3/1):

 

[Delray]

Wednesday, Feb. 26:

 

[RandomWalk]

Assembling the large excavator for concrete demolition.

 

[developboston]

Demolition on the structure at the right of this photo started today - unfortunately didn’t get a chance to snap a pic

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Assembling the large excavator for concrete demolition

 

[RandomWalk]

 

[jjdemello123@gmail.com]

From today 3/10/25

 

[bigpicture7]

^Nice shots, @RandomWalk & @jjdemello123@gmail.com. This thing looks pretty fortress-like. Lots of pummeling to take it down.

 

[RandomWalk]

Gravity is a harsh mistress… Too bad the Feds and/or Cambridge won’t allow an implosion.

 

[taketern]

 

[RandomWalk]

Interesting note: They had to carefully extract the compound from the joints between the concrete panels on the penthouse. It was probably stuffed with asbestos.

 

[#bancars]

3.16

 

[johnmcboston]

From Friday, or are they working weekends?

 

[developboston]

From Friday, or are they working weekends?

They were working yesterday but not today

 

[bigpicture7]

Not much left of the building in the northwest portion of the site as of this morning (3/19):

 

[RandomWalk]

I just noticed the shocked expression on the tower, and I can’t un-see it.

 

[#bancars]

3.22.25:

 

[RandomWalk]

 

[johnmcboston]

Making the news that Biogen will occupy the first KC building that they are getting ready to build (75 Broadway). https://news.mit.edu/2025/biogen-to-consolidate-operations-first-mit-kendall-common-building-0324

 

[bigpicture7]

Making the news that Biogen will occupy the first KC building that they are getting ready to build (75 Broadway). https://news.mit.edu/2025/biogen-to-consolidate-operations-first-mit-kendall-common-building-0324

Fyi, we've got a dedicated thread going for 75 Broadway since it's a major project in its own right:

Kendall Common Parcel C3 (née Volpe Center) | 75 Broadway | Kendall Square | Cambridge

Taking @Equilibria 's suggestion to break out a building-specific thread. This is one from among the several buildings composing the Volpe site redevelopment in Kendall. Plans were just posted to Cambridge's special permits site for parcel "C3" from the Volpe redevelopment plan...

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