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Yeah i was thinking the same when I saw it up close. The vertical elements running up the sides make it feel 500 feet instead of the current 400. I think the Proto building across the street (built in like 2018) does a good job with the same verticality.

I hadn't seen this before tonight, but BiotechTV posted a video tour of the building in September. Some internal shots there: https://video.wixstatic.com/video/08e71b_40e7f02a9b24409fa7a4e58a5ae7c146/480p/mp4/file.mp4

Down with the old, up with the new

So, ah, what's up with these lights on Raffles Boston. Didn't see any references to it in the plans or looking through this thread a bit. I see this building every night from my apartment and tonight is the very first time I have seen these lights. Lots of reds, yellows, and blues.

I saw them putting up some strange hulking orange thing the other day from my apartment, but couldn't quite tell what it was even with binoculars. It's strange that they put the logo on the side facing the movie theatre/Moderna. On the other side it would be visible all the way down the Binney...

I think you mean the one story manufacturing building next to the new tower that just went up? 250 Binney? That is a Thermo facility now but years ago Biogen did own the building. I think that part of the two-tower plan is still in limbo.

The crane is coming down today.

Glad they are starting with lots of housing in that filibustered plot of land. See you in 2035.

It wasn't a lab building before, and they are completely retrofitting it to be a lab building. It was 5 floors of offices before, with ground level features like childcare and a gym.

They started putting down the slurry walls (cement + rebar) a few weeks ago. They probably have 50-60 linear feet complete, in different sections, dug mainly across the middle of the site near the front of the teal-colored crane. This marks the south edge of the future 290 Binney St according to...

Re: Pics above...I don't see this angle everyday as I live north of the city, but the skyline really lucked out by not having that chunky side wing extend the length of the building. Probably the only good to come from COVID.

That marble work with the grain intact is stunning. I've got to check that out in person!

I'll say. I can barely work there is so much activity on this job site. So much drilling, etc.

There's a lot of large brick buildings within a block of it, so some green terra cotta will go far here. For a lab, I like it. Three sides of retail and street activation is even better!

Wait, that actually functions like an old airport flight board? I walk by there most days and never bothered to look that carefully. Very cool.