The construction fences around the apartment side of the project have banners with branding/advertising as of yesterday. "Ora Seaport Apartments - Coming Spring 2020."
https://oraseaport.com/
Right; the give-away is the shadow cast onto these vertical panels by the horizontal band above. Some of the panels bow in so the shadow swoops down, some bow out, so the shadow swoops up.
From the photos the panels appear to be "oil canning." This happens when metal panels are hard-fastened to their structure (slotted or flexible attachment is typically preferred). When the sun hits them the material expands and with nowhere to go they deform like that.
Hey, I live in Park Lane! I don't think it was originally built to compete in the "luxury" market the Seaport has turned into in the past few years, hence the uninspiring exterior and lack of frivolous amenity spaces. I've seen photos of the interior before they renovated and it looked like a...
Re: Waterside Place 1B | 505 Congress Street | Seaport
I hope they leave that there, though maybe prettier. The number of times I saw people jumping that fence to cross the street... :rolleyes: