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

bigpicture7 · Mar 16, 2026

And they're off and running now with the external demolition as of this morning (3/16):

bigpicture7 · Mar 17, 2026

Certainly not planning on posting daily on this, but given the interest upthread on whether demo was going to speed up, figured I'd show the one-day-later view. It's now a very active site with two of these large machines now cranking away at the concrete (3/17)...and its pretty loud:

RandomWalk · Mar 17, 2026

Charlie_mta · Mar 17, 2026

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Would love to see them do something similar to the Hurley building, 1-2-3 Center Plaza building, and the low-rise portion of the JFK Federal office building.

RandomWalk · Mar 17, 2026

The excavation at the Biogen site is using a lot of the large white sacks. I assume that is because the soils are regulated due to contamination.

cooper · Mar 17, 2026

Charlie_mta said:
Lov

Would love to see them do something similar to the Hurley building, 1-2-3 Center Plaza building, and the low-rise portion of the JFK Federal office building.

Maybe they can get this one too, while they're in the neighborhood