No photos today - phone was acting up. But demo from Binny is almost at the mid-point, and they presently started demo from the Broadway side, so I'd say 2 weeks and we're done...
Yeah, that's another really long story. he has a 'newer' rendering that squishes things together so he is not on the CMart parcel. let me see if I can get that screen grab...
Letter of Intent for the back half of Druker's "80EB Complex" at 1033-1055 Washington. not sure if we need a new thread for these buildings or if we'll attach them to the 80EB thread.
Wow - no updates here in a while.
1) The site of literal 80EB is now blocked off with jersey barriers. They have been doing soil tests for about a month now, so can only assume something to happen soon.
2) Letter of intent filed with BPDA (nee BRA) for 1033-1055 Washington street. Not...
As posted on FB, most likely an old sign when they replaced the broken front stairs. When the owner died ownership went to the 'family, who rumor says can't agree on a disposition, so it remains in the family, unused.
There's an understatement. The Marriott courtyard used to be a nice place - music and farmers market in the summer. Now you go to that plaza and it is surrounded by 3 new skyscrapers and really feels like you're in a dark sunken pit. Curious how it bright it will be come june/july, but...
And the bids are in... https://thebostonsun.com/2021/04/29/parcel-25-adjacent-to-ink-block-grabs-six-interesting-bids/?fbclid=IwAR1U0y3JouEhQnnIAdwYdT7KjzZ_IxfQtV8S59afuHI5z1MGUqRfDZFWAO4
Someone posted the below image on Facebook (dated 1967). This, of course, being South Station platforms.
On the right is what seems to be an older USPS building. The old Blue & White trucks. Tracks servicing - back in the days of mail via rail. Of course, the white building is...
'amenities' has me worried. The old plans had all we know of as the South Station waiting room destroyed to become the lobby of this new building, with the only track access from the stairwell on Atlantic Ave. I hope it's a better approach with this newer design.