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The irrelevant 2.5 year resurrection of this thread prompted me to look for recent developments on this project. Unfortunately, there is some disappointing news: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2022/01/18/dcr-announces-scaled-back-memorial-drive-road-diet-for-2024/.

This one has been bothering me so I did some research and it looks like they were using a (very) outdated render from the beginning stages of the project's design. If you look slides 8-10 in this presentation, you'll see that they used the first iteration. Thank goodness they redesigned it to...

I know the comment period has technically closed, but in the past I reached out to the BPDA contact when projects were still going through iterations with the BCDC and they added my thoughts in. I think the treehouse conference center will be a unique and interesting, but the "1" hotel building...

Just now:

Can they just take over the BPDA too? Please?

Yesterday:

I, too, was quite dismayed by the change in the project, but if you read the Globe article, this wasn't just about adding more lab space: "HYM Managing Director Tom O’Brien told the BPDA board the project was shifting in response to requests by the MBTA that no new buildings be placed atop the...

As follow-up to the tour I got a couple weeks ago, I wrote an article about this building from interviews with the project management team and architecture firm: https://www.bu.edu/cs/2021/12/13/now-loading-the-future-home-of-bu-cs/.

Got a tour on 12/1 and got to go up to the 15th floor:

Last night:

Yesterday:

Today:

From today - removal of the shoring beams has started on the lower levels.

Glazing is coming along (today):

The only way I could see LRT is if NSRL happens - don't they need to keep this rail available for moving commuter rail trains between the lines? DMU or EMU (hopefully the latter) would allow both rapid transit and train movement.

Neat sky/lighting this morning:

Today: The topping-off ceremony will be taking place on Thursday.

Today:

Today:

Glazing starting to go in today: