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From Wednesday, 7/22:

From tonight - crane is up:

Article just posted on the Globe about the debate surrounding the most recent plans: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/14/metro/allston-mass-pike-project-strikes-some-critics-too-car-centric/

From today:

From today:

Since this meeting last week, this idea has been in my mind as well. Can those who are more informed present the arguments for and against this option? I understand the context trepidation due to the Big Dig and costs of tunneling, but this would truly have a transformative effect. As far as I...

This project now has live cameras: http://www.bu.edu/cpo/project/center-for-computing-data-sciences/. Update: Played around with the URL and found the OxBlue landing page for all BU projects: https://app.oxblue.com/open/bostonuniversity.

From yesterday, 5/26/20:

I don't comment often but this new design is a huge step down from the last iteration. I wasn't a big fan of the wide massing to begin with, but I understand the economics of building over the pike require a certain square footage. The dark color of the tower and dark metal on the lower...

BU posted a website with some very detailed renders and videos of the new building: https://www.bu.edu/data-sciences-center/index.html. Groundbreaking is taking place tomorrow at 3 PM.

The rooftop bar was something I brought up at one of the first community meetings and included in my written comments for this project. Super excited to see a note I gave actually incorporated into the design! Given the proximity and height of this building to Fenway Park, I think it's important...

Attended the second public meeting for this project last night. The scope is fairly substantial - 2 miles of the Memorial Drive Greenway from the BU Boathouse to the Eliot Bridge. The project scope includes reworking the BU Bridge Rotary/Reid Overpass intersection (three very early alternatives...

Not sure where this belongs, but figured I'd put it here for now since it's part of MXD II. Presentation is on the open space changes in front of 135 Broadway but also contains the first detailed renders I've seen of the tower itself...

From this week's public meeting: http://www.bostonplans.org/getattachment/d7335157-5dd6-4145-b3ac-e7fdbb42bc4d Highlights from the meeting: - The color of the louvers was lightened, louvers at the base were spaced out, and louvers on the 17th floor enclosed courtyard were removed per feedback...

DPIR: http://www.bostonplans.org/getattachment/44ef7fbc-8cb3-4085-ba0b-b62c421175df Up for review with the BCDC next Tuesday, May 14th.

Not sure if I would have noticed this if the sun wasn't hitting it in just the right way where Encore was lit up behind the other buildings (from Fenway, 12/3/18):

From today - tower crane base going in.

"The company said it has one site locked down, but won't divulge the location until it files plans with the city. But documents on file at the Suffolk Registry of Deeds indicate a Scape subsidiary signed a long-term lease for a property on Boylston Street in the Fenway that now houses older...

Re: BU Data Sciences Center | 700 Commonwealth Avenue | Kenmore Square For what it's worth, I hated this design when I first saw it a couple years ago, but it's grown on me quite a bit since then. In the BU Today article, they claim this will be the tallest building on campus at 297'. I feel...

Renders from 8/20: D2.1 - Office & Lab D2.2 - Residential & Commercial D2.3 - Residential & Commercial Personal opinions: Office building is nice for what it is. The black/earth tones will look good in that area. Podium is unremarkable, but would look fine. Tower is hideous. Too many colors...