121 Seaport Boulevard | Parcel L2 | Seaport Square

FK4 said:
^Yes, they could easily force them to divert all truck traffic onto the Haul Rd. Hopefully that will be instigated by someone or some group soon.
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I am assuming that the trucks headed north are objecting, and using Seaport Blvd.
 
How do the dimensions, other than height, of this ellipse compare with the proposed office tower at the Government Center Garage?
 
Measuring on Google Maps based on comparing the sites as they are now to the plans it looks like this buildings is around 240 feet wide at its widest and the GCG Office Tower is about 250-260 feet wide at its widest.
 
There are a lot of projects that look more interesting/impressive in the steel skeleton phase than when they are cladded. I think this one is going to be the opposite as in its current state its not doing anything for me but hopefully when the glass is up it will impress
 
This article (that I posted in the "New Office" thread) states that this building was topped off on Friday:

bigpicture7 said:
Not sure how long this B&T article will stay unlocked for...it offers Skanska's perspective on the Boston office space market, and their strategy for 121 Seaport:

http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/2017/03/seaport-tower-offers-flexibility-office-leasing/
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Skanska-group.jpg
 
What is the formal definition of "topped off?"
From Sunday:
cAcv8oT.jpg
 
stefalarchitect said:
What is the formal definition of "topped off?"
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For a steel framed building like this, I always thought it was placement of the last piece of structural steel -- usually signed by the construction crew. Mechanical toppers, minor framing, can still be added after that.
 
stefalarchitect said:
What is the formal definition of "topped off?"
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Ceremonial topping off may well be analogous to ceremonial breaking ground...

Breaking ground = when the shiny chrome shovels come out
Topping off = when the white-painted/signed beam gets raised

; )

I think Jeff Downtown is probably right though. Maybe it's just the circumferential mech screen going around the top at this point?
 
This is looking pretty stubby with this height... and it's one building out of all of these that I definitely think would look significantly better if were 3 times as tall. Shame about the airport.
 
JeffDowntown said:
For a steel framed building like this, I always thought it was placement of the last piece of structural steel -- usually signed by the construction crew. Mechanical toppers, minor framing, can still be added after that.
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Based on this render, I think you're right...they don't actually seemed to have celebrated top-off prematurely if indeed this remaining height is mech. screening as implied here:

121-Seaport-boston-1.jpg
 
Even with the mech floors to come, it definitely looks much stubbier than the renders had portrayed. Hopeful for this one, but doesn't appear to have the impact that I was initially expecting to see. A shame about those height restrictions indeed.
 
bigpicture7 said:
Based on this render, I think you're right...they don't actually seemed to have celebrated top-off prematurely if indeed this remaining height is mech. screening as implied here:

121-Seaport-boston-1.jpg
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Why does the rendering look taller? Parallax. Rendering/photography trick.

cca
 
Somebody should take a pic from the same angle after the screen is up. I bet it's pretty accurate. The PWC building is also more set-back from the street than this is.
 
Parcel m was just announced that theyre breaking ground and its going to cover much of the fat side so I wouldnt worry too much.
 
DZH22 said:
Somebody should take a pic from the same angle after the screen is up. I bet it's pretty accurate. The PWC building is also more set-back from the street than this is.
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I think CCAs point is that depending on the lens and settings used for that photo, it would either look just like the rendering or ... very different from it....
 
CSTH said:
I think CCAs point is that depending on the lens and settings used for that photo, it would either look just like the rendering or ... very different from it....
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I don't think the camera has too much to do with it. The building happens to have a ridiculously fat side as well as a thinner side. Add the mech top and cladding to the below pic and it should be relatively similar to the render.

stick n move said:
https://postimage.org/app.php
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I actually want to give kudos to the designers for putting that flat slice-thru face on this tower...when all of the curtainwall & mech frame is installed, I think that feature will produce a nice slimming effect. It seems like they knew what they were up against, and took measures to improve the aesthetic
 
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