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Send them to me if you don't want to bother them, I have a bunch of pictures I took last week in New Bedford to post anyways. kestrelmanagement at gmail dot com, except in real email format obviously.
 
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Geez I've also have been stuffing Type 001 with pix's too! did,nt realize other,s were too!
 
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He, KMP and Barbaric Manchurian (May I call you "Barb"?) are nature's noblemen!
 
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Thanks KMP. If you compare it to the unit renderings on www.45Province.com, you get a sense of it. Being lower down in the building (7th floor), it is probably about an $800k(?) unit.

Toby
 
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These gaping joints between wall panels are very distracting and, frankly, pretty heinous. Anyone know anything about this type of system? Are they going to tighten these up or what?

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I don't know the methods behind it, but you can rest assured that when it's done those joints will be sealed up and looking much less conspicuous. (I've had the same tentative thoughts on previous projects).
 
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It's enough to make this brick fetishist wanna cry. :(

Brick walls are built by a skilled mason not created in a factory.
 
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From Sunday, March 9, 2008. I have to agree with others that this siding is not as nice as I would have hoped.











The rest of my 45 Province Pictures are HERE.
 
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Scott said:
It's enough to make this brick fetishist wanna cry. :(

Brick walls are built by a skilled mason not created in a factory.
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Normally, I'd agree with you Scott. I too lament the loss of true masonry in today's building, but this project is different.

From what I can tell it's not supposed to cheap imitation brick, but something else entirely, call it a variation on a theme.

But, yeah, panels that are supposed to look like a real brick wall do look cheesy and fake.
 
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That's a terracotta panel system which has no aspiration of looking like brick. I know the project manager and could probably bug him for the detail if you're all interested.
 
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They had a flatbed of the stuff delivered the other night around midnight, so I asked permission to look at it and touch the pieces. The texture is very nice. I usually get impatient about deficiencies (e.g. RKG), but this might be fine. Photos give the cladding a flatter look than it has in person. But I guess we'll know soon!
 
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Lurker said:
That's a terracotta panel system which has no aspiration of looking like brick. I know the project manager and could probably bug him for the detail if you're all interested.
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I wouldn't mind seeing a detail, if it wouldn't be too much of a bother.

One of the things I like about terracotta tile exteriors is that they give you a nice consistent, tightly textured skin--like the one shown in the renderings for 45 Province:
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I don't see any visible joints between panels above. The panels are essentially invisible.

I know that the supplier of this system is the same one that supplied the BU Tower's system--I forget their name. But it looks like in the case of the BU Tower, they put aluminum strips over the joints between panels. Now I realize I may be very premature, but I think if 45 Province does something similar over the joints between its panels, it will only serve to emphasize these panels, and effectively ruin the exterior's consistency.

I don't mean to be negative, but I think it would be very unfortunate if this was the case.
 
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^^^ Agreed.
1) I walked over there at lunch. Facing the building, with your back to Sam LaGrassa's, look to your right. The windows have been put in place on the right hand side of the building. Above the windows is a cool visible detail (visible for another couple of days): the large cement tub for the swimming pool. The pool should get decent morning sun, but not much after noon time. You get a better sense of it from the website.
2) I forget whether the Marliave has its own thread; my apologies if it does. Workers are doing some wall and ceiling sheetrocking, and some plumbing. The tin ceilings still are there. There are work lights strung up inside. I found the spot where the building permit is posted. It references a clear out, floor and ceiling work. The estimated cost was in the mid-$50k range. I will try to squeeze of a few shots for you later, including one of the permit.
Don't know what, if anything, this means for a reopening. The permit wasn't taken out in the name of the Marliave, but that is hardly dispositive. The dollar estimate on the permit doesn't suggest a major overhaul, but these estimates are usually understated so that the Assessors (who get copies of the permit applications) don't jack the value.
 
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Sorry to clutter the thread.
Contactors were carrying out some debris at the Marliave, and left a door open. Since there wasn't a "no trespassing" or "keep out" sign, I went in and took a few pictures. I'll send the photos to Barbaric Manchurian, if he will be kind enough to host them.
I was thrown out before I could get too many, but you'll get what I got. As I was being escorted off of the premises, I enquired as to what was happening and the time table. According to my captor, the Marliave will reopen "in about a month."
Toby
 
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^^ You are a brave man Toby. We thank you for your sacrifice.

I get nervous just looking in the window.
 
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Here's 2 pics of 45 Province street by Tobyjug:

Here's a panel joint:

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Here's a look at the underside of the swimming pool:

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Thanks Barb.
Sorry about the blurry quality. I was kind of running, and the auto focus wasn't keeping up.
Toby
 
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