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Re: New Brighton Landing | New Balance Complex
looks like the tall floor is pretty much done
looks like the tall floor is pretty much done
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A couple from five minutes ago:
And yesterday:
The "click here for high-res" car is kinda annoying, so I'm going to start only posting the 1024 wide version in-thread. I've updated my sig with a link to my photostream if anyone wants to view the mega-pixel version.
A couple from five minutes ago:
And yesterday:
The "click here for high-res" car is kinda annoying, so I'm going to start only posting the 1024 wide version in-thread. I've updated my sig with a link to my photostream if anyone wants to view the mega-pixel version.
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Re: New Brighton Landing | New Balance Complex
This article from a year ago yesterday (http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/allston_brighton/2013/05/state_oks_plan_for_boston_land.html) states that they hoped to have the station open in 2014 although that seems extremely unlikely at this point. I'm guessing it ends up being February/March or so of 2015.
This article from a year ago yesterday (http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/allston_brighton/2013/05/state_oks_plan_for_boston_land.html) states that they hoped to have the station open in 2014 although that seems extremely unlikely at this point. I'm guessing it ends up being February/March or so of 2015.
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Argh, wish I could be there, but I won't be back in town till the next day. I am pleased to hear that a) this project is moving forward and b) Allston/Brighton may actually be included in the station name.
Argh, wish I could be there, but I won't be back in town till the next day. I am pleased to hear that a) this project is moving forward and b) Allston/Brighton may actually be included in the station name.
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See you at the meeting.
Sadly the other commuter rail station adjacent (originally planned as part of the realignment of the Pike's Allston tolls) has been shelved. I would not be surprised if this became a point of contention, however tangentially, at the meeting. Speaking of which, is there a thread where we're discussing the Pike realignment project, yet?
See you at the meeting.
Sadly the other commuter rail station adjacent (originally planned as part of the realignment of the Pike's Allston tolls) has been shelved. I would not be surprised if this became a point of contention, however tangentially, at the meeting. Speaking of which, is there a thread where we're discussing the Pike realignment project, yet?
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Indeed! http://www.archboston.org/community/showthread.php?t=4807&page=8
You will find there a brief description of what was actually said in the meeting to inspire the Globe to write an overwrought and panicky article. West Station has not been shelved. The Highway Division of MassDOT does not have the appropriation necessary to include its construction in the highway project, but space is being left for it and road and pedestrian access will be considered in the roadway layout.
Two stations for Allston and Brighton probably isn't workable operationally anyway without DMU/EMU equipment - it would just be another inner stop that gets 2 trains per hour at peak. Given a choice, Allston would have been my preferred one of the two to build, since it has potential as a bus hub and serves BU, but this is the one they have the money for.
Also, I appreciate that the T added a geographic location to the station name, but "Boston Landing at Allston Brighton"? Is that seriously going on the signs and maps that way?
Indeed! http://www.archboston.org/community/showthread.php?t=4807&page=8
You will find there a brief description of what was actually said in the meeting to inspire the Globe to write an overwrought and panicky article. West Station has not been shelved. The Highway Division of MassDOT does not have the appropriation necessary to include its construction in the highway project, but space is being left for it and road and pedestrian access will be considered in the roadway layout.
Two stations for Allston and Brighton probably isn't workable operationally anyway without DMU/EMU equipment - it would just be another inner stop that gets 2 trains per hour at peak. Given a choice, Allston would have been my preferred one of the two to build, since it has potential as a bus hub and serves BU, but this is the one they have the money for.
Also, I appreciate that the T added a geographic location to the station name, but "Boston Landing at Allston Brighton"? Is that seriously going on the signs and maps that way?
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Oh, beautiful! Also understandable that the station itself falls outside the jurisdiction of the Highway Division. Martine Powers is really nice in person and I trust she writes in earnest, but I'm curious if she has yet to grasp the finer nuances of transport politics and management in Boston.
Moreover, I'm saddened that the two aren't managed more integrally. I mean, wasn't that part of the point with the 2009 transportation reform act that brought about MassDOT in the first place? Anyway... time to take this to that other thread.
Oh, beautiful! Also understandable that the station itself falls outside the jurisdiction of the Highway Division. Martine Powers is really nice in person and I trust she writes in earnest, but I'm curious if she has yet to grasp the finer nuances of transport politics and management in Boston.
Moreover, I'm saddened that the two aren't managed more integrally. I mean, wasn't that part of the point with the 2009 transportation reform act that brought about MassDOT in the first place? Anyway... time to take this to that other thread.
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From Friday, they brought in a third crane to hoist up the MASSIVE cantilever girts.
I didn't notice what this guy was doing until I uploaded the pics just now.
^ you can also tell that the beams are almost as tall as an average person. Crazy.
From Friday, they brought in a third crane to hoist up the MASSIVE cantilever girts.
I didn't notice what this guy was doing until I uploaded the pics just now.
^ you can also tell that the beams are almost as tall as an average person. Crazy.
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NB HQ 8Jun (Looking E from Market Str. Bridge)
NB HQ (looking NE)
NB HQ (Looking NE at E section)
NB HQ (looking N)
NB HQ (SE Corner)
NB HQ (E face)
NB HQ (looking W)
NB HQ 8Jun (Looking E from Market Str. Bridge)
NB HQ (looking NE)
NB HQ (Looking NE at E section)
NB HQ (looking N)
NB HQ (SE Corner)
NB HQ (E face)
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NB site 8Jun (Demolition of Crystal Bus bldg. completed) Looking SE This is where the sports complex is going. Also the makeover of the parking garage continues. Looks like they might be planning art work or screens on the Guest Str. face. Guest Str. is being dug up from the garage to the Stop and Shop parking lot. Only west bound traffic allowed.
NB site 8Jun (Demolition of Crystal Bus bldg. completed) Looking SE This is where the sports complex is going. Also the makeover of the parking garage continues. Looks like they might be planning art work or screens on the Guest Str. face. Guest Str. is being dug up from the garage to the Stop and Shop parking lot. Only west bound traffic allowed.
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A roof monitor-esque penthouse... that explains this addition as of today. I thought they had topped out.
Yesterday:
Santa?!?!?!?!
They have begun pouring floors as well. My camera died before I got pics though.
A roof monitor-esque penthouse... that explains this addition as of today. I thought they had topped out.
Yesterday:
Santa?!?!?!?!
They have begun pouring floors as well. My camera died before I got pics though.
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Lol, one could certainly say that, yes.
It's going to be even crazier once the hotel rises behind it. For years I've planning to move downtown, now the downtown is coming to me.
Lol, one could certainly say that, yes.
It's going to be even crazier once the hotel rises behind it. For years I've planning to move downtown, now the downtown is coming to me.