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davem said:
Looks like they are about ready to start paving the new road.
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I think they paved the facade of the building instead.
 
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The first of those recent photos looks like an East German housing block.
 
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This image, with sampler, is the backside of the building. Harvard will build its new basketball arena where the construction trailers and worker cars are.
 
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Crazy sunset light

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Driving by last night, the massing of this actually made a noticeable positive impact on the intersection.
 
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RandomWalk said:
Driving by last night, the massing of this actually made a noticeable positive impact on the intersection.
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The blue part still has a few floors to go, it's going to be great.

I keep taking pictures but forgetting to post them. From a few days ago, across our newest pond thanks to the nor'easter:
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That battleship gray isn't the paneling is it?
 
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BussesAin'tTrains said:
That battleship gray isn't the paneling is it?
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It's (badly misaligned and color matched) brick, and yes... it is.

I'm hoping that when the windows go in it will look a bit better. And remember that most of it will be blocked from view by the next building to go up behind it and the residential section in front.
 
 
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Strike one, Mr. Samuels.
 
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Wait that's the facade? I've seen malls that look better.
 
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davem said:
It's (badly misaligned and color matched) brick, and yes... it is.

I'm hoping that when the windows go in it will look a bit better. And remember that most of it will be blocked from view by the next building to go up behind it and the residential section in front.
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Too early to critique folks. What this looks like is brick cast into precast panels. This is very common. The brick type looks like an iron-spot gray brick that has some very nice variation when set off by other materials. We have yet to see those other materials.

The dustiness is just what it looks like, dustiness. Construction sites are dirty places and stuff gets dirty. God forbid if we have expectations that the second someone puts a material on a building it has to be ready for HD photos to be take and analysed. If the rain does not wash this to "like new", their will be a final clean (specified in every spec book ever produced) that will bring the finish back to "like new".

As with everything, sit back and watch it happen. There is lots to go before we should start getting snarky.

cca
 
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"Live Vibrantly, Live Uniquely"

Literally the opposite.
 
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cca said:
Too early to critique folks.

The dustiness is just what it looks like, dustiness. Construction sites are dirty places and stuff gets dirty. God forbid if we have expectations that the second someone puts a material on a building it has to be ready for HD photos to be take and analysed. If the rain does not wash this to "like new", their will be a final clean (specified in every spec book ever produced) that will bring the finish back to "like new".


cca
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Could be worse -- India is worried that the Taj [Mahal not Hotel] is getting discolored due to combination of dust and smoke both associated with burning that great natural source of heat -- Cow Dung
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30791678
India bans burning cow dung near Taj Mahal
Agra, India, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012.

India has banned the burning of cow dung fuel cakes near the Taj Mahal amid fears that the iconic monument is turning yellow from air pollution.

Cow dung is a common source of fuel in India. It is hoped the ban will help reduce carbon deposits on the monument.....But it also has to contend with pollution from the busy, industrial city of Agra and a nearby oil refinery.

"From time to time there are concerns that the colour of the Taj is changing," Pradeep Bhatnagar, senior Agra official, told the AFP news agency. "So at a recent meeting it was decided that there should be a ban on burning cow dung fuel within the city limits.

"There is an aesthetic aspect to it as well. We don't want the city's walls to be plastered with cow dung," he added.
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