Fenway Center (One Kenmore) | Turnpike Parcel 7, Beacon Street | Fenway

[Equilibria]

From the head-on perspective in these photos, it looks pretty good.

Too bad that's one angle no one will ever see in the long run...

 

[BeeLine]

According to Globe article. Air rights agreement ($55m) reached.

Project over turnpike near Fenway Park begins next phase after pact with the state - The Boston Globe

The $55 million deal is the highest amount ever for a lease with the state transportation department.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[Batmarch]

Does anyone out there actually believe that this project will break ground in October 2020?

 

[JumboBuc]

Does anyone out there actually believe that this project will break ground in October 2020?

Yes. They're coordinating this with the Parcel 12 air rights project right down the street, so the left-most lanes of the Pike are already blocked off right now for foundation work on both projects to begin. If work is ever going to start on this, the next couple of weeks is the time to do it.

 

[Equilibria]

According to Globe article. Air rights agreement ($55m) reached.

Project over turnpike near Fenway Park begins next phase after pact with the state - The Boston Globe

The $55 million deal is the highest amount ever for a lease with the state transportation department.

www.bostonglobe.com

Article also has this nugget of hopeful thinking that's still good to hear:

Bosworth said improvements to the state’s process should benefit other air rights projects coming down the Pike: the Boston Properties project over Back Bay Station, a luxury hotel/condo proposal on Boylston Street planned by Peebles Corp., and the massive complex underway at South Station. There’s also interest in building above the Alewife and Sullivan Square T stops, and Bosworth said Simon is even talking about returning with alternative plans for Copley Place.

 

[DZH22]

^^^I'm not sure how I feel about the "alternative plans for Copley Place" as anything other than the originally proposed tower will be a downgrade.

 

[ccole]

From tonight - the plaza and stairway between the two buildings is now open.

 

[The EGE]

Have the stairs from Beacon Street to the platforms reopened?

 

[ccole]

Have the stairs from Beacon Street to the platforms reopened?

Not yet - it was still fenced off. It did appear very close to being finished though. My guess is within a week.

 

[jass]

I love railway lighting, of course one always wonders if it gets maintained.

I detest the light posts that are strips of light. By creating so much glare, you make it harder to see

 

[Auditorium]

Could they not have added another landing to that staircase? I do worry about Sully taking a tumble on his way to the game after he's had a few jars in him.

 

[kingofsheeba]

 

[Charlie_mta]

This development is looking better to me. For the times we live in, it's pretty darn good with its clever juxtapositioning of planes, angles, and patterns. Nice!

 

[ccole]

From yesterday - the plaza over the platform is now open, but the stairways are still blocked off.

 

[HenryAlan]

Oooh, lots of bike parking!

 

[Neon]

I drove by here yesterday and was finally able to put my finger on what building this reminds me of. The Travelers Insurance Co building that was demolished in 1988. I ripped this photo from the demolition video. I couldn’t find a better photo to compare.

 

[Equilibria]

From one of our own threads (it's the one with the "T"):

 

[Bananarama]

At least that one was a relatively clean and inoffensive modernist box instead of an awkwardly contorted Alucobond turd.

 

[ccole]

Yesterday:

 

[Equilibria]

BCDC on the plazas:

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