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

[dhawkins]

Steel and deck progreesing nicely. There was a question of what the finish product would look at the columns where the rebar was flanking both sides. There is a finish condition across the street/ turnpike in the last picture. The wall is the same height as the column on both sides, the gussett plates are left exposed flush wih the concrete wall along in what will be a tunnel eventually.

 

[dhawkins]

Looks like some work has started at the Brookline Ave bridge side of the project as well on both sides of the turnpike. Bonus pic, a rendering of the finish product seen in the wild. Looks like the Buckminister is still remaining.

 

[taketern]

12/15

 

[AndreyD]

 

[gac108]

If only they could do this at the smaller triangular parcels by the Hynes off Boylston. Man those 2 parcels drive me nuts being open like that. How there hasn't been a developer that would just combine that with the garage that Kings/Bukowski is in and put a new city's tallest there is beyond me.

 

[cubbe8]

If only they could do this at the smaller triangular parcels by the Hynes off Boylston. Man those 2 parcels drive me nuts being open like that. How there hasn't been a developer that would just combine that with the garage that Kings/Bukowski is in and put a new city's tallest there is beyond me.

There were proposals in the late 2010s but they went nowhere.

 

[RandomWalk]

What’s the max length between openings before they need to add ventilation?

 

[PikeDriver]

I haven't seen activity in several weeks, at least when I'm driving by. Does anyone know if there's an issue?

 

[Aprehensive_Words]

There were proposals in the late 2010s but they went nowhere.

At least on the 1000 Boylston site, that's because the development team turned their knives on each other: https://bankerandtradesman.com/metal-trees-noisy-elevators-and-a-35m-cost-overrun/ and https://bankerandtradesman.com/laws...ment-derailed-1000-boylston-air-rights-tower/

 

[taketern]

2/20

David Ortiz bridge

 

[Equilibria]

2/20

David Ortiz bridge

It's a good thing they named a street after him too, since this won't look much like a bridge in a couple of years.

I've never understood why they reverted to Jersey Street instead of extending "David Ortiz Way" past Fenway.

 

[andrew.816]

Last night, I went to a panel featuring John Rosenthal (the developer) and Scott Bosworth (Director of TOD at the T). Nice guys. It was at BU’s Initiative on Cities, they have speakers every few weeks or so. Rosenthal talked a bit about the history of Fenway Center and the 20+ years he's been working on it. According to them, this site had the most potential for life sciences in the whole US. Nothing else too interesting/revealing. The deck is expected to be finished by November with a 2026 opening.

 

[AndreyD]

 

[Java King]

It's exciting to see this actually happening!

 

[FK4]

It's exciting to see this actually happening!

It's a pretty major addition. Hopefully will look nice from afar, and hopefully will be nice at the street level, but just the act of filling in this space ought to be hugely influential to this area.

 

[DZH22]

3/3 From the top of the Pru.

IMG_0317 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0320 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[cburns]

3/3 From the top of the Pru.

IMG_0317 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0320 by David Z, on Flickr

Is that structural steel issue persisting? It feels like they're making marginal eastbound progress at best...

 

[AndreyD]

 

[stefal]

Hmm, doesn't look like much progress since February...

 

[kingofsheeba]

4/16

Some slow progress on the decking