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Boston is batting 1.000 on 200m skyscrapers:

4 card carrying members in the incredible club.

The a/r of this tower is going to amaze people for a long time.

Every dog has his day.
 
odurandina said:
Boston is batting 1.000 on 200m skyscrapers:

4 card carrying members in the incredible club.

The a/r of this tower is going to amaze people for a long time.

Every dog has his day.
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Are you drunk? What is this nonsense you are spewing?
 
Hancock, Pru, Millennium, Four Seasons being the four s/he is talking about.
 
"Commencing countdown, engines on (five, four, three)
Check ignition and may God's love be with you (two, one, liftoff)."

It's all happening!!!!
 
^The mechanical floor visible in BeeLine's pics (windows openings filled in with concrete just below the yellow barriers) is the 24th floor. Below that is the hotel portion and above it is the residential portion.

From there on up there will be a different structural cross-section and facade pattern from below.
 
JumboBuc said:
^The mechanical floor visible in BeeLine's pics (windows openings filled in with concrete just below the yellow barriers) is the 24th floor. Below that is the hotel portion and above it is the residential portion.
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It's only the 21st floor if you are actually counting floor plates and not skipping anything. By counting windows this will be 58 windows high, which includes the 2 at the very top where the Four Seasons logo is.
 
JumboBuc said:
^The mechanical floor visible in BeeLine's pics (windows openings filled in with concrete just below the yellow barriers) is the 24th floor. Below that is the hotel portion and above it is the residential portion.

From there on up there will be a different structural cross-section and facade pattern from below.
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Yup, and on that floor there are going to be mech screens as well between each pillar. Then it has the slices that continue up to the roof. Gonna be cool to see how those cuts look once the cladding reaches that point. Also hopefully the screens aren't too noticeable or the color at least matches up well.

Looking at this render and then the construction pics it almost seems like the concrete pillars are going to be shaped different to allow these cuts in the facade. In the first half of the tower the glass is right on top of the pillars and will be on the top portion as well so it seems these cuts will be in the concrete. Another thing to notice in the render is the first mech floor is just covered with glass you can see the concrete behind the glass and then the vents are the next floor up which is just starting to be revealed in the pics above. It also appears that you can see a diagonal part of the structure through one of the windows under the first vent on the left.

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Today coming down the pike for all intents and purposes its broken the plateau. I saw this for much longer and from farther and closer distances much more than I have yet. It only disappears right before you get into the tunnel. Its much more visible and prominent now and from this point out is where the fun begins. Its finally on boys.
 
Thanks for the nice pics!

Interestingly, I actually think this one is currently a bit under the radar as most of us have suffered from "truss belt fatigue" while this seemingly stood still for a couple of months. However, it's clearly picking up steam again. Soon, there will be another crane jump and the tower will bust through the surrounding plateau. Even Odurandina will be excited about this one by February! It's still disappointing that it took 3 whole years to get to this point since they started working on it, but the wait will definitely be worth it.
 
DZH22 said:
Thanks for the nice pics!

Interestingly, I actually think this one is currently a bit under the radar as most of us have suffered from "truss belt fatigue" while this seemingly stood still for a couple of months. However, it's clearly picking up steam again. Soon, there will be another crane jump and the tower will bust through the surrounding plateau. Even Odurandina will be excited about this one by February! It's still disappointing that it took 3 whole years to get to this point since they started working on it, but the wait will definitely be worth it.
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This has now started its emergence:
- from about South Bay, the concrete pumping equipment has eclipsed the roof line of 177 Huntington (Christian Science Tower).
- from Memorial Drive in the stretch east of the Harvard Bridge, the core is visible above the roof line of the Sheraton.
 
Better to take the time to do the job right, I think.

I'm really pleased with how this is coming together. Also of note- the row of columns between the forms and the truss floors are the first with the diagonal chamfer. It's rather subtle, but absolutely noticeable from up close.
 
The first mech floor is all glass, the second has the exhaust vents between each column, then above that is where the facade changes to fit the chamfered columns adding the cuts rising up the facade at each column. You can see the newly exposed columns have this chamfering.
 
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