Mandarin Oriental | 776 Boylston St | Back Bay
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Walking by earlier this morning, we've got steel beams poking up out of the ground, plus some nifty construction structures. They've probably gone up within the last week or so- I don't recall exactly when I last walked by, but I don't remember seeing these before. Sorry I didn't have my camera on me, although it was raining anyways. I should be able to get some pics in the next few days or so, but not until after Wednesday, which is when I defend my masters thesis. (Wish me luck!)
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Good luck!
Steel is up to the second floor in many spots on the western half of the site, but the area east of Fairfield St has none - they're just finishing up pouring the foundation wall.
And Quadratdackel, a note for when you go taking pictures -- go after 5 pm, because then you'll be able to walk up the service ramp by the mall entrance and take pictures through the viewing windows in the plywood. During construction hours there are cops blocking it off from peds due to safety precautions while the cranes are in use.
Steel is up to the second floor in many spots on the western half of the site, but the area east of Fairfield St has none - they're just finishing up pouring the foundation wall.
And Quadratdackel, a note for when you go taking pictures -- go after 5 pm, because then you'll be able to walk up the service ramp by the mall entrance and take pictures through the viewing windows in the plywood. During construction hours there are cops blocking it off from peds due to safety precautions while the cranes are in use.
Hey guys this is my first post.
Anyway, I was in Boston on Saturday, and was able to get a bunch of pics of the site. I already posted them http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h...tion/The Residences at the Mandarin Oriental/. I can post them here in the future. If you go back to the Construction part, you can also see pics of Battery Wharf, Columbus Center, and a couple others.[/url]
Anyway, I was in Boston on Saturday, and was able to get a bunch of pics of the site. I already posted them http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h...tion/The Residences at the Mandarin Oriental/. I can post them here in the future. If you go back to the Construction part, you can also see pics of Battery Wharf, Columbus Center, and a couple others.[/url]
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Hi bostonman. Thanks for sharing your pics. I think you have an extra "http//" in your link that you should edit out so people can find it more easily.
Here are a few more pictures of the Mandarin Oriental from this afternoon:
This view of the Avalon apartment buildings won't be around much longer now that the steel has begun to go up.
Here are a few more pictures of the Mandarin Oriental from this afternoon:
This view of the Avalon apartment buildings won't be around much longer now that the steel has begun to go up.
FastLane was right. For some bizarre reason, the url is really messed up and I keep getting a message saying that the website is not available. I'll post them here when I have time to save you guys the trouble. I'll post them tonight. Go to www.freewebs.com/bostontr/ if you do not want to wait.
I got some pics from the Mandarin Oriental the other day. Structure has definitely reached the second and maybe third floor in a couple places. I have pics at bostonspot.co.nr. I will definitely post them here tomorrow.
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A lot of the other Mandarin Orientals around the world aren't that interesting, but the one in Hyde Park, London sure is:
An uninteresting example is Miami:
An uninteresting example is Miami:
^ write to Robin Brown and ask him. I wrote him an email last year asking about the first change they made to the design and he emailed me back a response the same day.
http://www.residencesatmandarinorientalboston.com/content/contact/index.jsp
btw - welcome back!
http://www.residencesatmandarinorientalboston.com/content/contact/index.jsp
btw - welcome back!
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Right. I guess they're just effectively extending the tunnel out, and actually now that I went back and looked at the site plan posted on the first page, you can see that it was to remain there all along. Either way I'm excited to see steel decking already up to the second floor. But it's curious that not a single piece of steel has been erected west of the eastern streetwall to Fairfield St (I hope that makes sense). I'm not sure what will be going in the little eastern third portion of the building, but it obviously is going to be completed much earlier than the bigger part.
And one last thing I've noticed, the sidewalks are not going to be very wide at all, perhaps no more than 12 ft, which doesn't make too much sense to me for this stretch. Although we're not exactly at ped-lock, you would assume that 26' wide (10' public ROW, 16' typical Back Bay setback requirement) sidewalks would be requisite in the area, given the heavy loads at nearly all times of day around there.
And one last thing I've noticed, the sidewalks are not going to be very wide at all, perhaps no more than 12 ft, which doesn't make too much sense to me for this stretch. Although we're not exactly at ped-lock, you would assume that 26' wide (10' public ROW, 16' typical Back Bay setback requirement) sidewalks would be requisite in the area, given the heavy loads at nearly all times of day around there.
