Marine Industrial Park | Seaport

[crawform]

This building is sooooo far into the Seaport. Hard to imagine there being robust interest in subletting this building.

RIP.

Struggling Ginkgo Bioworks says it will step away from soon-to-open Seaport building - The Boston Globe

The cell production company was set to move into new building by year’s end, but will instead put it up for sublease.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[Justbuildit]

RIP.

Struggling Ginkgo Bioworks says it will step away from soon-to-open Seaport building - The Boston Globe

The cell production company was set to move into new building by year’s end, but will instead put it up for sublease.

www.bostonglobe.com

RIP indeed. Scrolling to the top of page 14 is wild. I forgot how bullish everyone was in the heady days of the pandemic. These guys (like so many others) are absolutely cooked. Down 97%!

 

[themissinglink]

Massport puts prime waterfront land in South Boston on the market - The Boston Globe

A developer could gain the rights to as many as 19 acres next to the Ray Flynn marine industrial park, in potential deals with Massport and BPDA.

www.bostonglobe.com

Bids are due for the Massport and BPDA sites by Feb. 24, with a redeveloper to be selected as soon as March.

 

[FK4]

Massport puts prime waterfront land in South Boston on the market - The Boston Globe

A developer could gain the rights to as many as 19 acres next to the Ray Flynn marine industrial park, in potential deals with Massport and BPDA.

www.bostonglobe.com

I was gonna say that double line of trees screams abandoned RR ROW, but I dont think it is one. Looking at old maps I dont think there were ever tracks this far out.

Interestingly, I think this may be the most recent site of land making in Boston—the jetties were filled in in the 70s, maybe even later.

 

[Scott]

I think Spectacle Island during the Big Dig might have been the last made land within city limits

 

[stick n move]

I think Spectacle Island during the Big Dig might have been the last made land within city limits

That gets tricky because spectacle island was an existing island they just added dirt on top of it. What he was talking about was the jettis being filled in being possibly the last new land created from the sea where land had not existed before. If we were going to count spectacle island then youd have to count anywhere where dirt was added on top of existing land and that gets crazy.

 

[JeffDowntown]

That gets tricky because spectacle island was an existing island they just added dirt on top of it. What he was talking about was the jettis being filled in being possibly the last new land created from the sea where land had not existed before. If we were going to count spectacle island then youd have to count anywhere where dirt was added on top of existing land and that gets crazy.

Dirt was not just added on top of Spectacle Island. Before the Big Dig, Spectacle Island was approximately 49 acres in size, while after the project, which used the island as a dumping ground for excavated soil, it significantly increased to around 105 acres, with the majority of the new landmass coming from the Big Dig dirt. That is new land creation. (Some sources say the new size is 114 acres, even more.)

 

[stick n move]

Dirt was not just added on top of Spectacle Island. Before the Big Dig, Spectacle Island was approximately 49 acres in size, while after the project, which used the island as a dumping ground for excavated soil, it significantly increased to around 105 acres, with the majority of the new landmass coming from the Big Dig dirt. That is new land creation. (Some sources say the new size is 114 acres, even more.)

Early years.

Pre big dig

Post big dig.

The numbers youre referring to are the original size compared to the current size, not pre vs post big dig. Its worded a bit confusingly on many sites that talk about it, but the satellite views clear up what theyre saying.

The friends of boston harbor islands website lays it out more clearly:

“The island was initially composed of two small drumlins connected by a spit, with an approximate size of 49 acres (200,000 m2).”

“However, dumping of trash and dirt, together with subsequent landscaping, have resulted in a significantly larger island with a permanent size of 85 acres (340,000 m2), plus an intertidal zone of a further 28 acres (110,000 m2). The island is now composed of two artificial earth mounds, terraced with retaining walls, roads and newly planted vegetation.”

“When the Big Dig began work in Boston in 1992, some of the excavated dirt and clay was used to resurface the island. The island was covered and built up by dirt, capped with two feet of clay, and covered with two to five feet of topsoil. Thousands of trees were planted, and paths, buildings, and a dock were built. The island opened to the public in June 2006, for use as a recreational area with hiking trails, a beach, and a marina with boat slips for visitors. It also has a cafe and visitors center.”

https://www.fbhi.org/fbhi.org-14032727084f3ae09e39c0a/spectacle-island.html

 

[JeffDowntown]

Early years.
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Post big dig.
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The numbers youre referring to are the original size compared to the current size, not pre vs post big dig. Its worded a bit confusingly on many sites that talk about it, but the satellite views clear up what theyre saying.

The friends of boston harbor islands website lays it out more clearly:

“The island was initially composed of two small drumlins connected by a spit, with an approximate size of 49 acres (200,000 m2).”

“However, dumping of trash and dirt, together with subsequent landscaping, have resulted in a significantly larger island with a permanent size of 85 acres (340,000 m2), plus an intertidal zone of a further 28 acres (110,000 m2). The island is now composed of two artificial earth mounds, terraced with retaining walls, roads and newly planted vegetation.”

“When the Big Dig began work in Boston in 1992, some of the excavated dirt and clay was used to resurface the island. The island was covered and built up by dirt, capped with two feet of clay, and covered with two to five feet of topsoil. Thousands of trees were planted, and paths, buildings, and a dock were built. The island opened to the public in June 2006, for use as a recreational area with hiking trails, a beach, and a marina with boat slips for visitors. It also has a cafe and visitors center.”

https://www.fbhi.org/fbhi.org-14032727084f3ae09e39c0a/spectacle-island.html

OK, so the garbage dump is really the fill that enlarged the (two) islands into one. Got it. Even the Big Dig official record (MassDOT) on this gets it wrong.