Wow - did not take long at all for that steel to come down... Curious what's happening this weekend then, with the shutdown? Maybe foundation work for the new headhouse? When you get off at Kendall I was surprised to not only find the old area walled off, but every crevice has been sealed with tape - making sure no dust gets through at all. Big things planned perhaps.
Yeah, I noticed the same. I'd guess the above-ground steel was the easy part. Perhaps they'll next be jackhammering some at/below-grade concrete from the old head house.
961restaurant.com
I went to a High School Graduation ceremony at Polar Park recently, and I was impressed with the area around both Polar Park and Union Station. Looking at the 961 website, I absolutely want to try it. Too bad it's quite a haul from Scituate.........even by train.961 looks to be a great restaurant!
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AND they seem to be "one of us" - - love architecture
"Drawing strong inspiration from the very skin and massive bones of Union Station, the design leaves exposed the raw concrete and rough brickwork, highlighted by a Modern Mediterranean motif loaded with lights and mirrors.......Our venue is a confluence of past and present — a place where the architectural integrity of Union Station meets modern luxury."
I doubt it since according to media the T is planning to replace the garage and station with a new development.
I imagine that someone over at the T's central office is like what is money even? (spending $10m every 3 years just to keep a garage from losing a concrete deck.)
But is that even enough to maintain the garage at this point?
Maybe is probably the answer. I suspect that the Alewife garage isn't exempt from the T's history of deferred maintenance, since it was increasingly decrepit by 2015, but it's actually not that old. It opened in what, 1985?
The Commonwealth in general had a really bad history of poor quality construction of government funded facilities from the 1970's into the 1980's. Particularly highly suspect concrete supply (likely violation of the salt content in the concrete, resulting in premature degradation). Look at the UMass Boston campus garage structure underpinning the campus, the Lynn MBTA garage (condemned) as other examples. Perhaps some mobbed-up contractors?
That figure ignores all other regular maintance costs, any costs from parking enforcement, and other regular costs. While I don't know for sure how much those are, they've got to be taking a big chunk of that parking revenue as it is.
