MCCA Hotels: Aloft & Element | 371-401 D Street | South Boston

in data's first photo, you can see an elevated walkway extending from the front of the BCEC to the World Trade Center.
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That's not a walkway. That's an actual street, with sidewalks on either side.
 
markhb said:
Not to speak ill of the neighborhood (my great-grandfather's sister lived down there someplace), but at the very least a long street of triple-deckers screams "there's nothing down here" to an out-of-towner, especially with Seaport Boulevard beckoning from the opposite direction.
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Can't argue with that, and for the most part there isn't much down there for an out-of-towner today. Great opportunity though for moderate priced, and possibly (although growing extinct in Boston) independent restaurants to open in what has to be a cheaper rental district. People find retaurants by searching Yelp, and they will explore to a certain degree. Plus, as mentioned the corner of West Broadway and D is only a 10 min walk from these hotels. Not to mention they would be walking past West Square and several brand new 800k+ condos.. Not the "triple-decker" side of town your referring to.
 
datadyne007 said:
Ron Newman said:
That's not a walkway. That's an actual street, with sidewalks on either side.
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"World Trade Center Ave" to be specific. It's quite wide and awkward.

Map: Link
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I stand corrected. I've been on it several times, usually going to the Seaport Hotel for a day event, but it's so elevated and lonely it didn't click in my head when I posted that it's an actual street.
 
Looks like they are still placing precast piles here.

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I was surprised to see the elevator shaft for one of these two hotels was made up of ... cinder blocks? You don't use precast concrete or something like that?

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JohnAKeith said:
I was surprised to see the elevator shaft for one of these two hotels was made up of ... cinder blocks? You don't use precast concrete or something like that?

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Using CMUs for shafts is typical for that height. That's standard in this kind of construction. My 5-story wood-framed apartment building in Chelsea, built in 2011, also has a CMU elevator shaft. The new Marriott TownePlace Suites on Eastern Ave also has one.

Don't be surprised if you see a steel frame ground floor and wood frame above on this hotel either.
 
datadyne007 said:
Using CMUs for shafts is typical for that height. That's standard in this kind of construction. My 5-story wood-framed apartment building in Chelsea, built in 2011, also has a CMU elevator shaft. The new Marriott TownePlace Suites on Eastern Ave also has one.

Don't be surprised if you see a steel frame ground floor and wood frame above on this hotel either.
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Will this be 5 or 6 stories? Is it true that wood can only be used for new structures maxing out at 5 stories?
 
I realize now, those aren't elevator shafts, they are staircases.
 
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