Middlesex County Courthouse Redevelopment | 40 Thorndike St | East Cambridge

[bigpicture7]

New facade is starting to go in (today, 6/13):

 

[BeeLine]

IMG_6454 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_6473 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_6492 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_6493 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_6494 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_6495 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_6498 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_6500 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_6501 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_6502 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

 

[Equilibria]

I'm not sure I've seen the horizontally-progressing cladding before on a building of this size.

 

[DZH22]

6/16 From Woburn

IMG_2015 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_2020 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[DZH22]

6/18 From Prospect Hill Somerville.

IMG_2090 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[DZH22]

6/18 From Mount Auburn

IMG_2163 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[bigpicture7]

So I had heard that renovation/repurposing of the ground level of the First Street Garage (across from this parcel) was a public benefit obligation that this developer has as part of the approvals for the jail/courthouse tower project. Yet I hadn't seen anything further about it for years since this was first approved.

I just now noticed this project page on the Graffitto site (images courtesy of / linked from within the link at left):

https://graffito.com/portfolio/first-street-garage/

Looks like they're building a small public market on the Garage's ground level. Can't complain about the concept, though there's a lot of retail vacancy on First Street right now...I hope a bigger-picture turnaround (including this project) is on its way for the area.

 

[BeeLine]

IMG_8785 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_8787 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_8790 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_8792 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_8795 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_8842 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

 

[stick n move]

Wow this is moving fast now.

 

[DZH22]

7/9 From the Fells

IMG_2609 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[DZH22]

7/13 From Mount Auburn

IMG_2777 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[DZH22]

7/14 From Prospect Hill Somerville

IMG_2870 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Javier]

 

[bip05]

 

[DZH22]

8/11

IMG_3112 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_3149 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

New facade is looking good.

 

[bip05]

 

[Equilibria]

For how long it took to get to this point, it seems like those panels are just rocketing up the building.

 

[chrisbrat]

For how long it took to get to this point, it seems like those panels are just rocketing up the building.

It’s the opposite of 1 POS.

 

[Brick Top]

New facade is looking good.

I believe this isn't even the façade's final form, since all of the renderings show red cladding. Aren't those horizontal lines anchors for the cladding?