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We should change the name of this thread to the "Official Arch Boston Circle Jerk" Page. ;)
 
Mike said:
They probably finished early ... they were running ahead of schedule.
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Wouldn't doubt it. S&F is one of the best concrete contractors in the country!

bolehboleh said:
We should change the name of this thread to the "Official Arch Boston Circle Jerk" Page. ;)
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Yup. It's gonna be an EPIC couple of years watching all the concrete rise! It'll be a refreshing change from the typical steel/hybrid construction we're seeing elsewhere in the city.
 
dshoost88 said:
^^I disagree about Eataly. While I think one would be great in Boston, a location at Downtown Crossing/along the Freedom Trail would cannablize business in the North End. I've been a proponent of them going a little further away like to the Back Bay or Fenway. Maybe even at Tremont Crossing.
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I doubt they would want anything to do with Roxbury(Tremont Crossing). If they do open downtown and cannibalize North End businesses as you fear, I'd say that's a positive. The North End has needed to up its game for years.
 
Seriously. Thanks guys for all the photos, that was fantastic.

And yes, as far as I know, this will be the biggest building project this board has covered. Really looking forward to it, but hopefully it won't hold the crown for too long.
 
statler said:
... this will be the biggest building project this board has covered...
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Until the Christian Science Center Tower breaks ground later this year... that one will be nearly 100 feet taller! Here's hoping the positive momentum continues throughout the city.
 
dshoost88 said:
Until the Christian Science Center Tower breaks ground later this year... that one will be nearly 100 feet taller! Here's hoping the positive momentum continues throughout the city.
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Any quality/detailed renderings of this? If it's breaking ground later this year, I would think there'd be something out there...
 
kmp1284 said:
If they do open downtown and cannibalize North End businesses as you fear, I'd say that's a positive. The North End has needed to up its game for years.
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Truer words never written. I have vowed to never bring out of town guest to eat "Italian" food in the North End again. It's embarrassing.
 
So now that the foundation has been poured, any guesses as to how long it takes them to finish the below grade garage and before we start to see the tower poke out of the ground? Is 4-6 more months a good bet?
 
Wow. Big salute to the guy/team that put the logistics of that pour together. Hope they were able to enjoy some (many) well deserved beers.
 
I happened to be looking for info on how many condos are programmed for the tower and Google threw me this rendering in the results of my search... Can anyone ID this rendering?

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Boston Condo Group ties it to Millennium Tower, but I know another development was proposed for this air rights parcel and the tower is situated catty-corner from it next to Kings bowling...
 
Boylston Square. I think it was proposed in the late 90s. It's been dead for probably ten years.
 
Yeah, it has nothing to do with Millennium Tower. It's a mistake and shouldn't be on that page.

Btw, here's your answer (600) from the NPC:
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BosDevelop said:
Is 4-6 more months a good bet?
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When I left for NC (May 2012) I figured that by the time I got back (May 2013) that both this and Copley Tower would be out of the ground. Now it's almost a year after I'm back, and you're telling me this is going to take another 4-6 months to fill the hole? WTF?!?!?! And in the meantime, where the hell are we with the 8 other fully-approved 400'+ projects around the city? The glacial pace of these 9 towers is probably the most depressing part of my life right now. We're never going to get there, are we? It's just never going to happen. 4-6 more months, for real? Just to reach ground level? Slowest project ever.
 
A. That was just a guess. We don't know how long this is going to take to get out of the ground.
B. There has been uninterrupted activity in the hole since the project was reactivated.
C. They are not building a single family stick house in the 'burbs. This is one of the most complex projects this city has seen in decades. It's going to take awhile. Be patient and enjoy the show.
 
statler said:
A. That was just a guess. We don't know how long this is going to take to get out of the ground.
B. There has been uninterrupted activity in the hole since the project was reactivated.
C. They are not building a single family stick house in the 'burbs. This is one of the most complex projects this city has seen in decades. It's going to take awhile. Be patient and enjoy the show.
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Just an example, but this skyscraper was first PROPOSED in May 2011 (vs 2006 for ours), and now is almost topped off. I'm not just Boston-centric over here. I follow projects all over the world, and most of them go from proposed to built while ours are still haggling over Permit #46.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=191309&page=23

Also, right now "the show" is just a hole that now has concrete in it (oh wow!) and is being estimated as another 4-6 months before this tower is as tall as a person. So yeah, 8 years later and we finally have ourselves a hole with concrete. I'm so happy. We'll be at WW3 with Russia before another 600' tower ever tops off in this city. (at which point, construction will stop, and we'll never see any of these built, ever... odds 50/50).
 
What they are building today is a vastly different building, being built by a completely different developer than what was proposed in 2006. This is a much, much newer project.

If you want to compare this site to anything, compare it to the Chicago Spire, which was proposed around the same time as the original proposal for this site.
 
There's more than enough time for a global economic meltdown to put the kibosh on this for another ten years.
 
Construction Dates
Began 2012
Will finish 2015
Floor Count 33
Basement Floors 3
Floor Area 74,322 m²

Heights
Roof 564 ft

Don't see a huge difference between this timeline and the Millenium Tower. The economy tanked the original tower project (this was not the only tower put on hold at the time). This project is larger, incorporates an existing facade and must be worked over/around a rapid transit station.
 
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