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bigpicture7 said:
Ok, so it's a little presumptuous for me to post this here. I could have opted for "The New Retail Thread"...
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Flat Top Johnny's Plans to Return to Kendall Square in Cambridge

A beloved restaurant, bar, and pool hall in Cambridge that closed down a couple of years ago appears to be returning, though an exact locati...
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...The tweet linked within the above blog post indicates Flat Top Johnny's is returning to Kendall Sq. and does not give an address. But the photo therein appears to be of the new building at 238 Main ("Site 3")

So this COULD mean that FTJ's is going to be a ground floor tenant in the heart of Kendall, which would be awesome.
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Credit to @#bancars for posting this file to another thread, but check out slide 7 within the MITIMCo update about the Volpe site (link here). That slide lists out five "coming soon" retail openings within the new MIT buildings in this development - including Flat Top Johnnie's re-opening within 238 Main St.
 
A couple of updates on retail activation on the NOMA side of this development:

Construction fencing is back up around one side of the One65 Main tower. Concurrently, there's a note in Cambridge Day about a restaurant called "Mestizo" planning to move into One65 Main, so perhaps this is for that purpose:
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https://www.cambridgeday.com/2023/0...w-park-for-kendall-square-and-alewife-zoning/
A restaurant called Mestizo seeks licensing for 165 Main St., Kendall Square, where it will have 4,217 square feet inside and outside at the base of the MIT-owned “One65 Main” luxury apartment building
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Meanwhile, Locke Bar, which was previously announced as a tenant next door appears to be pretty much done with their fit-out:
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https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2023/05/locke-bar-restaurant-to-open-in.html
 
bigpicture7 said:
A couple of updates on retail activation on the NOMA side of this development:

Construction fencing is back up around one side of the One65 Main tower. Concurrently, there's a note in Cambridge Day about a restaurant called "Mestizo" planning to move into One65 Main, so perhaps this is for that purpose:
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https://www.cambridgeday.com/2023/0...w-park-for-kendall-square-and-alewife-zoning/


Meanwhile, Locke Bar, which was previously announced as a tenant next door appears to be pretty much done with their fit-out:
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https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2023/05/locke-bar-restaurant-to-open-in.html
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Excited to try both of these! And it looks like Mestizo is trying for 1 AM closing time? Kendall could probably use some more late-night spots, but I'm curious as to whether there's enough demand in the Canal District area.

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#bancars said:
Excited to try both of these! And it looks like Mestizo is trying for 1 AM closing time? Kendall could probably use some more late-night spots, but I'm curious as to whether there's enough demand in the Canal District area.
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I share the curiosity. But, interestingly, the one next door requested 1am closing Mon-Wed and 2am closing Thurs-Sat on their application to the licensing commission. So there seems to be some attempt to reshape this area. Maybe that will actually be better than one place going at it alone?
 
Neat story about how the canopy for the newly rebuilt Kendall inbound MBTA head house was fabricated by a boatbuilding firm in Maine:

www.mainebiz.biz

Boatbuilder Lyman-Morse shows versatile side with canopy for Kendall Square 'T' stop

Lyman-Morse Technologies produced and delivered a 160-foot by 32-foot, diamond-shaped composite canopy to be installed over Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Kendall Square T stop in Cambridge, Mass.
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The Kendall inbound head house is now completely done. They'd been rebuilding/re-bricking the plaza area after demo'ing the temporary head house, but that seems to all be completed and all is now open to the public. Also, looks like the new coffee shop that's about to open at right will have some cafe tables that extend out into the plaza, evidenced by the boxed in area with planters (7/13).

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I’m a little surprised they didn’t install a redundant elevator when they rebuilt the head house.
 
What is the purpose of the canopy structure? It doesn’t seem to provide protection from the elements given that the T head houses exit outside of the covered area.
 
bdurden said:
What is the purpose of the canopy structure? It doesn’t seem to provide protection from the elements given that the T head houses exit outside of the covered area.
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It protects the elevator which is where someone is more likely to wait.
 
Neat (and fairly thorough!) write up, with photos, on the Kendall Inbound Head House project:

www.architecturalrecord.com

MIT’s New Campus Gateway Doubles as a Subway Headhouse

The geometric ensemble by NADAAA and Perkins&Will acknowledges the needs and motivations of both the institute and the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority.
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Photo (c) John Horner via Architectural Record
 
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