Pierce Boston (née The Point )| Boylston St/Brookline Av | Fenway

[dshoost88]

Wait... is this thing rising already?

Well there's no underground garage, so it'll rise a lot faster than other Fenway/Boston buildings that spend a year digging underground before going vertical.

 

[datadyne007]

Those are piles. The Fenway residents are gonna *love* the many months of pile driving starting at 7 in the morning! I remember the pile driving for the MassArt tower when I lived over there.

CLINK. CLINK. CLINK. CLINK. CLINK. ...

 

[statler]

Stupid question. Are piles able to smash through granite boulders are do they have to make sure the ground is somehow clear of them before they start?

 

[cca]

Nope. Piles get driven to refusal. (they stop moving). There are always enough to distribute the weight around obstacles.

cca

 

[statler]

Ahh. That makes sense. Thanks!

 

[JSic]

To quote an overused cliche, this one's a game changer for the area!

 

[type001]

^It's truly an iconic lipstick on a pig within a plateau of NIMBYs.

Sorry, I'm not very good at this.

 

[atlantaden]

To quote an overused cliche, this one's a game changer for the area!

I would argue that Trilogy was the game-changer in the neighborhood, it set the standard for all new construction that followed! The Pierce is the beautiful end result of Trilogy.

 

[Boston02124]

 

[BeeLine]

https://flic.kr/p/wnf37A
https://flic.kr/p/xgWspJ

 

[JohnAKeith]

So these guys didn't have to dig a hole for parking, right? That must help a lot with costs!

 

[bigeman312]

So these guys didn't have to dig a hole for parking, right? That must help a lot with costs!

Should help speed up construction, too, right?

 

[DigitalSciGuy]

Should help speed up construction, too, right?

Yeah, I assume that they'd be able to start putting up above-ground steel once they're done driving the piles. They started driving the piles last month? So when we say 'months' of pile driving, are we talking 2 months to pile for something this tall or upward of 3 or 4 months?

It's been a long time since I've seen/noticed a building not take 6-9 months of prep work for underground parking.

 

[stick n move]

Via campionre.com

 

[datadyne007]

http://files.usmre.com/4965/blog/Pierce Boston.jpg

Via campionre.com

Damn. Essentially Fenway's Millennium Tower.

 

[deh74]

Can't wait for that shaws and gas station to be redeveloped.

 

[timsox6]

Notable in the render are also the future Landmark development and, I think, the future development to 126 Brookline Ave. Correct me if I'm wrong, of course.

 

[JSic]

This is huge for Boston. A new tallest outside downtown/Back Bay.

 

[curcuas]

Oddly enough, the Skanska Boylston st building isn't on there.

 

[Bos77]

Oddly enough, the Skanska Boylston st building isn't on there.

Why would it be? Different developers, different timetable, and for a while doubts whether or not it would even be approved.