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datadyne007 said:
I really hate this new trend. It's so silly and spits in the face of the construction industry.
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I think it's been going on for awhile. When I was at Clemson, our stadium started a construction project in 2005 and the Board of Trustees shuffled around some dirt in a box in the end zone before kickoff as a symbol of "breaking ground".
 
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Its too easy to actually break ground. Have everyone pick up a loose paver and put it in a wheelbarrow ... or something. This is symbolically messed up. In this case ... this dirt was imported from Home Depot ( its lovely soil) and a plexi box built for it. There is nothing that says groundbreaking here. This trend is just insulting to everyone except for the politicians who need everything to be scripted out.

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also ..chromed shovels are silly.
 
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I really like this plan. I walk past the site every day and had been wondering how they were going to shoehorn this big tower in there. The people who work on the west side of the Google bridge can't be happy about it, of course.

The aesthetics of "Pioneer Way" are going to be somewhat compromised, as they are now, by Legal Seafoods' dumpster. =:-O
 
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In my opinion this has pretty much the run of the mill mix of Boston precast for the facade, but the way they arranged it its going to look really good. Wont know until its finished but the renders look great. Just goes to show great design can make up for average materials.








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Re: Ames Street Residence | 88 Ames Str. - Kendall Sq. | Cambridge

Is this going to be taller than the Broad Institute's building across the street or is the outline in that 3rd render based on an older design?
 
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It is going to be 286 feet tall according to the FAA so I believe it will be quite a bit taller in fact when it is completed it will be the fourth tallest building in the city behind Eastgate, the Green Building and the Marriott.
 
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citylover94 said:
It is going to be 286 feet tall according to the FAA so I believe it will be quite a bit taller in fact when it is completed it will be the fourth tallest building in the city behind Eastgate, the Green Building and the Marriott.
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Wow, just 2 feet shorter than the Marriott! This should make quite the impact on Kendall. I think the Broad Institute Megalab at 75 Ames Street is 264'.
 
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Ah! I'll definitely be able to see it all the way from Jackson Square then. Looking forward to this development making Kendall feel just a teeny bit less sterile.
 
Re: Ames Street Residence | 88 Ames Str. - Kendall Sq. | Cambridge

Partial demolition of the garage should be happening during June and July.
 
Re: Ames Street Residence | 88 Ames Str. - Kendall Sq. | Cambridge

They have started demolition on the garage today.
 
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Demolition of garage (as of 6/17, 11am):

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No! This is a brutalist masterpiece. It's buildings like these that make Boston and Cambridge so great. I'm so disgusted with the City of Cambridge. There are parking lots all over the place that we should develop before we tear down this beauty.
 
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AmericanFolkLegend said:
No! This is a brutalist masterpiece. It's buildings like these that make Boston and Cambridge so great. I'm so disgusted with the City of Cambridge. There are parking lots all over the place that we should develop before we tear down this beauty.
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AmericanFolLegend -- I think the city should put a stop on it --RIGHT NOW --

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you can't get much more brutalist that its currently showing -- Paul Rudolf would be envious -- just think of what he could have created with such a tool at his disposal
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Re: Ames Street Residence | 88 Ames Str. - Kendall Sq. | Cambridge

AmericanFolkLegend said:
No! This is a brutalist masterpiece. It's buildings like these that make Boston and Cambridge so great. I'm so disgusted with the City of Cambridge. There are parking lots all over the place that we should develop before we tear down this beauty.
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lol
 
Re: Ames Street Residence | 88 Ames Str. - Kendall Sq. | Cambridge

I know its 22 stories but what are we looking at for height here?
 
Re: Ames Street Residence | 88 Ames Str. - Kendall Sq. | Cambridge

286 feet according to the FAA.
 
Re: Ames Street Residence | 88 Ames Str. - Kendall Sq. | Cambridge

Thats not tall at all but its proportions are good. Thats only a little bit taller than the seaport towers but its thin enough to look proportionate.
 
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