Six Ten @ MIT | 610 Main Street | Cambridge - Kendall Sq
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Re: Six Ten @ MIT | 610 Main Street, Cambridge
Crash -- this is not just an office building -- this is the home of "Big Science" for Big Pharma -- there could be serious instrumentation and lab equipment that needs to be supported by a lot of infrastructure
Crash -- this is not just an office building -- this is the home of "Big Science" for Big Pharma -- there could be serious instrumentation and lab equipment that needs to be supported by a lot of infrastructure
Re: Six Ten @ MIT | 610 Main Street, Cambridge
The public filings say it's a huge underground parking garage and mechanical area. I'm all too familiar with the infrastructure requirements for big pharma.
It takes a lot to facilitate science.
The public filings say it's a huge underground parking garage and mechanical area. I'm all too familiar with the infrastructure requirements for big pharma.
It takes a lot to facilitate science.
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CZ -- actually it is -- Not everyone who will be working for Pfizer wants to live in the midst of the city. Some of them will want to live out in the suburbs, or even in the "sticks" on a farm. Some will want to take Commuter Rail to Porter and then the Red Line and some just will want to drive to Cambridge and park an elevator ride from their labs.
Having a garage in the basement facilitates recruiting the top people as you give them a choice.
CZ -- actually it is -- Not everyone who will be working for Pfizer wants to live in the midst of the city. Some of them will want to live out in the suburbs, or even in the "sticks" on a farm. Some will want to take Commuter Rail to Porter and then the Red Line and some just will want to drive to Cambridge and park an elevator ride from their labs.
Having a garage in the basement facilitates recruiting the top people as you give them a choice.
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Re: Six Ten @ MIT | 610 Main Street, Cambridge
CZ -- Harvard actually has some quite large garages a few blocks north of the Mass Ave, Cambridge St. intersection probably sufficient for most of the faculty on the Cambridge Campus
I suspect that Harvard will have just as much if not more parking in the their new Alston facilities where the options for living near-by don't really exist
CZ -- Harvard actually has some quite large garages a few blocks north of the Mass Ave, Cambridge St. intersection probably sufficient for most of the faculty on the Cambridge Campus
I suspect that Harvard will have just as much if not more parking in the their new Alston facilities where the options for living near-by don't really exist
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I'll bet that Harvard spent $150 million for the excavation and two levels of parking for the science complex. A third level is for mechanical / utilities. The slab is certainly bigger than BU's New Balance field.
I'll bet that Harvard spent $150 million for the excavation and two levels of parking for the science complex. A third level is for mechanical / utilities. The slab is certainly bigger than BU's New Balance field.
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Re: Six Ten @ MIT | 610 Main Street, Cambridge
Albany Street side.
610 Main 9:27
This is a shot from Main Street. As you can see the floor is being poured and the footing for the crane is in place.
610 Main foundation Second phase 9:27
Albany Street side.
610 Main 9:27
This is a shot from Main Street. As you can see the floor is being poured and the footing for the crane is in place.
610 Main foundation Second phase 9:27
Re: Six Ten @ MIT | 610 Main Street, Cambridge
The tower crane at the site has been dissembled and removed. The glass curtain wall is going up rather fast on Albany street. The mechanical equipment all appears to be on top with the mechanical screen almost finished.
Yet they're still digging on the other portion of the site.
The tower crane at the site has been dissembled and removed. The glass curtain wall is going up rather fast on Albany street. The mechanical equipment all appears to be on top with the mechanical screen almost finished.
Yet they're still digging on the other portion of the site.
Re: Six Ten @ MIT | 610 Main Street, Cambridge
What does it say about the state of contemporary architecture that I think this every single time I see the bright-green insulation? What we're building today is, 9 times out of 10, a glassy/prefab/Alucobond cube/rectangle, which is about as dull as the human brain can fathom. Given that, "lime green insulation" is our latter-day equivalent of a massive roseate window or intricately carved gargoyle.
What does it say about the state of contemporary architecture that I think this every single time I see the bright-green insulation? What we're building today is, 9 times out of 10, a glassy/prefab/Alucobond cube/rectangle, which is about as dull as the human brain can fathom. Given that, "lime green insulation" is our latter-day equivalent of a massive roseate window or intricately carved gargoyle.