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[lynqueezy]

 

[AndrewOnTheMBTA]

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Beautiful to see the core rise above the station! My parents live down on the South Shore and the only building that really sticks out from very far away is the Pru. I do see this building being the new "beacon" from the South Shore and the Expressway (and other places to the south such as South Boston and the harbor islands).

 

[Suffolk 83]

 

[BentFryingPan]

View from above in One Financial!

 

[Justbuildit]

Great shot. Very curious where the angled outcroppings arising from the lower arch structure will meet up with steel (one has some yellow ribbon on it, bottom center, for reference). I don't think anything is anchoring into the historic station roof or support system from what I recall, but maybe there's steel planned for the yellow-lined rectangular cutouts on the current trapezoidal roof?

 

[RandomWalk]

Those may be where the upper level column grid meets the core, to avoid having columns drop through the passenger waiting area.

The precarious ladder from the roof to the core gives me the willies.

 

[Justbuildit]

Well, I guess part of my own question is being answered today.

 

[bobthebuilder]

There are also similar concrete elements on the bus terminal side of the core. These basically serve to channel the majority of the tower loads into the concrete core to reduce the amount of steel columns going through the concourse/track area. I imagine we'll see some interesting steel work in the next couple floors as they build up the trusses/transfer girders. You can see some of the truss work starting on the summer street side.

In the same video I shared a couple pages back, if you pause at the ~57s mark and use the < & > keys to go frame by frame you can see how the steel comes diagonally off the core as you go up each floor. You can also match up the steel elements from the model with what we're seeing in the pictures above.

 

[Shawmut]

 

[Jahvon09]

Yup, steel is now rising around the core!! This will be the latest office tower to dominate Boston's skyline!!

 

[bigpicture7]

Article with a few fantastic construction photos:

South Station Tower will be for more than just commuters

The South Station Tower is going to impact how we travel, even if most of us don't live in it.

www.axios.com

 

[bigpicture7]

Atlantic ave side, today (3/26), via what little unobstructed view upward there is on this side:

 

[Arlington]

From Purchase Street on Saturday (25th)

 

[beck4537]