State Street HQ | One Congress | Bulfinch Crossing | West End

[Boston02124]

 

[BACsop]

6/22

 

[BeeLine]

IMG_7572 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
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[beck4537]

6/22

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The state street building looks like a render in that picture.

 

[BeeLine]

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[atlantaden]

Can't wait till the rest of that damn garage is gone! And I love this building!!

 

[DZH22]

6/18 From Prospect Hill Somerville

IMG_2060 by David Z, on Flickr

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IMG_2115 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[westend]

Currently a 4 alarm fire on the 20th floor:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540345482102423552

 

[chrisbrat]

a friend of mine who works at city hall just took this.

 

[tysmith95]

Currently a 4 alarm fire on the 20th floor:

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1540345482102423552

This site has been disaster after disaster

 

[BeyondRevenue]

it looks like it’s out. BFD is winding down.
Damn!
I’m expecting Craig T. Nelson to come running out screaming something about headstones and/or bodies.
Or alternately…

 

[TomOfBoston]

Safety problems on the T, GC Garage structural problems closing down two T lines, this fire. Downtown Boston seems to be cursed lately.

 

[Vivanna]

Cause of ‘significant fire’ on 20th floor of Bulfinch Crossing high-rise under investigation - The Boston Globe

The high-rise is part of the Bulfinch Crossing development connected to the Government Center Garage where the private developers on Thursday discovered structural weaknesses on support columns, leading to suspension of service on Green and Orange lines through portions of downtown Boston.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[Arlington]

Cross-posted Mod Note: Today has simultaneous crises that can be separated into two similar (but nonetheless distinct) threads:
1) MBTA closure due to structural columns of Bulfinch Crossing | Congress Street Garage | West End (The other thread)
2) A small fire during construction of State Street HQ | One Congress | Bulfinch Crossing | West End (this thread)

 

[DZH22]

Didn't The Sudbury also have a fire during construction?

 

[BosDevelop]

What a nightmare few months between the fatal collapse, the issues forcing T shutdowns and now this fire.

 

[DZH22]

Didn't The Sudbury also have a fire during construction?

Answering myself, here's the fire at The Sudbury, which wasn't called that yet at the time. From 2/23/2019.

Fire erupts at Government Center Garage construction site

Boston firefighters responded to the under-construction side of the Government Center garage complex, where a fire on the 13th floor extended to the 14th floor. Firefighters were ordered off the 14th floor. The HYM Investment Group, which owns the garage and which is turning it into the Bulfinch...

www.universalhub.com

Don't forget this recent one, 4/7/2022.

Gallery: Two Boston window washers rescued from luxury apartment

Boston firefighters rescued two window washer workers when their platform became disabled and dangled precariously outside the 42nd floor of 100 Sudbury Street, a luxury apartment building called The Sudbury.

www.bostonherald.com

 

[393b40]

Project is cursed...

 

[DZH22]

6/18 From Mount Auburn.

IMG_2164 by David Z, on Flickr

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[stellarfun]

Fire was principally on the 20th floor, on the northwest side. Minor extension to the 21st floor, and to the floor below. Standpipes were operational, as was one pressurized staircase.