The Boulevard (née The Times/Littlest Bar) | 110 Broad St | Downtown

whighlander said:
JeffDowntown -- It has Bulfinch in its origin -- but its in really an example of mid Federalist Value Engineering -- this was a warehouse -- not a palace


http://www.sta-design.com/saving-bulfinch/


Which you can read for yourself @
https://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/102 Broad Street Study Report_tcm3-50036.pdf
Just remember it was written in 1983 when the real Green Monster was roaring only a short block away
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those are awesome pics with old monsta in the background....
 
I would guess it's to prevent water from getting in there and freezing during the winter. Multiple freeze thaws and the edges could come down real quick.
 
Under the boards it is all bubble gum and paper clips.
 
I can't get over how little progress has been made since the demo. They're civil budget must be completely blown.
 
AmericanFolkLegend said:
I can't get over how little progress has been made since the demo. They're civil budget must be completely blown.
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For the record, this was put on hold for a cable line running through the site. Comcast had them hold off on moving it until the end of the olympics, but even then, it has been an extremely slow start for this.
 
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Curbed has a piece on the pricing, here. Some nice-looking interior renders, too (not sure if they've been posted here before).

The most expensive Boulevard listing so far is $3,835,000 for a 2,362-square-foot 3-BR, 3.5-BA on the 10th floor. That’s $1,623.62 a square foot.
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The cheapest listed option so far is a 1,392-square-foot 1-BR, 2-BA asking $1,695,000, which pencils out to $1,217.67 a square foot.
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http://boston.curbed.com/2017/1/12/14249276/boulevard-110-broad-street-boston-greenway

Boston’s new Boulevard on the Greenway starts dropping condos
And–surprise–they’re pricey

by Tom Acitelli Jan 12, 2017,

Renderings via Finegold Alexander/Campion & Co./LDa Architecture & Interiors

Condo sales have started at the new development called the Boulevard on the Greenway at 110 Broad Street in downtown Boston.

Developer New Boston Ventures is in the process of replacing a five-story building and a 19th-century warehouse with a complex of 36 condos. Thirty-one of them will be market-rate and the Charles Bulfinch-designed warehouse will be incorporated into the complex, which Finegold Alexander Architects is designing (LDa Architecture & Interiors is handling the interiors).

The Boulevard’s condos, which Campion & Co. are marketing, are not coming cheap. As to be expected for new-development units in such a prime spot, all of the newly listed condos appear to be retailing for well over $1,000 a square foot.

The most expensive Boulevard listing so far is $3,835,000 for a 2,362-square-foot 3-BR, 3.5-BA on the 10th floor. That’s $1,623.62 a square foot.

Two floors down, a 2,414-square-foot 3-BR, 3.5-BA is asking $3,725,000—or $1,543.08 a square foot.

The cheapest listed option so far is a 1,392-square-foot 1-BR, 2-BA asking $1,695,000, which pencils out to $1,217.67 a square foot.

Interestingly, what became the Boulevard condos was originally slated to be an apartment building—52 at one count, though the figure had shrunk to 40.
 
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I guess there's no shortage of images of this but here are four more.

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^ So they are doing exactly what I said they should be doing several hundred posts ago on this thread, which was to put horizontal shoring around the brick walls. No good reason they couldn't have done this at the beginning of the demo instead of now.
 
bigpicture7 said:
^ So they are doing exactly what I said they should be doing several hundred posts ago on this thread, which was to put horizontal shoring around the brick walls. No good reason they couldn't have done this at the beginning of the demo instead of now.
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Shoring? Is that what the white tanks are for? Can you tell us a little more about that? Is it related to the sites proximity to the water?
 
617 said:
Shoring? Is that what the white tanks are for? Can you tell us a little more about that? Is it related to the sites proximity to the water?
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Definition #1:

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/shoring?s=t

(& can't quite tell if you are poking fun at me, and no worries if you are)

I'm just saying, these old brittle brick walls have basically no capacity for bending, so their initial method of shoring at various points was not going to prevent cracking in between the supports. The horizontal braces will do a lot to preserve this now and they should have installed them at the beginning.
 
617 said:
Shoring? Is that what the white tanks are for? Can you tell us a little more about that? Is it related to the sites proximity to the water?
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The white tanks belong to a geotechnical company, so I assume they're associated with the new foundation. Anybody have experience w/ or knowledge of geotech/construction and know what the tanks are used for?
 
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