Ron Newman
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Looks like "demolished" in those photos. It's old but I don't know that it's historic.
The Clarendon
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bosma
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20 bucks says there will be a construction accident (ie steel beam blowing through somebodies window) due to high winds in the area and the NIMBY's use it to block construction of the Columbus Center.
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Umm I believe it is going to be a cast in place concrete building and even in that neighborhood I hope that it isn't windy enough to blow steel around :shock:bosma said:
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I got hit once ...
I was walking down Clarendon Street once, and got to the corner of Stuart Street, going toward the South End, and this HUGE flat piece of wood, probably 4 feet across and two feet wide slammed into my back so hard, I thought I was going to faint. I figured at first it was a person, or then, that it was a car, but no, it was a piece of wood.
Once I caught my breath, I looked around to see if anyone else had noticed. I wasn't sure what to think. I was mad at first, but then was incredulous. It was really big. I almost had to laugh.
I was even going to save the piece of wood, because I didn't think people would believe that it happened. It came from the John Hancock tower, I think, back when a car drove through the corner of the building, one Sunday morning (so much for their barriers out front ...).
I was walking down Clarendon Street once, and got to the corner of Stuart Street, going toward the South End, and this HUGE flat piece of wood, probably 4 feet across and two feet wide slammed into my back so hard, I thought I was going to faint. I figured at first it was a person, or then, that it was a car, but no, it was a piece of wood.
Once I caught my breath, I looked around to see if anyone else had noticed. I wasn't sure what to think. I was mad at first, but then was incredulous. It was really big. I almost had to laugh.
I was even going to save the piece of wood, because I didn't think people would believe that it happened. It came from the John Hancock tower, I think, back when a car drove through the corner of the building, one Sunday morning (so much for their barriers out front ...).
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They are probably waiting on resources (like concrete). There is so much development going on world wide that the demand is more than the supply.
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Does anyone know what this building is going to be made of? It's reddish-brown, but doesn't appear to be brick. Can anyone tell what the material is?
Edit: nevermind. I got his from the RM Stern website:
The shaft of the Clarendon is red brick in the Boston tradition, but expressed in a way that relates to its Modernist neighbors.
Edit: nevermind. I got his from the RM Stern website:
The shaft of the Clarendon is red brick in the Boston tradition, but expressed in a way that relates to its Modernist neighbors.
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