The Sudbury (Bulfinch Crossing Residential Tower) | 50 Sudbury St | GCG Phase I | Gov't Center

Some progress....

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Who's got the big brain and can tell/knows if this is going to be concrete or steel frame construction? I see concrete forms and a steel beam
 
Suffolk 83 said:
Who's got the big brain and can tell/knows if this is going to be concrete or steel frame construction? I see concrete forms and a steel beam
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It's supposed to be made entirely of concrete.
 
Soon One Dalton and Phase 2 Hub on Causeway will finish up and it's going to take some time for anything close to getting off the ground for Winthrop and Longfellow to get going which means our eyes are going to be peeled on this thing floor by floor. I pray this thing will actually move because as far as Crane porn goes we're gonna be in a little lull.
 
Definitely exciting to see this starting to really go up. We're all a little spoiled here in 2018 when its like "eh a 550' going up, its cool but not that exciting". 10 years ago we would get a 45 province at 300' and change and were following its every move for countless pages.
 
Suffolk 83 said:
Definitely exciting to see this starting to really go up. We're all a little spoiled here in 2018 when its like "eh a 550' going up, its cool but not that exciting". 10 years ago we would get a 45 province at 300' and change and were following its every move for countless pages.
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Once this passes the garage it should start to see a lot of updates. I know I'll be jumping back into that fray!

jpdibenedetto said:
Soon One Dalton and Phase 2 Hub on Causeway will finish up and it's going to take some time for anything close to getting off the ground for Winthrop and Longfellow to get going which means our eyes are going to be peeled on this thing floor by floor. I pray this thing will actually move because as far as Crane porn goes we're gonna be in a little lull.
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After Hub tops off, we can distract ourselves with the Seaport for a couple of weeks and then turn our attention to Kendall as well as this tower. That tall dorm tower in particular already looks like it's ~10 floors. No lull on the cranes but definitely a bit of a break before this becomes the next impactful building on the skyline.
 
Don’t forget Hub on Causeway Phase 3, which has to start next year to meet the stated move-in date of 2021
 
For the skyline enthusiasts - Despite the modest size, this (and the office tower next) should be the most exciting thing going on. This plugs an awkward hole in the skyline and will really make the city "look" a lot bigger. Standing on the Mass Ave bridge, the skyline will really wrap around you - climbing steadily from Cambridge through the new North Station towers and this area to connect to downtown. Just one building can tie a lot of others together.

For the urbanists - I really can't wait for the garage to come down in the next phase and the smaller buildings to go up across the street. The whole Haymarket area is going to be completely transformed. Today it feels mostly like infrastructure. When this project is complete we will have a much more contiguous urban vibrancy.

In short, I love this project.
 
fattony said:
For the skyline enthusiasts - Despite the modest size, this (and the office tower next) should be the most exciting thing going on. This plugs an awkward hole in the skyline and will really make the city "look" a lot bigger. Standing on the Mass Ave bridge, the skyline will really wrap around you - climbing steadily from Cambridge through the new North Station towers and this area to connect to downtown. Just one building can tie a lot of others together.

For the urbanists - I really can't wait for the garage to come down in the next phase and the smaller buildings to go up across the street. The whole Haymarket area is going to be completely transformed. Today it feels mostly like infrastructure. When this project is complete we will have a much more contiguous urban vibrancy.

In short, I love this project.
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This isn't that modest - it's the tallest thing around for more than a quarter-mile in all directions. As you note, it's going to have a big impact on the skyline.
 
fattony said:
For the skyline enthusiasts - Despite the modest size, this (and the office tower next) should be the most exciting thing going on. This plugs an awkward hole in the skyline and will really make the city "look" a lot bigger. Standing on the Mass Ave bridge, the skyline will really wrap around you - climbing steadily from Cambridge through the new North Station towers and this area to connect to downtown. Just one building can tie a lot of others together.

For the urbanists - I really can't wait for the garage to come down in the next phase and the smaller buildings to go up across the street. The whole Haymarket area is going to be completely transformed. Today it feels mostly like infrastructure. When this project is complete we will have a much more contiguous urban vibrancy.

In short, I love this project.
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Agreed, this is my favorite project in the city atm.
 
FK4 said:
This pic says it all- why the hell are there four lanes of traffic? Why is this street one way in the first place? Sudbury, Congress, New Chardon, Staniford - all have a very long way to go before this area gets fixed.
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500 feet away from 9 lines of interstate highway.

It's not good (for the neighborhood, from an urbanism POV), and its not going to change.
 
FK4 said:
This pic says it all- why the hell are there four lanes of traffic? Why is this street one way in the first place? Sudbury, Congress, New Chardon, Staniford - all have a very long way to go before this area gets fixed.
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Wide one-way streets was the urban renewal model in the early 1960's.
 
fattony said:
For the skyline enthusiasts - Despite the modest size, this (and the office tower next) should be the most exciting thing going on. This plugs an awkward hole in the skyline and will really make the city "look" a lot bigger. Standing on the Mass Ave bridge, the skyline will really wrap around you - climbing steadily from Cambridge through the new North Station towers and this area to connect to downtown. Just one building can tie a lot of others together.

For the urbanists - I really can't wait for the garage to come down in the next phase and the smaller buildings to go up across the street. The whole Haymarket area is going to be completely transformed. Today it feels mostly like infrastructure. When this project is complete we will have a much more contiguous urban vibrancy.

In short, I love this project.
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Can we get some skyline renders with this project, 115 Winthrop, and the South Station tower up???

Man, if only Copley Place was there...Boston would be kicking serious skyline ass (already a decent 7th place I think in the US).
 
FK4 said:
This pic says it all- why the hell are there four lanes of traffic? Why is this street one way in the first place? Sudbury, Congress, New Chardon, Staniford - all have a very long way to go before this area gets fixed.
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I've noticed the reconfiguring of streets to be an underground hobby of this city. It wouldn't shock me to see eventual reduction to two lanes via extended sidewalk and added bike + parking lanes. Boston did raze city neighborhoods to build a highway, only to later change mind and put the highway in the ground like they did those neighborhoods. This city does change, just fails to publically campaign it attractively. Got and getting a lot better imo.
 
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