Two Financial Center

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Wow, prep work didn't seem to take long. Just flew into the sky without much of a stop at ground level!
 
Thank you Toby!

I'm also surprised how quickly this has started going up.
 
It's interesting if you track the progress on the buildings under construction right now, starting with ground-breaking... follow the photos in the 2 Fin Center thread starting from the June 21st 2007 ground-breaking, and now the progress nine months later. Why after six months are they still pushing dirt on Fan Pier? Just a slower construction cycle or does it have to do with waterfront construction methods? Does anyone know?

Walked by 2 Fin Center today, was surprised at how fast it's moving along.
 
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One of the hardhats told me that the steel is going up at a rate of one floor per week.
 
I had a chance to make my way back on a sunny day yesterday too:




This should be a great infill project. Lets hope projects like these continue until we hit another cycle of cheap debt.


 
I'm going to have to guess that this project is moving that much faster than Fan Pier, basically because this is being built in the middle of an already developed street grid. Whereas Fan Pier is a 100% new development. On top of all new site utilities, Fan Pier is also excavating right on the waterfront to throw down some underground parking. The time for excavation is greater than normal underground parking based on the need for water containment slurry walls to go in before pouring for garages.

2 Financial doesn't seem like it went down far at all, just a typical basement or 2. And, as for utilities, all they had to do was tap into the street utilities and they are done.

Hopefully this spring/summer will give us some actual "development" over at Fan Pier though. It'll give me something to look at on my lunchtime walks. Or something to pretend I'm looking at instead of all the girls dressed for the weather.
 
kennedy said:
Needs height. Oh well.
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It certainly DOES need height. Over time this project just kept getting shorter and shorter...a major crime and disappointment because there is nothing in this vicinity that would have been negatively impacted by height.
 
^ As a former resident of Lincoln Plaza next door with an east facing window, I can assure you that's not correct.

I personally thing the height is ideal....it steps down from the Financial District and is architecturally compatible.....something tall and glassy there would not enhance the neighborhood.....
 
^Amen to that. Besides, the tenants of One Financial would complain if their views were blocked and perhaps rents would have to be dropped accordingly.
 
Not tall and glassy, or exorbitantly tall. Just not stubby, as it looks to me right now.
 
The height is what it is. Looking back at the renderings, it'll be alright looking. It is a hell of a lot better than a parking lot!
 
It should have at least been 25 stories as 1st proposed IMO.
 
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