Watertown Infill and Small Developments

[DZH22]

4/14

IMG_0483 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0484 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0485 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0486 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Boston02124]

4/8 From Prospect Hill, Waltham. It's hard to tell what's happening here but it looks like that's Watertown stuff front and center.

IMG_0153 by David Z, on Flickr

I’ve work in Watertown for 36 years that definitely the two churches on or off Main st going into Watertown from Waltham

 

[Boston02124]

New crane for the garage construction at 2 Arsenal way top pic

 

[itchy]

Wow - end of an era with the loss of that parking garage!

Buh-bye, Bugaboo.

And good riddance, Miller's Ale House (was never a fan).

 

[DZH22]

4/21 Clearer day from Mount Auburn than my prior post.

IMG_0726 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0727 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0728 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[stick n move]

Awesome seeing some towers finally extend further up the charles. I had always wondered how long it would be until we saw something past mt auburn, if ever. Definitely a cool addition to watertown. Its even got a bit of a slanty roof haha.

 

[Boston02124]

Galen st

 

[Boston02124]

Mt Auburn club

 

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[stick n move]

Developer Discusses Vision for Major Project on Main Street

“The developers of the project proposed on Main Street in Watertown want to create a place where residents can live steps away from restaurants, stores, and public transportation available in Watertown Square.”

“The development would have 146 residential units in four stories above 5,450 sq. ft. of retail/office space on the ground floor….”
https://www.watertownmanews.com/202...sses-vision-for-major-project-on-main-street/

 

[DZH22]

9/17 From Waltham

IMG_0092 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[dhawkins]

Setting up the big crane at Arsenal Yards Watertown yesterday.

 

[stick n move]

250 ARSENAL PLACE

The 213,500-square-foot core and shell building will provide state-of-the-art, lab-ready facilities attracting elite talent and tenants. In addition, a parking structure and a lush public park will be situated on the five-acre property.

https://www.sga-arch.com/projects/15373/

 

[737900er]

250 ARSENAL PLACE

I am having trouble figuring out where exactly this is and what it's replacing.

 

[stick n move]

It appears to be replacing this middle structure off of arsenal st. In the article it mentions arsenal st and walnut st, so it seems to be this lot in betwen them. 250 arsenal place doesnt exist, but this is what comes up as 250 arsenal st on apple maps. Either they mixed up place/street or theyre going to build a short road into the property and call it arsenal place, not sure. Either way this looks like the spot.

 

[Plen-T-Pak]

It appears to be replacing this middle structure off of arsenal st. In the article it mentions arsenal st and walnut st, so it seems to be this lot in betwen them. 250 arsenal place doesnt exist, but this is what comes up as 250 arsenal st on apple maps. Either they mixed up place/street or theyre going to build a short road into the property and call it arsenal place, not sure. Either way this looks like the spot.

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That's some fine massing on the left there. With that garage all wrapped up nice n shit, ayup.

 

[DZH22]

4/9 From Mount Auburn

IMG_0328 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0329 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[pushy_penguin]

I'm in Watertown pretty frequently and have been watching some of the new construction projects go up at the Arsenal on the Charles campus (ie. old(?) Athena campus)). Some pretty interesting stuff here...

 

[pushy_penguin]

Took another walk around the Arsenal on the Charles campus this week. Looks like 3 buildings in total currently under construction with lots of ongoing landscaping work.

Really interesting facade material on the 'orange' finned building. Anyone know if this is copper? It appears to be getting a patina in some locations but not others.

And this garage addition or screening on the parking garage along Arsenal St is pretty wild. Looks like there are attaching a bunch of mounting plates for whatever the screening is.