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I hope that he'll be alright! It was one the news, but they never mention what construction site it was. :(
 
11.20.20- Site was active today so it doesn't look like it was temporarily shut down for safety concerns or anything.

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So this thing is finally going vertical! Hell yes!

Good to see that COVID isn't slowing this or One Congress down. Just hope South Station Tower can rise soon as well.
 
KriterionBOS said:
So this thing is finally going vertical! Hell yes!

Good to see that COVID isn't slowing this or One Congress down. Just hope South Station Tower can rise soon as well.
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South Station Tower won't begin rising until 2022, even if all goes smoothly between now and then, but (to state the obvious) each week brings us one week closer. I'm still holding out some semblance of hope for the Harbor Garage Tower, mostly because I'm a sucker for self-abuse, but that might be 'it' for this pleasantly long and productive boom cycle. (Actually, am really hoping the Motor Garage Mid-Range Tower starts up, too).
 
rjacobs said:
South Station Tower won't begin rising until 2022, even if all goes smoothly between now and then, but (to state the obvious) each week brings us one week closer. I'm still holding out some semblance of hope for the Harbor Garage Tower, mostly because I'm a sucker for self-abuse, but that might be 'it' for this pleasantly long and productive boom cycle. (Actually, am really hoping the Motor Garage Mid-Range Tower starts up, too).
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I dunno about anything being "it" for this cycle.
Unless you mean for very tall building construction.
There looks to be a continued boom, but in the life science sector (shorter buildings with much heavier cost, so balances out.)
There are many 8-14 storey life science/mixed use buildings in the pipeline that look to be built in the next few years to continue the boom.
The boom will just continue with many mid-rise buildings in new clusters that will still help to expand the urban core.
Hopefully those help to continue the residential build outs in all those new clusters.
Just need to get used to biotech driving the market a bit more, and less and less office.
 
I didn't notice that column at the entrance of the "Great Hall" before, although looking at Handel's Renders, it's quite clear. I can imagine this was a //large// fight between the architects and engineers, as it looks rather hasty in its design.
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Never noticed that...it looks like it’s blocking the entrance
 
An inverted "V" column arrangement at the entrance would have been less obtrusive, and complement the adjacent V pattern in the glass..
 
nm88 said:
Remember the first renders of the Great Hall? This is what it has become?
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Yes, but those first renders were total fantasy by someone who spent zero time understanding the site. The "faux great hall" completely neglected the one floor elevation change from one side of the site to the other.
 
meddlepal said:
Engineers: We need a column to support the building.
Architects: No
Engineers: ...
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And the result appears to be an extended middle finger from the architects. They could have done a better job designing around the structural requirements. But pretty much said, "you want a column, okay, here it is, ruining the entrance!"
 
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