Boston Life Science Center - Blackfan Circle

[kz1000ps]

I forgot I took these, from May 8th.

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[kz1000ps]

Here's a map I found on the MASCO website. It's the pink part and the yellow/taupe space to its left.

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[Waldorf]

I forgot I took these, from May 8th.

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Is that dude in the bottom of the picture with a hose washing his Pontiac Bonneville?



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[castevens]

Rendering
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[kz1000ps]

Is that dude in the bottom of the picture with a hose washing his Pontiac Bonneville?


Yes sir. And the greenish Ford Expedition to the left had just been done also. I did I find it odd when I was there, but I figure with all the dust being stirred up it kind of makes sense for someone to do that. The guy didn't look like he was a member of the construction company, rather I believe he was just an opportunistic entrepreneur..

[awood91]

Tower isn't even built yet but it's already for sale
By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., Globe Staff | July 12, 2006

A gleaming 18-story building called the Center for Life Science Boston, underway in the Longwood Medical Area, is still just a hole in the ground. Yet it's already for sale.

So hot is the market for investment properties in commercial real estate -- and so scarce is space for the life sciences industry -- that Lyme Properties LLC, of Cambridge, has elected to sell the project, at 3 Blackfan Circle, 18 months before it opens.

``When we purchased the site we felt it was the best life sciences location in the United States," said David E. Clem, managing director of Lyme Properties, which has also developed properties in the biotech-rich Kendall Square area of Cambridge. ``Our original thought has been validated."
Rob Griffin, president of Cushman & Wakefield of Massachusetts Inc., which is marketing the property, said there is no set asking price, but with so many eager investors available it could go for more than $700 million.

"The hole in the doughnut in the most prestigious life sciences area in the country," he said. ``It will be 100 feet higher than any other building here, right next to Harvard Medical School."
Lyme owns the Center for Life Science Boston with the Scottish Widows Investment Partnership. Lyme declined to disclose its development costs. Depending on sales terms, Lyme could complete the construction itself, or let a new owner finish the project.

Eighty percent of the 703,000-square-foot building has been leased by tenants including two neighbors, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Children's Hospital Boston. Clem said he expects the building to be fully leased, including the 100,000 square feet that is currently available on the top four floors, by the end of the year. The project includes a 300-car garage being constructed below ground, in an area where available parking, like office space, is hard to find.

Frank Nelson, managing director of Cushman & Wakefield, said that while the vacancy rate for lab and research space in Cambridge is 11.4 percent and heading down, in the Longwood area vacancies are ``nonexistent." He cited a 2004 study that said the area, despite its congestion, will need 2.4 million to 4 million square feet more space in the next decade.
The building, designed by Tsoi/Kobus & Associates Inc. of Cambridge and largely of blue glass, will be asymmetrical, with three sections of varying heights.

A little over a year ago, Lyme, a subsidiary of Lyme Timber Co. of Hanover, N.H., and one of the nation's largest developers of research space, sold eight properties for about $524 million, including the Genzyme Center in Cambridge, to BioMed Realty Trust Inc., of San Diego.
That sale and others, such as the recent deal by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to sell Technology Square in Cambridge for about $600 million, convinced Lyme it was a good time to put the Longwood project on the block.

Lyme is negotiating the sale of a second phase of development on the site, approved by the city for another 352,000 square feet, to Children's Hospital, Clem said.

Griffin said he expects buyers to line up for the Longwood building, as they did for Technology Square, which got 23 bids.

"It's the number one medical destination in the world," Griffin said. ``It's like if you own residential, you want to be on Central Park in New York."

[lexicon506]

Sounds like this is area is in desperate need of a new tower.... :D

[briv]

More, even slicker, renderings from the Tsoi/Kobus website:

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[KentXie]

Looks cooler in these renderings.

[LeTaureau]

Looks great in those renderings!

[Coyote137]

looks great...if only it were slightly taller...

[quadratdackel]

So hot is the market for investment properties in commercial real estate -- and so scarce is space for the life sciences industry -- that Lyme Properties LLC, of Cambridge, has elected to sell the project, at 3 Blackfan Circle, 18 months before it opens.
This is why the $1B tunnel under Longwood Ave (and beyond- usually as part of the Urban Ring) probably is worth it: Longwood is a downtown in the making. Major downtowns get built when a very large number of workers benefit financially from being within close proximity to each other. Traditionally, that's only occured within sectors like business and law which have frequent client interactions. The research-oriented sci/tech center generally doesn't need this and opts for cheaper land on the fringes- hence almost all tech companies across the country are in the burbs, and this here urban-minded engineer struggles to find the right workplace. In medical research however, there are clients: hospital patients. Toss in collaborative research efforts, and you have a real downtown area in the making.

Lack of transit is holding Longwood back. From what I've read, access issues are the main thing limiting further development. Traffic congestion there is literally a matter of life and death for patients in ambulances. If it does not become a transit hub and remains a spot halfway down a few spokes, it will not fullfil its potential, which means fewer medical breakthroughs for all of us.

I'm curious how the low-density mansion area between Longwood and BU will play out- if there will be enough pressure to build that section up or if there's too much money keeping it as is.
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[chumbolly]

^ You're absolutely right--Longwood sorely needs a transit line; one that runs north to the future Harvard Life Sciences campus in Allston and the Redline, and south to the BU Medical Center/Boston Medical Center/orange line connection to NEMC. But good luck getting a tunnel built. I don't think we'll ever see so much as an underpass built in Boston ever again.

[Ron Newman]

That mansion area, west of St. Mary's Street, is all Brookline. I don't think development in Longwood will have any effect on it.

East of St. Mary's is a different story.

It would make sense to build a bus tunnel through Longwood now, that could be upgraded to carry rail tracks later. Getting all of those #8, #47, CT2, CT3, and Harvard-LMA shuttle buses off the streets would help the traffic problem.

[Waldorf]

The mansion is in NIMBY-land Brookline. I believe the town has installed snipers to shoot anyone, especially medical workers, who crosses over this heavily fortified international border.

Luckily for me, I carry a rare Brookline passport, chiseled in stone, of course.

[blade_bltz]

The area in Brookline that Ron referred to is one of the prettiest I've seen. If I lived in one of those awesome mansions, I'd be a sniper-hiring NIMBY too.

[Waldorf]

That's exaclty what I mean. :)

[kz1000ps]

That's all Historic District protected. The area north of Beacon St. is the Cottage Farm Historic District (1978) and south of it, based around the Longwood Mall (map calls it a square, but that's wrong), is the Longwood Historic District (also 1978). These two neighborhoods are absolutely some of the most gorgeous and cohesive places I've ever seen. I count myself very lucky to live so close to them, as I occasionally will go and relax at either park area, and they most certainly deserve to be landmark protected. Let medical development spill over towards Fenway where there's plenty of under-utilized land, not up and over the D line.

Also, I find it rather neat how amidst all the walkups, BU and a highway to the north, and hospitals to the south, there is all of the sudden this patch of low density residences. They clearly stick out in aerial photos, and friends from BU have been amazed at how close their campus is to a treasure trove of mansions and beauty. You literally cross over the highway and there you are.

Here's a map of the Cottage Farm district

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[Waldorf]

Yes, it is truly a special place, fiercely protected (with a sniper-like landmark status). The was the point of my original post.

[kz1000ps]

Blackfan is up to the fifth floor now. Pictures might be coming..

[castevens]

I walked by at 7am the other day after walking my girl over to her LSATs

[Mike]

There was a webcam link to this project on the old board. Does anyone have it?

[IMAngry]

I'm curious how the low-density mansion area between Longwood and BU will play out- if there will be enough pressure to build that section up or if there's too much money keeping it as is.

Dude, bring on the EMINENT DOMAIN!!!!

[DowntownDave]

I'm curious how the low-density mansion area between Longwood and BU will play out- if there will be enough pressure to build that section up or if there's too much money keeping it as is.

Dude, bring on the EMINENT DOMAIN!!!!

What for more prefab pepto bismol colored stuff as is going up everyplace else? No thanks....

[kz1000ps]

Oh get off your high horse DowntownDave, you know the "Boston 21st-Century Contextual" style is light years beyond the crap in those neighborhoods..

:wink:

[kz1000ps]

From a month ago, looking southwest

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[mission]

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[kz1000ps]

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Gehry must've gotten his hands on this project :shock:

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the glass is meh..

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Random: Merck scientists hard at work

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And not sure what's going to be built here, but it's a Dana Farber Cancer Institute project and a 1950s-vintage brick structure was there before

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[castevens]

Woohoo! Ladies and Gents, we have a facade!

[kz1000ps]

Cranes for the Blackfan and Brigham projects visible

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[pharmerdave]

The Parking lot and 2 story building that they are tearing down will be replaced by a 13 story 275,000 square foot research building for Dana Farber.

[Beton Brut]

The Parking lot and 2 story building that they are tearing down will be replaced by a 13 story 275,000 square foot research building for Dana Farber.

I play a very small role in this project (I'm on the procurement staff at DFCI)...The architect of record is the Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, with principal offices in Portland, OR; local design support is from Miller Dyer Spears, DFCI's "house" firm for remodeling, etc...ZGF has done large-scale work in Portland (the Airport and Convention Center), and on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA...They've done quite a bit of clinical work on the west coast, and are currently engaged in a a collaboration with SOM on a 21-story research tower at Sloan-Kettering in NYC...

The exterior materials for the building are umber-colored terra cotta tiles, stainless steel, and glass; the overall design shares some elements with the Genzyme Center in Cambridge...

Here's the entry, seen from across Brookline Ave

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Here's some rather dry information from the Project Summary:

DFCI proposes to construct a new building on three adjacent parcels presently occupied by 454 Brookline Avenue, the Redstone Building, and a 30-space surface parking lot. This building will have connections to the Smith Building, which is located on two lots situated immediately to the south of 454 Brookline Avenue and the Redstone parcels. DFCI is in the process of consolidating the above-referenced five lots into a single lot, which will be the site of the existing Smith Building and the Center for Cancer Care. The outdated one and two-story buildings on the 454 Brookline Avenue and Redstone lots represent an under-utilized resource in a prime location. The proposed 13-story Center for Cancer Care at 450 Brookline Avenue will present a significant, visible public presence and sense of entry to the Institute campus. The building will provide approximately 275,000 GSF of above-grade space that will accommodate clinical programs, patient and family services, clinical support space, new main lobby, retail space, and below-grade parking. The Center for Cancer Care will be the first new clinical building to be constructed on the DFCI campus in 30 years. It is designed to provide ample, state-of-the-art facilities for leading-edge treatment of cancer and related diseases for an expanded patient population. It will create an enhanced healing environment with a strong patient and family centered focus, improved patient safety, and support for safe staff practices. The project offers a critical opportunity to represent the Institute?s forward-looking vision and to reorient many campus functions, patterns of movement and interactions. It will serve as the new entrance not only to the DFCI campus but also to the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women?s Cancer Center (DF/BWCC) and the DF/CHCC. The Center for Cancer Care will incorporate sustainable design features that underscore DFCI?s commitment to creating a healthy environment for patients, staff and the community. To enhance the collaboration between clinicians and researchers considered vital in the fight against cancer, the Center for Cancer Care will be connected on nine levels to the adjacent Smith Laboratories Building. The new entrance, accessible from both Brookline Avenue and Jimmy Fund Way, will feature a two-story lobby/atrium providing access to the third-level walkway system that links all of DFCI?s buildings and connects with Children?s and Brigham and Women?s hospitals. The new entrance and significant institutional presence will reorient the public face of Dana-Farber to Brookline Avenue, away from the existing ineffectual entrance on Binney Street. Construction of a tunnel under Jimmy Fund Way is proposed to connect the Center for Cancer Care with clinical support facilities in the Dana Building and to facilitate service access between the Dana Building, Center for Cancer Care, Smith Laboratories Building, and the upgraded Smith loading dock.

[briv]

I play a very small role in this project (I'm on the procurement staff at DFCI)...The architect of record is the Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, with principal offices in Portland, OR; local design support is from Miller Dyer Spears, DFCI's "house" firm for remodeling, etc...ZGF has done large-scale work in Portland (the Airport and Convention Center), and on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA...They've done quite a bit of clinical work on the west coast, and are currently engaged in a a collaboration with SOM on a 21-story research tower at Sloan-Kettering in NYC...

The exterior materials for the building are umber-colored terra cotta tiles, stainless steel, and glass; the overall design shares some elements with the Genzyme Center in Cambridge...

Here's the entry, seen from across Brookline Ave


For anyone interested, there is a thread for this Dana Farber project HERE (http://www.archboston.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=172&highlight=dana+farber).

[kz1000ps]

Thanks for the link, Briv. Since I'm a stickler about keeping news together and easy to find, I moved some stuff over to there.

[kz1000ps]

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bland, blah and bloof.

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[Mike]

kz1000ps, thanks for bringing us all of these frequent photo updates. they're great!

[bigboybuilder]

I am impressed with the fact that Berry is doing this and the BU bioresearch building...
I had not heard of them as a real player until about 18 months ago.
Both of these are the type of Job I would have expected Suffolk banners hanging off of.

[kz1000ps]

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There should be another 3 floors of occupiable space above the uppermost beams. Add in the 25-30 feet of mechanicals/crown above that, and it's looking like the Longwood skyline may finally get a building that forms something resembling a peak.

[Mike]

yea it will be nice to see something sticking up there ... and Joslin Place will be a little taller, but will it ever get off the ground?

[kz1000ps]

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[briv]

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[kz1000ps]

Did someone take a visit to the top of a parking garage with my favorite bar on the ground floor? :wink:

[Roxxma]

Did someone take a visit to the top of a parking garage with my favorite bar on the ground floor? :wink:

The garage on Dalton St? Bukowski? Bukowski is one of my favorites too..

[WindyCity]

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Thats a really great picture. The skyline for this area of the city is more impressive than the skyline for most small/medium sized cities in the US. In fact, without knowing thats Boston, I would easily have believed thats that skyline for the downtown of a city with a population of 250,000.

[bowesst]

Did someone take a visit to the top of a parking garage with my favorite bar on the ground floor? :wink:

The garage on Dalton St? Bukowski? Bukowski is one of my favorites too..

I think the one in Inman Square is better than the Dalton St. one.

[kz1000ps]

Bukowski's it is. Great atmosphere, GREAT music, and the $1.65 burger deal they have until 8 on weekdays is, well... great!

And I didn't know about the one in Inman Square. Usually if I'm in the area it's just to go to the Zeitgeist, but I'll have to stop in some time.

[kz1000ps]

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[kz1000ps]

From the north:

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And from the south:

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[kz1000ps]

Aaaaand we have a peak

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F~@king imageshack took 45 minutes to upload these 12 images.. grrrrr

[atlantaden]

Great pics kz!!
I can't help but think how awesome Park Lane Apartments and the Renaissance Seaport Hotel would have looked if Fallon had used this sort of glass wall facade! With the views of the harbor and city, the residents should have had total glass walls in their apartments along with some balconies. Is glass so much more expensive than the precast facade he used?

[DudeUrSistersHot]

yeah, i cant really see why it would take that much more money to build buildi8ngs like these versus those built on the seaport.

[LeTaureau]

This building is looking really impressive against the sky. It is rising head and shoulders above its surroundings, and can be seen from across town and Cambridge. Its good to see another high rise cluster forming outside of downtown.

[Scott]

You can actually see it quite clearly on 93 coming over the hill at the Fells long before you can see the rest of Longwood.

[tocoto]

The glass reflects its surroundings making the views more interesting and expansive. That would be great in the seaport. I too wish there were more glass in the new Boston developments.

[xec]

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[kz1000ps]

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[chumbolly]

It looks like the developers of 33 Arch Street, unable to find tenants, have dismantled the building and moved it Longwood.

[atlantaden]

^^^
Absolutely stunning buildings fronted in part by some butt-ugly parking garages!

[statler]

I figured this is as good a place as any for this.

Joslin halts plan for lab, high-rise
Puts Longwood site up for sale instead

By Christopher Rowland, Globe Staff | April 30, 2007

Just four months into his job as head of the Joslin Diabetes Center , Ranch Kimball has pulled the plug on the center's ambitious plan to build a new laboratory building and 29-story residential tower at its Longwood home.

Kimball, the center's first chief executive who is not a doctor, instead has put the development site up for sale, at an asking price of $20 million.

With the move, Kimball is abandoning a $225 million, 500,000-square-foot development project that has languished on the drawing boards since 2003, when Joslin won approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority . Kimball declined to discuss what he saw as the project's flaws or why Joslin had not yet started construction in four years since winning approval. He said he scrapped the plan "to get all of us a clean start."

The center's project manager, Keefe Co., still listed Joslin Place , as the complex would have been known, on its website yesterday. A call to company president Frank T. Keefe was not returned.

Kimball was the state's chief of economic development under Governor Mitt Romney . Before joining the Romney administration in 2004, Kimball ran a private equity firm for Kissinger McLarty Associates . Prior to that, he was a business consultant at Boston Consulting Group, specializing in technology, telecommunications, manufacturing, and media.

A statement from Joslin, a preeminent research and outpatient treatment clinic affiliated with Harvard Medical School , said when it hired Kimball in January that his business experience made him a strong choice to lead the center in the competitive healthcare marketplace.

He replaced Dr. C. Ronald Kahn , who stepped down in September after six years as Joslin's chief executive to return to full-time research.

The parcel Joslin is putting up for sale encompasses a high-visibility acre at the intersection of Longwood Avenue and Brookline Avenue , at the western edge of Longwood Medical Area . It currently houses a nearly vacant residential building with 84 apartments and a small retail building. The site has BRA approval for a new, nine-story laboratory, office, and clinic building; a residential tower with 150 new apartments, and a 350-space underground parking garage.

Joslin's new position is that it is willing to lease 60,000 to 75,000 square feet in the new complex from a developer who moves ahead with a new project, Kimball said. It also is willing to sell an additional building, a 1950s laboratory complex, and lease it back after it has been refurbished. A fact sheet for the proposed sale says developer responses are due to Joslin by May 14, and that it wants to select a buyer, negotiate terms, and close on the deal by Oct. 31.

Kimball said Joslin had done nothing with the development project in the months before he succeeded Kahn. "It was just on hold, waiting a restart with the new CEO," he said.

"The thing that we're most focused on is making sure that we have adequate space, and we need to update our lab facilities," he said.

"What we're talking about is for us a modest amount of research growth. Our role as a business partner will be minimal."

Christopher Rowland can be reached at crowland@globe.com.
Link (http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2007/04/30/joslin_halts_plan_for_lab_high_rise/)

[kz1000ps]

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[kennedy]

that picture, with those shitass boats.

eeeeek mercurys! i have a good idea! drown them! DROWN THEM ALL!

[briv]

that picture, with those shitass boats.

eeeeek mercurys! i have a good idea! drown them! DROWN THEM ALL!

Been drinking have we?

[blade_bltz]

Hey buddy I learned to sail in those very Mercurys, on that very stretch of river.

[castevens]

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From Wentworth's Campus

[kz1000ps]

It's about time you dragged out your SLR!

[castevens]

Yeah, I probably walked about 10 miles through downtown, Cambridge, Charlestown, and the South End... My legs hurt.

[kz1000ps]

Yeah I did 12+ miles in Manhattan this past Saturday.. by the end of the day I was getting shooting pains in my feet. Two days later and the muscles and tendons are still sore.

[vanshnookenraggen]

Yeah I did 12+ miles in Manhattan this past Saturday.. by the end of the day I was getting shooting pains in my feet. Two days later and the muscles and tendons are still sore.

You gotta pace yourself.

[kz1000ps]

^ So much to see, so little time...

[kz1000ps]

yesterday

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a lot of boring blue-green glass

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[ablarc]

Deadly. What would be wrong with inserting shops into the ground floors of all those garages, while adding a level of parking on top?

[kz1000ps]

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[TheBostonBoy]

Wow, that building is one of the more attractive buildings that have been built in Boston in the past couple of years. I really like the glass look. Boston needs more glass skyscrapers, look at the HT and Exchange Place, both beautiful skyscrapers. Of course HT stands out way more than Exchange Place, but I still think Exchange Place is an awesome building.

[kennedy]

Hey buddy I learned to sail in those very Mercurys, on that very stretch of river.

NO absolutely not. BAD IDEA. Ever heard of Faall Funfest? FUN MY ASS! Mercurys should die.

[shawn]

This guy really tops 300 feet? It's a nice building no doubt, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to stand above the crowd enough.

[Mike]

This guy really tops 300 feet? It's a nice building no doubt, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to stand above the crowd enough.


I'm pretty sure it's 298'.

[xec]

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http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/trixecol/Blackfan_20080101-139S1.jpg


The Children's, Blackfan, Merck and Harvard buildings make a sort of mid-rise glass canyon.

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/trixecol/Blackfan_20080101-143.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/trixecol/Blackfan_20080101-152.jpg


There's an open plaza surrouned on two sides by glass walls. It's an interesting if somewhat chilly space. These pics don't really convey the feel of the place, and the poor lighting doesn't help.

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/trixecol/Blackfan_20080101-171.jpg

[Suffolk 83]

This looks pretty sharp... thanks for all the picture updates

[atlantaden]

Those buildings are very, very nice.

I was hoping that Joe Fallon's Seaport Apartments/Renaissance Hotel would have been built with much more glass; similiar to the Manulife building next door. A real lost opportunity. Hopefully, his Fan Pier buildings will use more glass; hell, with those views he'd be crazy not to offer floor to ceiling windows.

ps...Happy New Year!!

[kz1000ps]

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/789/img0180uh8.jpg

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4598/img0185hd0.jpg

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2043/img0197ij5.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5070/img0213sx4.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9978/img0214tp9.jpg

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/5280/img0215va0.jpg

[kz1000ps]

2/08

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3006/img1208zi9.jpg

[kz1000ps]

Taken between Friday and Sunday

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/782/img6373ys8.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9784/img6535np3.jpg

from Corey Hill

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9931/img6567bu7.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2710/img6631re1.jpg

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2664/img6636dy2.jpg

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http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3027/img6638wm1.jpg

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4784/img6639tz5.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9361/img6640dv4.jpg

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/562/img6641te2.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7/img6642ub1.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9489/img6643hg6.jpg

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7264/img6644ch6.jpg

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/2875/img6645me4.jpg

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/1258/img6646qh4.jpg

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/9495/img6647iu0.jpg

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2758/img6648uo8.jpg

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/2616/img6649xw3.jpg

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/6346/img6660ul7.jpg

from Coolidge Corner

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5200/img6785jx0.jpg

**

I've never been too impressed with this building, but I really warmed up to the glass this time out. It has a near-perfect blend of reflectivity and transparency (like Philly's Comcast Center), and looked great under the heavy overcast conditions. Plus, the subtle cantilevering of the form works in a just-under-the-conscious fashion that draws me in.

[blade_bltz]

Where'd you take the last one? The spire looks to be the church on Harvard St.

[kz1000ps]

1443 Beacon

[singbat]

this is the one part of boston where in some ways the worse the street wall the better. can't wait till they start building big hulking bio-industrial complex right on top of the streets and we can zoom through glowing hamster tunnels in our flying cars....

[kz1000ps]

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/9893/img4035tl5.jpg

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/2721/img4034cy3.jpg

loading dock area

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5820/img4031rn1.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/3496/img4039ny9.jpg

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7756/img4042sv2.jpg

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7065/img4044un1.jpg

And one from 7/3, from some parking garage in Cambridge

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/6835/img3395ii4.jpg

[kz1000ps]

Blue and green:

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/79/img4848tk8.jpg

[Boston02124]

this morning from Dot http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/020-6.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/021-10.jpg

[Patriots_1228]

looks great. Good glass, wonderful design.

[Boston02124]

looks good up close(thanks kz1000ps) and from a distance,today from camb. http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/018-3.jpg

[tmac9wr]

Sweet shot! You're the master of taking pictures from miles away haha. Do you need a tripod in order to get shots of that clarity from such a distance? Or are you a professional sniper?

[Justin7]

Am I the only one who really dislikes this look?

[Boston02124]

Sweet shot! You're the master of taking pictures from miles away haha. Do you need a tripod in order to get shots of that clarity from such a distance? Or are you a professional sniper?^Thanks lol!
No professional here just like to take pixs and no I don't have a tripod!

[Boston02124]

today from camb. http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/074-8.jpg closer http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/064-8.jpg closer http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/065-3.jpg

[Boston02124]

from 19th floor at 111 huntington today http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/23666.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/2366.jpg

[Patriots_1228]

Great shots looks like Europe :|

[eaalkaline]

any picture with a church in it is going to look like europe ;)

anyway, i think this is a great addition to the longwood area. that whole area, longwood/fenway, is really starting to shape up nicely as the biomedical/residential cousin of back bay's office/residential feel.

and wow, that picture really emphasizes just how horrible that mass ave building is (not like that is hard to do)

[cca]

Am I the only one who really dislikes this look?

I am with you. The only interesting design going on on the exterior is the big massing move. The reflective glass really hurts and muddies that particular reading. I still think it is going to be a nice building, but it is falling short of its original vision.

cca

[Lrfox]

This is an INCREDIBLY hulking structure.

http://img03.imagefra.me/img/img03/2/10/5/f_m1tv1ctm_29bc930.jpg (http://imagefra.me/)

http://img02.imagefra.me/img/img02/2/10/5/f_m1tv1csm_51c2c36.jpg (http://imagefra.me/)

[Boston02124]

^agree! hard to believe this is only 18 stories, this morninghttp://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/016-12.jpg

[vanshnookenraggen]

I feel like, this is the building Atlantic Wharf should have been.

[czsz]

God, that leasing sign is huge. You can see it from the Longfellow Bridge practically.

[Boston02124]

funny thats where I took that pix from^ I think the sign ruins it!

[kz1000ps]

Hulking, but the glass softens it:

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6449/img2801k.jpg

[Boston02124]

great pix!

[Beton Brut]

Has anyone else been inside this building? DFCI has scientific staff on 10 and 11. The finishes in the lobby are very nice, more corporate than lab oriented.

[SeamusMcFly]

I've been in the building quite a bit over the last 4 or 5 months. We just completed renovations on levels 6,7,9, & 10 with a little work on level 19 (penthouse.)

Here are some pics from the opposite perspective. Out on the roof. Too bad it was overcast. I been meaning to head back up, but need to find a reason.

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/seamusmcfly1978/DSCI0037.jpg?t=1256834393
http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/seamusmcfly1978/DSCI0038.jpg?t=1256834427
http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/seamusmcfly1978/DSCI0039.jpg?t=1256834457
http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/seamusmcfly1978/DSCI0040.jpg?t=1256834481
http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/seamusmcfly1978/DSCI0041.jpg?t=1256834507
http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/seamusmcfly1978/DSCI0042.jpg?t=1256834534
http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/seamusmcfly1978/DSCI0043.jpg?t=1256834561
http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/seamusmcfly1978/DSCI0044.jpg?t=1256834585
The inside is nice enough. No shareable pictures from inside. The labs are very clean and easy to navigate since it was built on spec. Give it another decade or 2 and it will be a mess inside. The office space is nice as well, plus the large common area for lunch on every floor. The lobby, is nice enough for a medical lab/office building.