I am a broken record (does that phrase have any meaning anymore?) when it comes to the things I focus on in this blog, and one of those things is the rapid pace of change in eastern Cambridge, particularly in Kendall Square, where new construction is occurring at a clip that is surprising, and its outcomes will be even more surprising when they are fully realized.
To make this point, I have followed the ongoing construction of a residential tower underway behind the Watermark building on 3rd Street.
Here are a series of photographs that record 34 days of construction of this building (April 26 to May 30) - most recent first:
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May 30, 2012 |
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May 20, 2012 |
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May 7, 2012 |
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April 26, 2012 |