Wednesday, May 30, 2012

The Evolution of a Building

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:


May 30, 2012

May 20, 2012

May 7, 2012

April 26, 2012