Thomas Mann reports workers excavating at 121 Seaport Blvd for the waterfront's latest luxostructure today discovered they'd driven a pile right through an old wooden boat that had lain there for God knows how long.
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call me
By bostnkid
Mon, 05/23/2016 - 4:48pm
Ishmael
Fill
By Roslindaler
Tue, 05/24/2016 - 7:35am
Same thing happened, I believe more than once, when they were digging the central artery tunnel. Much of Boston is fill, and back in the 18th and 19th centuries fill included anything you could dump in a hole, including old rotten boats and other garbage.
Does that affect the
By anon
Tue, 05/24/2016 - 7:58am
Does that affect the integrity of the pile? Will they have to pull it up and redrive it
Nope
By MattyC
Tue, 05/24/2016 - 9:03am
That pile goes through whatever, all the way to bedrock. It may affect the timeline of the rest of the summer, though, depending on whether the City Archaeologist (yup, a thing) decides he needs that boat.
great new word
By cindy
Tue, 05/24/2016 - 8:26am
luxostructure. perfect!
Luxostructure
By Michael Fahey
Tue, 05/24/2016 - 12:48pm
Great term.
Luxostructure
By anon
Tue, 05/24/2016 - 8:43am
Like that.
Some updated info on this
By blueingreen
Thu, 05/26/2016 - 11:47am
Some updated info on this:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/05/26/centur...
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