Workers this morning began pouring 6,000 cubic yards of concrete for a slab at the bottom of what will become the 50-story Millennium Tower where Filene's used to be in Downtown Crossing.
Suffolk Construction, overseeing the work, says the concrete project - which is slated to include deliveries from 600 trucks over 36 hours - will result in the largest "single pour" concrete slab in the city's history.
Around 11 this morning, we went up to the eighth floor of the parking garage across Franklin Street to take a look. There were three unloading areas where workers let the concrete flow out of two trucks at a time, leading to hoses attached to three large booms (at least one made by Schwing) that workers a couple floors down used to pour the viscous gray stuff into a mesh of rebar.
The overall scene (with the old Burnham building at the top):
Drivers backed up, unloaded their trucks, then left, letting other drivers back up, unload ..:
The concrete must flow:
Lots and lots of rebar:
What would a construction site be without at least one kid looking on in wonder?
At least one of the trucks celebrated the Bruins:
The site is dominated by a tall crane, which was not in use today:
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FILENE'S
By Cappy
Sat, 04/26/2014 - 2:49pm
There is a pushcart down there getting buried. I put it there.
http://cappyinboston.blogspot.com/
Nice pics , Boston's First
By kvn
Sat, 04/26/2014 - 2:58pm
Nice pics , Boston's First and Finast at work, the best , Jerry , the best ,
Finast has been out of
By Hyde_Parker
Sat, 04/26/2014 - 10:09pm
Finast has been out of business for at least 35 years.
hoffa?
By geep9
Sat, 04/26/2014 - 4:14pm
did they move jimmy hoffa in it?
Manny, Manny
By bulgingbuick
Sat, 04/26/2014 - 4:17pm
Manny & Joe from S&F Gongrete.
Fill the hole
By Darryll J Fernald
Sat, 04/26/2014 - 5:10pm
'bout time
RIP This awesome sign.
By BPlusPlayer
Sat, 04/26/2014 - 6:37pm
RIP This awesome sign.
[img]http://s30.postimg.org/soe5la0w1/image.jpg[/img]
Menino's Hole
By cybah
Sat, 04/26/2014 - 8:20pm
I thought it was Menino's Hole... more because it had a dirty connotation with it. ;)
But its still a good sign on both accounts... the sign itself, and that the hole is finally getting filled with someone hard.
Holy wow!
By Hyde_Parker
Sat, 04/26/2014 - 10:10pm
Holy wow!
That sign is winning the internet for me today.
Someone got a good picture?
By SwirlyGrrl
Sat, 04/26/2014 - 11:35pm
Excellent. I tried to take one while they were up, but somebody rushed in front of me and ripped it down :(
It struck a nerve, obviously.
Made the sign
By Kaz
Sun, 04/27/2014 - 2:35am
I'm glad to see people got a good laugh from it. I'm also glad to see it won't have a reason to be any more. :)
Also, 1 blue oval down...how many more to go? Someone needs to "Ask Mahty" at one of his town hall sessions.
Good work!
By SwirlyGrrl
Sun, 04/27/2014 - 12:31pm
I hope you also revel in the fact that someone bothered to send a guy in a suit to tear them down!
It was probably someone from
By Hyde_Parker
Sun, 04/27/2014 - 7:33pm
It was probably someone from my old department. I could totally see one of us snagging that sign under the guise of "city business" and then hanging it proudly in the office to snicker at for years.
More pix
By datadyne007
Sun, 04/27/2014 - 12:13am
I took these around 7 PM Sat night from the Garage at 33 Arch:
http://s3.photobucket.com/user/datadyne007/slidesh...
Filene's Village?
By another anon
Sun, 04/27/2014 - 6:37am
Mumbles should have just renamed it a village. Mucxh nicer ring than "hole" or "square" or "corner."
Great sign, Kaz, and great pics Adam and Datadyne!!
Hopefully it's not the same
By anon
Sun, 04/27/2014 - 11:09am
Hopefully it's not the same quality of concrete used to build MBTA parking garages.