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10 PO Square Community Service Social
Carr Workspaces hosted a Community Service Social for the tenants of 10 Post Office Square. This event was dedicated to supporting local nonprofits and the Arrowstreet team enjoyed socializing with some of our neighbors as we gave back to the community. Team members took part in activities such as making blankets for the homeless while enjoying light refreshments. The event…
The Not-So-Financial District
Arrowstreet’s office, and our mixed-use project, Congress Square, lie at the center of a big change that has been happening in Boston’s Financial District. Financial institutions, insurance companies, and law firms have been moving across the bridge into the Seaport, and start-ups and creative firms, like Arrowstreet, are moving into their old buildings. It all began when the Boston Convention…
Collaboration Brings Ideas to Life
The following is Part III in a series on the Logan Airport Central Parking Expansion. Find Part I and Part II here. In the design and construction of the facade at the Logan Garage, our partnership with Extech allowed us to develop and fabricate a system that would have been difficult (if not impossible) without their collaboration. Throughout the design…
Countdown to ICSC RetailGreen
Boston saw its first snowflakes last week, and somehow ICSC RetailGreen is only a month away. RetailGreen is the largest gathering of sustainability-minded retail real estate professionals in North America and runs concurrently with ICSC Centerbuild. The two conferences bring together nearly 2000 people in one hotel in Phoenix to wrap up the year in retail development. I’m proud to…
ABX Alewife Tour Coming Soon!
We were able to get outside yesterday and take advantage of the beautiful weather to prepare for our ABX tour of the Alewife neighborhood. On November 18th, Jim Batchelor will discuss Infill Density and the resiliency plan for this growing area of Cambridge. Joining Jim will be: David Biancavilla, BSC Group Richard McKinnon, The McKinnon Company Catherine Woodbury, City of Cambridge…
Project Bread’s Fall Harvest Fest
The first Project Bread Fall Harvest Fest was held in support of their Chefs in Schools program, and we were honored to be in attendance. Our recently completed Fenway High School project is the test kitchen for the Chefs in Schools program with Boston Public Schools. The Fenway High cafeteria is where they are continuously trying out new recipes and…
MSBA Roundtable
We recently were invited to speak and present at a MSBA Designer Roundtable titled “The Educational Importance of Adjacencies for K-12: Beyond the Space Summary,” where we shared our design and experiences from our Kipp Academy Lynn and Conservatory Lab Charter School projects. We appreciated the joint collaboration with SMMA and the MSBA, and had a great forum for the…
Research Leads to Design
This is part II in a series on the design of the Logan Airport Central Parking Expansion. Please find part I here. Once the design team and Massport came to a consensus on the idea of the artful screen on the expansion of the Central Garage, it was time for the team to start thinking about how to make it…
Conversation Series, Part II: Graphic Design
Last week, we had Part 2 of our Conversation Series on “Project Delivery & Design Process,” which featured our graphic design studio’s work at the Boston Public Library. Our in-house graphics team works on a variety of environmental graphic design projects and comprehensive wayfinding programs. In addition to working on projects with the architecture team, we work independently on outside projects,…
Fenway High Opening
This week, the Arrowstreet schools team attended a celebratory Open House of the Fenway High School, where we completed renovations for the start of the school year. The Open House was a chance for faculty and staff, administrators, student ambassadors, parents, and neighbors to celebrate the potential of the space and speak about the future of school buildings and students education….