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Forty Thorndike

40 Thorndike Street
Cambridge MA United States

Status:	built
Construction Dates
Finished	1974
Floor Count	20
Units / Rooms	24

Building Uses

- mixed use

- courthouse

- office

- parking garage

- residential

- retail

Structural Types

- highrise

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Description
Architects:
• Edward Tedesco
• RENOVATION: Elkus|Manfredi

After the façade and interior were reduced to the original structure, this building was completely reclad and reopened as an office tower in 2023.

This tower was previously used as the Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse. Constructed in 1968, the original brutalist concrete façade was removed in 2022.

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