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Archaeological studies are tentatively scheduled to begin in early 2022, with construction following soon after.

Candidly, I'm going to miss my view of the bridge, but compared to One Water Street or Renaissance Plaza, this is pretty amazing. There are concessions to the historic elements of the neighborhood I'm so happy to see - preservation of the archaeology under a public park, developing context around the Wood Street Steps. Again, compared to One Water Street, who half-heartedly suggested they'd be open to the idea of preserving the Belgian block streets and installing granite curbs, and then snapping together modular garbage, ripping out the block streets and throwing down asphalt, it's a whole other universe of context, architecture, and community engagement.

Still, it's a bit of a bummer that it basically turns Water Street into an alley, and for the folks who live there now, it's a pretty unfriendly set of ground floors to have your windows facing.