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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 2, 2016 7:09:54 GMT -5
Here's the ceiling This new corridor runs along the north side of the old Hart. The Blaney court is on the left. At the end of the corridor is the basketball coaches suite, and an entrance, at the end on the right, to the athletic department suite of offices. Two thirds of the way down is the entrance/exit to the upper level of the Hart court, northeast corner. The wood looks too matte, --perhaps they will pit a gloss finish on when other work along that corridor is done.
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Post by rgs318 on Nov 2, 2016 8:21:26 GMT -5
Tim,
"I'm sure there's no crown. No need for one. Cannot think of a crown on the newer artificial surfaces (since 2000, say)...and I've been on a lot of them as a soccer referee. Maybe the slightest of pitches, but that would only be for drainage...and inside there isn't any.
You should see some of the old grass football fields (that some high schools use as soccer fields). Has to be at least a foot difference in height from sideline to midfield."
Yup...I was a high school AD when we "turtle-backed" our field. It made a world of difference in drainage after a heavy rain and probably prevented injuries. It did take a bit of getting used to and it was 10" higher in the center of the field than at the sidelines.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Nov 2, 2016 10:02:49 GMT -5
Tim, "I'm sure there's no crown. No need for one. Cannot think of a crown on the newer artificial surfaces (since 2000, say)...and I've been on a lot of them as a soccer referee. Maybe the slightest of pitches, but that would only be for drainage...and inside there isn't any. You should see some of the old grass football fields (that some high schools use as soccer fields). Has to be at least a foot difference in height from sideline to midfield." Yup...I was a high school AD when we "turtle-backed" our field. It made a world of difference in drainage after a heavy rain and probably prevented injuries. It did take a bit of getting used to and it was 10" higher in the center of the field than at the sidelines. Thanks to you and Tim for your info--I was curious about the crown subject. I know the crown on outdoor fields is for drainage and thus not needed in a covered facility, but I wondered if indoor fields had a crown just to be closer to real playing conditions
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Post by rickii on Nov 2, 2016 10:03:49 GMT -5
Here's the ceiling This new corridor runs along the north side of the old Hart. The Blaney court is on the left. At the end of the corridor is the basketball coaches suite, and an entrance, at the end on the right, to the athletic department suite of offices. Two thirds of the way down is the entrance/exit to the upper level of the Hart court, northeast corner. The wood looks too matte, --perhaps they will pit a gloss finish on when other work along that corridor is done. About half-way down the corridor on the right side there's a wall box and large tube going up into the ceiling....looks odd....any idea what this is ?
That corridor looks awfully narrow for hundreds of folks going to/from the upper level seats....optical illusion perhaps ?
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 2, 2016 15:08:01 GMT -5
This new corridor runs along the north side of the old Hart. The Blaney court is on the left. At the end of the corridor is the basketball coaches suite, and an entrance, at the end on the right, to the athletic department suite of offices. ... About half-way down the corridor on the right side there's a wall box and large tube going up into the ceiling....looks odd....any idea what this is ?
That corridor looks awfully narrow for hundreds of folks going to/from the upper level seats....optical illusion perhaps ?
There are double wide stairs further down (before the entrance to the coaches suite). As an emergency egress, one would go down those stairs and then another short corridor and exit by the entrance to new strength and conditioning. Those stairs replace the previous set of stairs in the northeast corner of old Hart, and which were demolished. The tubing looks to be HVAC related, and temporary. I'll speculate that its being used to heat that corridor because the wall on the left side is really an interior wall (uninsulated), and forms the south wall of the Blaney court.
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Post by DiMarz on Nov 5, 2016 19:35:51 GMT -5
That "dead end" space above and to the right in the rendering looked to me as an area that could easily function as a gathering area. Perhaps a portable concession stand, or a few tables could be utilized in that space during large crowd events. There is also another entry into the Ryan room from that area, as well as new Men's and Women's rooms
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 6, 2016 15:51:03 GMT -5
A set of renderings for BC's attempt to keep up with the Jones. These were presented late last month to a community group in Brighton., www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/sites/imp/pdf/BC%20FH%202016-10-25_FINAL_2.pdfBC says it is planning 87,000 sq ft for a playing field, HC's field is about 25,000 sq ft smaller. A regulation field with endzones is about 30,000 sq ft less than BC. And BC's overrun does not seem to be that much more than HC's. Michigan's is 90,000 sq ft, but has a large over-run area. Luth, compared to BC, is built like the proverbial brick outhouse.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Nov 6, 2016 16:10:02 GMT -5
bc is making a smart move writing MICHIGAN in the end zone in an effort to class up the place
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Post by CHC8485 on Nov 6, 2016 16:14:34 GMT -5
Isn't Shea Field, the proposed location of this development, the primary tailgating area for BC?
Won't be much game day fan experience if all the tailgaters need to bus in from the upper & lower Brighton Campuses (campi?)
Of course, tailgating in Natick would have been the game day experience highlight for the last couple of BC football seasons.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 6, 2016 17:04:45 GMT -5
Isn't Shea Field, the proposed location of this development, the primary tailgating area for BC? Won't be much game day fan experience if all the tailgaters need to bus in from the upper & lower Brighton Campuses (campi?) Of course, tailgating in Natick would have been the game day experience highlight for the last couple of BC football seasons. You pay, big-time, for the privilege of tailgating. At those prices, Fenway franks and ground chuck hamburger simply won't do. www.bceagles.com/news/2015/7/1/New_Football_Tailgating_Options_Announced.aspx
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 10, 2016 9:48:46 GMT -5
To answer an earlier question , the chillers for air conditioning the new field house are being lifted to the roof today. (The roof being the low flat section between old Hart and the new field.) They apparently weigh so much am excavator was used to help pull the flatbed trailer up the small grade at the north end of the NFH.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 5, 2016 14:14:21 GMT -5
Googlemaps has an updated satellite image of HC. Based on the state of construction at Luth, and that several HC teams appear to be practicing, the image was very likely taken on a weekday in August 2016, but before students returned for the Fall semester. The white/silver roof sections at Luth/Hart mark where the complex was expanded. (The roof over where sports medicine will be (to the image right of the pool) also looks to be new, but it is that color in a pre-construction image. The new practice court is outlined at the grade level. www.google.com/maps/place/1+College+St,+Worcester,+MA+01610/@42.2351134,-71.8054423,208m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e405cd61a7a2db:0xed6dce0d552e704b!8m2!3d42.2392002!4d-71.8080601?hl=en or, goo.gl/maps/JiZzjtgR97T2The road that now half-circles Luth/Hart is in its final alignment. It looks as if the slight shift southward of the grass, football practice field was completed. The road on the south side of the OFH will apparently become two-way, and the road on the north side of the OFH abandoned. This would allow more flexibility in the design on the renovated OFH.
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Post by rickii on Dec 5, 2016 14:30:29 GMT -5
....the link still has a pre-construction image pp.
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Post by HC92 on Dec 5, 2016 14:59:16 GMT -5
....the link still has a pre-construction image pp. I got an August-ish picture by turning on Google Eart and then turning on 3D from the menu. The regular Google Earth image is old but the 3D version is newer.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 5, 2016 15:17:46 GMT -5
I edited my post above to hopefully give two working links. Cannot get embed image to work.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 9, 2016 17:28:37 GMT -5
Practice court, looking west. The black steel brackets are a balcony. Image from early December. The practice court is being wrapped in weather-protective plastic sheeting to allow work to continue during the Worcester winter. This appears to show the north wall of the NFH. Locker rooms below, and strength amd conditioning behind the purple sheeting. Other photos here. www.goholycross.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=33100&ATCLID=210993205
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 9, 2016 19:12:43 GMT -5
PP--thanks for the updates and the photos-it is great to see the progress being made on our great new facilities
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 27, 2016 10:53:21 GMT -5
I am going to post this photo here, rather than in the Hockey East thread and perhaps skate past the derailing Railers. The image below is the new Boston Bruins practice rink (I believe it is in Brighton) called the Warrior Arena. It was built by New Balance. It is open for public skating, hence the photo promoting same on Twitter. The arena seats 650, all on one side. (See what appear to be yellow, plastic seatbacks.) It illustrates the idea of expanding seating capacity at the Hart by altering the current flat roof to a pitched roof with one side having a higher elevation than the other. However, I doubt there is enough space on the west side of the Hart rink to use this approach to expand the seating to 4,000.
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 27, 2016 11:07:54 GMT -5
I usually ignore all your posts about real estate land holdings by Holy Cross but unless HC owns houses just west of the Hart Center that can be demolished, there definitely isn't room for expansion.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 27, 2016 11:29:25 GMT -5
I usually ignore all your posts about real estate land holdings by Holy Cross but unless HC owns houses just west of the Hart Center that can be demolished, there definitely isn't room for expansion. Being a real estate mogul can bring great success!! To the smaller point, HC owns much of the abutting land to the immediate west of the road that now half circles Luth/Hart. The one parcel it does not own is owned by NStar, and this parcel may have infrastructure-related facilities associated with a large natural gas pipeline. If so, HC might secure an easement for surface parking, but not for spectator seating (putting aside the cost of insurance for building atop). .
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Post by sarasota on Dec 27, 2016 14:43:57 GMT -5
FWIW, this is the 5th consecutive day with no work being done at the site. Must be nice to be a unionized worker.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 27, 2016 15:36:29 GMT -5
FWIW, this is the 5th consecutive day with no work being done at the site. Must be nice to be a unionized worker. Via webcam, I saw them working on the site today, both on the outside, and presumably the inside. If your eyes were no better on Friday than today, that means they didn't work on three days: the vigil, Christmas Day, and the civil holiday yesterday. And if they had worked on those three days, the premium pay for working is such that I'd be out there with them, hard hat on my head!
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Post by sarasota on Dec 27, 2016 20:49:46 GMT -5
PP- No work today and no work on Friday.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 28, 2016 6:41:32 GMT -5
PP- No work today and no work on Friday. Schedule an appointment with your optician or your ophthalmologist. Yesterday (Tuesday) I specifically saw them on the temporary stage-work at the peak of the roof, where transparent, vertical panels will be installed to allow daylight in. And I just looked at the webcam now (6:40 AM), the construction workers' cars are already parked beyond the construction fence at McCarthy Lane and Figge. They start work between 6:30 and 7, depending on the subcontractor.
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 28, 2016 8:50:33 GMT -5
Those slackers! We need some undocumented Polish workers! My big complaint is that for the Marist game on 12/23, most of the spaces in front of the Hart (oops, side of the Luth!) were taken up by construction workers' cars. But I soon got over it as I remembered we were in the Christmas season and the hard hats were working hard to get the facility ready on time and on budget and that it wouldn't hurt to walk a little further and it was a much shorter walk than to the Worcester Auditorium from Mt. St. James.
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