The following messages comes from Mark Spitzer a friend of the Queen Anne Historical Society and a retired architect. Mark chronicles an important moment in Queen Anne’s history which we are delighted to share. Updating is happening regularly.

See below for the December 28, 2022 update.

Hello Friends and Neighbors,

You’re all generally aware of the construction of the new mixed use residential project with a new Safeway store taking place at Queen Anne Avenue and Crockett streets. I have been following the progress of the project; and I thought you might be interested in coming along with me as the building develops. To make that process comprehensible, I thought I would give you an overview of the design so that as you see the various elements show up on site, you’ll know what they are.

The project is called 21 Boston and is being developed by an entity called CG 21Boston with developer Barrientos RYAN, a firm that has done multiple housing and mixed use projects in town. 

1. You can read the first installment on the blog and then the others at links listed below:

 https://markspitzerdesigns.wordpress.com/2022/11/03/21-boston-introduction/

 2. The second is all about site excavation and preparation

 https://markspitzerdesigns.wordpress.com/2022/11/06/21-boston-02-site-preparation/

 3. The third is about the process of getting the Tower Crane set up

 https://markspitzerdesigns.wordpress.com/2022/11/06/21-boston-03-tower-crane/

 4. And the fourth focuses on the preparations for and beginning of pouring concrete.

 https://markspitzerdesigns.wordpress.com/2022/11/06/21-boston-04-starting-concrete/

 5. The Project gets into serious concrete work

 https://markspitzerdesigns.wordpress.com/2022/11/16/21-boston-05-concrete-arrives/

 6. PT Slab technology arrives on site

 https://markspitzerdesigns.wordpress.com/2022/11/22/21-boston-06-pt-slabs/

Mark added #7 below on 11?29/22. Thanks Mark. We’ll do our best to stay in sync.

7. Post tension slab pour. Just click the link. Added November 29, 2022

8. Multi-tasking. Click the link. Added December 14, 2022

9. Winter: Click the link to see 21-boston-09-winter posted on December 28, 2022.

I plan to add later installments every few weeks to show the steps necessary to building a project like this and to take a bit of the mystery out of the construction process.