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The Big Dig was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the then elevated Central Artery of Interstate 93 that cut across Boston into the O'Neill Tunnel and built the Ted Williams Tunnel to extend Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport. Those two projects were the origin of the official name, the Central Artery/Tunnel Project ( CA/T Project ).
List of I. M. Pei projects. Some 50-70 were originally planned for the contract, though only 16 were ultimately built. Wallingford, Connecticut. A white triangular tower rises beside a black glass building, with circular structures on either side. Pei considers the John F. Kennedy Library "the most important commission" in his life.
Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945–59. Some were former members and leaders of the Nazi Party .
Boston ( US: / ˈbɔːstən / [9] ), officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of 48.4 sq mi (125 km 2) [10] and a population of ...
DeSimone Consulting Engineers. Millennium Tower is a 60-story, 684-foot-tall (208 m) residential skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. [7] Construction began in 2013 at the site of the former flagship store for Filene's in Downtown Crossing and was completed in 2016. [2] As of 2022, it is the fifth tallest building in Boston.
Columbia Point, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, sits on a peninsula jutting out from the mainland of eastern Dorchester into the bay. Old Harbor Park is on the north side, adjacent to Old Harbor, part of Dorchester Bay. The peninsula is primarily occupied by Harbor Point, the University of Massachusetts Boston, the John ...
As of 2018, the skyline of Boston is ranked 10th in the United States and 79th in the world with 57 buildings rising at least 330 feet (100 m) in height. [6] Since August 2017, several major development projects have dramatically altered the city's skyline, including the Millennium Tower , Avalon North Station , Four Seasons Hotel & Private ...
Istanbul. 4.5 [36] 5. 2004. 2008 (Phase I) 2013 (Phase II) Deepest immersed tube tunnel in the world. Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. Bridge (road) United States.