Well, well, I must’ve missed this one for at least a few weeks: Building 6 (see sitemap here for reference) has clearly been underway for a little while now, as the structure is up to two stories now, along with the full four stories of the block stair tower, and the retaining wall on the northern side has been wrapped. The third story floor deck is still being assembled at the far end, probably in prep for a final pour of the floor deck, but it looks as if most of the structural elements of two stories are all there, with the exception of the western end of the building, which may be framed in a different way. Building 5 shows some further progress since last week. The fourth-story framing is continuing to fill-in and the second story floor deck in the middle section (between the sheathed portions) has been poured.

The scale of this project is becoming more apparent as Building 5 has made its way around in front of the massive facade of Building 3.4. The views from the top floor of 3.4 must be quite good.

An extra level of exterior sheathing is up on the fourth level of this section of Building 5 as framing the third level walls and fourth level deck has progressed. There’s also some more new heavy steel beam framing along the southern end of the eastern section where scaffolding has been assembled and the northern framing-out has been completed for quite a while. The insulation and waterproofing layers look just about complete on the huge northern concrete retaining wall, so it will probably be backfilled soon.