Somerville Voices alerts us to a design meeting on Jan. 12 about the planned $50-million Assembly Square station on the Orange Line. Key issue: Whether the T will build one or two entrances to the station.
Isn't the plan to re-open the Berkeley entrance once station renovations are completed on that end of the platform? Or am I just imprinting wishful thinking?
...all subway stations (and there are hundreds in Berlin) are required to have two exits. This rule came about after a major fire at Deutsche Oper station.
I'd hope the T would realize the importance of this IN ADVANCE of a catastrophic fire.
Comments
Knowing the T....
By ckd - 12/29/09 - 12:54 pm
Knowing the T, they'll build two entrances and then permanently close one (as with Arlington and Hynes Convention Center
/ICA).I hate that those two are
By BR - 12/29/09 - 5:07 pm
I hate that those two are never open. Boo, T.
RE: Arlington Station
By HenryAlan - 12/29/09 - 5:14 pm
Isn't the plan to re-open the Berkeley entrance once station renovations are completed on that end of the platform? Or am I just imprinting wishful thinking?
In Berlin...
By Pat (not verified) - 12/30/09 - 4:01 pm
...all subway stations (and there are hundreds in Berlin) are required to have two exits. This rule came about after a major fire at Deutsche Oper station.
I'd hope the T would realize the importance of this IN ADVANCE of a catastrophic fire.