State Street

Smoking Orange Line train sparks brief disruption

adamg — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:21:34 -0500

The Boston Fire Department ordered power shut on the Orange Line between State Street and Downtown Crossing shortly after 10 p.m. when smoke appeared in the State Street station. Power was restored not long after when firefighters discovered the smoke was coming from one particular train, not another track fire, according to Boston Fireman and Local 718.

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Water main break at State Street shuts Blue Line downtown

adamg — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:11:23 -0400

The Orange Line remains above water and so is still stopping at State Street, where the main burst, according to reports from Channel 4 and the MBTA Transit Police Intelligence Unit.

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Basement fire on State Street

adamg — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:21:23 -0400

Boston Police tweet there was a fire at 120 State St. Knocked down by 4 p.m., but the area is still a mess.

Color on the T

adamg — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:22:09 -0400

Saul Blumenthal finds the color in the otherwise dreary State Street station.

Copyright Saul Blumenthal. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

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Window washers dangling 37 floors up on State Street

adamg — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:48:15 -0400

Boston Police tweet State Street is shut as emergency crews try to help window washers on a dangling platform at 53 State St.

UPDATE: The Fire Department rescued the workers and is now trying to secure the platform as it awaits an engineering crew from Connecticut.

Photo from inside the building and photos from outside the building (see this one in particular).

Prosecutors won't let suspect get off easy

adamg — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:06:51 -0400

A man facing up to six months in a county jail for lewd and lascivious behavior could now face up to ten years in a state prison for witness intimidation after he allegedly threatened a witness in court yesterday.

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Watching a woman die on an MBTA escalator

adamg — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:17:13 -0400

The Globe interviews the person who held that poor woman's hand as she died at State Street station.

Woman trapped, dies on escalator at State Street T stop

adamg — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:44:24 -0500

The Globe reports the elderly woman fell around 10 a.m., part of her clothing got caught in the escalator and she wound up dying. However, officials are investigating whether she had a heart attack before her fall.

Stabbing on State Street, bullets over Bromfield

Ron Newman — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:14:21 -0400

Around 3 pm today.

When kids who love chalk grow up

adamg — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:01:34 -0400

They become construction engineers for projects in downtown Boston. Faegirl photographed the marked-up chaos on State Street by the Old State House the other day.

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