Haymarket

It's not your father's Haymarket

adamg — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:05:53 +0000

Like Durgin-Park, Haymarket has softened over the years - most of the vendors no longer yell at customers daring to turn fruit over. Bob Skole reviews the changes and how the proposed public market nearby could make Haymarket even better.

What should fill empty Greenway space?

adamg — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:38:22 +0000

Karen Cord Taylor considers competing proposals for Parcel 9, next to Haymarket, which include a museum about Boston, a bunch of apartments and a hotel.

Once again, developers submit bids for Greenway parcel near Haymarket

adamg — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:08:55 +0000

NorthEndWaterfront.com rounds up the latest offerings, all of which would include space for Haymarket vendors and three of which the state previously rejected.

Haymarket T stop shut due to possible radiation leak

adamg — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:06:13 +0000

Yep, just when you thought nothing else could cause problems on the T. Channel 4 reports hazmat crews are in the busway with a truck, licensed to carry radioactive materials, with readings showing a possible leak.

UPDATE: Crews began clearing scene shortly after noon, when readings showed acceptable levels.

The declining art of grumpiness

adamg — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:57:49 +0000

Mike Ball notes that the waitresses at Durgin-Park haven't been grumpy for a long time. And now, he reports, even most of the hawkers at Haymarket are no longer grimacing screamers:

Honestly, some of the predictable drama is gone, contemporary with the nasty old elevated Interstate that went with the Big Dig. I guess after over 40 years of that, I can’t say I need to relive it every week. The thrill is gone.

Maybe it's time to consider chaining your smartphone to your wrist

adamg — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:45:29 +0000

MBTA Transit Police report this guy snatched an iPhone away from an Orange Line rider easy-peasey on Oct. 23:

Victim was on a Northbound train and when the doors opened at Haymarket Station the suspect grabbed the victim's iPhone from his hand and fled out of the station.

Guy look familiar? Contact Transit Police at 617-222-1069.

Haymarket T stop stinks

adamg — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:18:15 +0000

AlertNewEngland tweets officials have shut the station because of a powerful stench.

The people-eating escalator at Haymarket

adamg — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:25:07 +0000

Shawnna Imani reports that after getting dumped out of one Orange Line train taken out of service at Ruggles, she finally got to Haymarket and was on her way up the escalator when it just stopped, throwing her and others down and giving her a set of fresh puncture wounds on her arm (only click if you want to see somebody's arm with bits of skin missing). She adds that a T employee apologized and gave her a six-month CharlieCard.

Twin fires on the Orange Line?

adamg — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:48:29 +0000

UPDATE: MBTA says no fires.

Boston Police are tweeting there are fires in the Chinatown AND State Street stations on the Orange Line. Local 718 tweets firefighters are trying to determine the source of smoke on the Orange Line at Downtown Crossing.

The T itself is only reporting a disabled inbound train at Haymarket.

Haymarket to get apartment building instead of museum

adamg — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:31:00 +0000

Boston Museum couldn't raise enough money; developer could, the Herald reports.

Trash fire at Haymarket station disrupts late-night riders

adamg — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:18:57 +0000

A small trash fire on the Green Line tracks was extinguished by a Green Line driver late tonight, but there might be something else going on at Haymarket. Around 11 p.m., Boston_Fireman tweeted to expect delays on both Green and Orange lines. Green Line service in both directions was stopped, while power on the Orange Line between Haymarket and State Street was turned off. However, the T was given the OK to restore service on both lines around 11:40 p.m.

Metro: The quicker picker-upper

adamg — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:02:14 +0000

Some enterprising MBTA worker figured out he could use some stacks of Metros to sop up leaks on the Orange Line inbound platform at Haymarket. I took this photo today, but the leak wasn't due to today's downpours - the T has been using Metros for months now to sop up the same leak at the same location, probably because it's a lot cheaper than trying to fix the problem.

Yankees fans can't spell

adamg — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:37:39 +0000

Michael Ratty provides the proof, with a photo from Haymarket station.

T employees more aggressively enforcing non-existent policy against photographers

adamg — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:04:48 +0000

Eric Kilby reports:

I was given a hard time last night by an inspector at the Haymarket bus platform, as I was trying to get a shot of the Government Center garage. The light was interesting. He said that he was instructed to tell people to get a permit or go away. I told him that there was a memo, but I didn't have a copy, and he said he hadn't heard of it. I thanked him for looking out for our safety and left, because it really wasn't worth the trouble to argue. He said it would be ok if I took like 5 steps back so I was on the public sidewalk and not the MBTA sidewalk (the texture was different), which seems kind of odd.

This comes a couple days after another T worker harassed some poor tourist for daring to take a photo inside Back Bay station.

If the T has suddenly changed its photo policy, you'd think they'd update the online version, no? Oh, wait, this is an agency that's only now updating 40-year-old maps ...

Recycling, T style

adamg — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:00:14 +0000

Tony tweets:

Just saw an MBTA employee dump the metro paper recycling bin into a trash can at Oak Grove. Why do they pretend to recycle? Ugh.

The T does a better job of recycling old Metros at the inbound platform on the Orange Line at Haymarket: They use bundles of Metros to sop up all the water that keeps draining into the station - and to prop up an orange cone atop the slippery spot the water creates.