Downtown

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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Golden steam

adamg — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:37:15 -0500

16WadeSt captures the mystery that steam always seems to bring to city nights, in this case, on School Street.

Copyright 16WadeSt. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

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Near-death experience on the Orange Line

adamg — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:07:14 -0500

Rick Sawyer reports he was on the inbound Orange Line platform at North Station last night when a woman fell on the tracks - just as a train was approaching:

... It was like a movie. The train stopped inches away from the woman's unstirring body, the frontmost part actually hanging over her. For a nauseating moment, we thought she had been killed—by the train or by the third rail. The conductor burst out of the front train compartment, the color draining from her face, repeating "Oh my God." ...

Capuano is taking questions Monday 6:30 Park Plaza Hotel, Boston

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:15:18 -0500

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The dream never dies: Tommy Tower edition

adamg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:06:38 -0500

The most prominent thing on the Boston Redevelopment Authority's Web site is a Flash package that features Tom Menino standing in front of the Boston skyline - enhanced by the 80-story tower he wants to build at Winthrop Square.

For a building that never got built, Winthrop Square sure gets around:

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Remember the Maine vote

adamg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:43:49 -0500

Tom Wheaton photographed last evening's protest on the Common over the Maine same-sex marriage vote.

Copyright Tom Wheaton. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

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Red Auerbach and the pick

adamg — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:59:49 -0500

Naturally, there's a site that collects tacky tourist photos and, yes, of course, one of the entries involves the Red Auerbach statue and some guy's finger. Guess it beats what Harvard students do to poor John Harvard, though.

Via Jay Fitzgerald.

Man cuts woman with knife in failed downtown carjacking

adamg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:05:51 -0500

Richard Morse is scheduled for arraignment this morning in Boston Municipal Court on charges he tried to carjack a woman on Province Street last night, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says.

Morse "inflicted some minor injuries with a knife" on the Auburn woman but was caught by nearby valets and Boston Police before he could get away with the car, the DA's office says.

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Innocent, etc.

Uncle Fester, is that you?

adamg — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:11:03 -0400

He was holding a guitar, but in the short time I listened to him at Downtown Crossing, Fester didn't actually play. Instead, he sang "Yesterday" to a karaoke CD.

In the "kids today" department, as I was walking up to the Forest Hills side from the Oak Grove side, these two teen girls in front of me were talking about Halloween, when one blurted out, "I wanna be a WHORE!" You go, girl!

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Another fire on the Red Line

adamg — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:52:41 -0400

Boston Fire tweets there was a small track fire on the Red Line outbound at Downtown Crossing shortly after midnight. No injuries.

Back in September:
Meltdown on the Red and Orange lines.