Wonderland

DA: Blue Line rider attacked into unconsciousness by man enraged at demand he put out his cigarette

adamg — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:56:08 +0000

A Medford man and his Winthrop girlfriend were arraigned today on charges of armed assault with intent to murder for a March 24 incident on the Blue Line that left a rider unconscious and with serious injuries that might have been even worse if the man had managed to get access to his knife, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

According to prosecutors, Paul Mucci, 48, became enraged that morning when another rider on an outbound Blue Line train told him to extinguish the cigarette he'd lit just past Revere Beach. Mucci allegedly head-butted the man, then kicked and punched him repeatedly as he tried to get the knife he had clipped to the back of his belt:

The most dramatic rendering of a garage you'll ever see

adamg — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:12:23 +0000

The MBTA forwards this rendering of the planned new garage at Wonderland on the Blue Line. At night. Under a full moon. With Saturn rising.

Federal, state, and local officials gather at the current Wonderland station at 9:30 a.m. on Monday to formally break ground on a new seven-story, 1,465-car parking garage that will become part of a new mixed-use development planned for the area around the station.

In the meantime, here's the classic "Alice in Wonderland:"

Next Stop Turkeyland

adamg — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:59:45 +0000

David Guarino came up with that title for his photo of a turkey outside the Wonderland T stop this morning (did it have a meeting downtown?).

Alice to have more room to park at Wonderland

adamg — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:07:04 +0000

State officials said today they'll spend $47 million in federal stimulus funds and state bonds for a new garage at Wonderland station on the Blue Line.

At a ceremony there today, Gov. Patrick and other officials said the new nine-story, 1,900-space garage will be the first step in construction of Waterfront Square, a proposed development of 902 residential units, office and retail space and a hotel.

Roughly $23 million of the garage cost wll come from the feds, the rest from an MBTA bond that will be repaid through revenue from the parking lot.