Traffic on the Central Artery in 1971
By adamg - Wed, 05/10/2023 - 10:52am

On May 17, 1971, photographer Gene Dixon snapped some shots of traffic on the Central Artery downtown. Read more.

Original conception of the Central Artery
By adamg - Thu, 09/05/2013 - 10:21am

You know, of course, about I-695 and I-95 in the city - cancelled after residents from Hyde Park to Somerville raised holy hell and the governor canceled the plans and we got the Orange Line instead.

By adamg - Tue, 11/24/2009 - 8:01pm

Stephen Heuser acknowledges the Central Artery had to come down, but, darnit, he misses the muscular exurberance of infrastructure that wasn't afraid to admit it was infrastructure.

By adamg - Tue, 12/16/2008 - 8:42pm

Matt Laskowski stitched together an interesting aerial view using some Microsoft Live overhead images to show how things have changed since the Central Artery was taken down.