BostonUrbEx
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Does anyone know how and why the decision was made to break up the historic route of Atlantic Ave along the waterfront? Atlantic Ave survived the building of the elevated Central Artery, and was later truncated to Milk St around 1969-1971 with the development of the Harbor Towers and Harbor Garage. My guess is more specifically 1970-1971 with the end of Union Freight Railroad's operations, which would otherwise need to have been rerouted. I'm curious if the Harbor Towers/Garage actually were the final nail for the Union Freight or if they just went up really fast once the opportunity to dice up Atlantic Ave presented itself. Atlantic Ave was further disrupted with the construction of Columbus Park between 1971 and 1978. And finally, the Marriott was eventually built immediately adjacent.