Inspectors actually had mobile POP verification devices that they would have you tap your card on and on the screen it would show if a tap happened/you paid your fare. This used to be done on the E line back in 2008 from NEU to Brigham Circle. They also could accept fare taps, so they used to...
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Also mixed feeling on the facade which was heavily VE'd. On one hand, the prior facade aesthetic was dynamic, but on the other, it was very horizontally emphasized and made it look shorter. Now with the single glass wall and horizontal bands gone, it looks much taller. I...
500 Huntington discussion has been moved to: https://archboston.com/community/threads/wentworth-mixed-use-life-sciences-complex-500-huntington-ave-fenway.6648/
The email from Wentworth says 640,000sf which is the size of the previous proposal, so I'd assume it must have some tower component. Unclear at this point though. Guess we have to wait for a filing.
500 Huntington and the Sweeney to Parker move is back on. Just got this email...
Prior Proposal (2013):
http://www.bostonplans.org/getattachment/051276cc-2a13-46bf-8e2e-a93967cd9afa
Just a note on this, they added a caption footer to these images in the final deck that was presented today saying "example from early conceptual renderings." Seems like someone saw all the fuss on Twitter and edited the slide. In the meeting, he emphasized that these images were just very early...
February 2018, Regional Rail for Metropolitan Boston, Page 23:
(Also in plaintext: http://transitmatters.org/rolling-out-regional-rail)
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