Cambridge Subway - Red Line anniversary

[HenryAlan]

I agree. I would also place some mid and high-rise buildings intermittently on the Greenway, with the elevated line passing through the buildings, as the old Highline did in Manhatten. There could also be an elevated pedestrian parkway long the harbor side of the elevated rail line, again passing through the new intermittenly spaced buildings. It would look and function like a real city, instead of the empty gaping corridor it is now.

And on the other end, it would split away from Back Bay station as an El above the Pike, which would likewise run through and between any air rights developments.

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

Ok! I present An Animated History of the MBTA

Each extension is described by year in the post.

 

[F-Line to Dudley]

Boy, that starts getting pretty sad after '59.

 

[Matthew]

Kenmore underground didn't open until the early 30s, I thought. Maybe I'm not understanding your notation.

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

Yeah, I skimped on that one for effect. There WAS a station there, just above ground. The portal was before Kenmore Sq proper. I also didn't show the portal on Boylston St for Huntington Ave trains.

 

[piggiston]

Wow, nicely done! Probably the clearest chronology I've come across. Looking forward to studying it more.

 

[czsz]

Boy, that starts getting pretty sad after '59.

Actually, what amazes me most after seeing this is how much growth of the rapid transit system takes place in postwar decades. Compare to the years after 1990 which witnessed the addition of nothing but the Silver Line, which we all know has no proper place on this map.

What it doesn't show is the loss of most streetcar lines...not sure how the decision was made to show the Green Line branches at a given date.

Can someone tell me more about the Pleasant St. Green Line branch...?

 

[BostonUrbEx]

Can someone tell me more about the Pleasant St. Green Line branch...?

The Pleasant St Portal was down Tremont south of Boylston. Those tunnels at Boylston go to it. It went to Lenox St on one branch (lasted longer) and down Broadway into South Boston on the other.

 

[F-Line to Dudley]

The Pleasant St Portal was down Tremont south of Boylston. Those tunnels at Boylston go to it. It went to Lenox St on one branch (lasted longer) and down Broadway into South Boston on the other.

It was City Point, Dudley Sq., and Egleston for most of the time it was open. Dudley went first, then City Point, then Egleston was cut back to Lenox St. And then for the last several months it was just a shuttle pinging back between Pleasant St. and Boylston.