RandomWalk
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Fallout shelter or storage hidden under the steps on the plaza?
That's an abandoned Green Line Tunnel. They are demolishing and removing the tunnel plenum. (Source: I am an engineer working on this job.)
It saddens me that this many people are so ignorant of their own city. That is the ACTIVE Green Line tunnel. If anything it contains the loop tracks that go back north. That Reddit thread is a shit show too. The abandoned tunnel is on the southeast side of the plaza. If only someone had made a map of it...
@vanshnookenraggen I think most people in a City Hall Plaza discussion are aware of the existence of the Brattle Loop. What is being disassembled is some sort of large secondary tunnel on top of the GL, which seems to also veer off with access towards JFK. Obviously a train is not going through this tiny door, right?
I think my biggest issue was with the engineer who claimed to be working on the project. However, after I replied to him on Reddit, they changed their initial post. I'm not so sure people know the distinction between the GL and the other structures down there. Or maybe we do here, but Reddit is a larger cesspool.
Yes, and the upper level tunnel tapered down and formed the base to the and its ceiling followed the slope of the stairway as it got closer to Congress St. The tunnels from the JFK building were preserved and they appear to be building vaults in place of the tunnel where the smaller side tunnels to the JFK intersected it, so my guess is that they were some sort of emergency egress for the JFK building.The have demolished a tunnel which is clearly NOT an active green line tunnel because, you know, the green line is still running. Can you be more clear about what you think they have destroyed?
Ayuh, I think it is indeed.^Is that a remote-control demolition robot? Pretty cool.