Winthrop Center | 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District

[themissinglink]

Those steps being fenced off half the year are a great example of how people are treated like crap in this country compared to cars.

They should keep those steps open year-round. It'd be cool if the steps were heated for sitting in the winter cold.

 

[DBM]

That entire area needs rescuing, but few people seem to care much about the situation.

If you want to make lazy, vague, over-the-top assertions and gross generalizations about the neighborhood, there's plenty of space on the Globe comments forum. Otherwise, make some practical, thoughtful suggestions that demonstrate you've been studying and researching the "situation", however you can define it in a way that is incisive and compelling. Robust qualitative & quantitative data indicating how, precisely, "few people seem to care much about the situation" is especially welcomed.

 

[chrisbrat]

It’s a liability issue. Nothing more.

ding ding

 

[BosDevelop]

They should keep those steps open year-round. It'd be cool if the steps were heated for sitting in the winter cold.

This! I don't understand why the steps are ever closed during the day. Are we trying to encourage people to linger in Downtown Crossing or just walk through on their way to somewhere else?

 

[FK4]

Welcome to Boston, where nice things are broken or closed for months or years at a time.

if liability was going to be considered an issue, they never should’ve built stairs. What a compete embarrassment.