Description:
ART WORK ON DISPLAY AT NEW ALEWIFE T STATION, PAINTINGS, POETRY, BALLOONS
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/03/1985
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Description:
VISUALS OF NEW ALEWIFE T STATION, PAINTINGS, POETRY, SCULPTURE
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/03/1985
Description:
Scale model of Alewife T station. Interview with John Powers, project manager for red line extension. He describes construction of new station, garages, subway tunnel ready for fall '84. Says site is rich in clay; most of Boston's bricks were made in that area.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
02/25/1983
Description:
Allston Brighton environs. Busy intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Harvard Street. Storefronts of Macy's Liquors, Ken's Pub, Great Scott, Gladstone's. People get off green line trolley, close up on the T logo. Cars drive by, pedestrians cross the street and walk down the sidewalk. Cleveland Circle storefronts (small markets, CVS, bank, hardware). Beacon Street traffic approaches head on. Massachusetts Turnpike traffic in Allston; freight containers in adjacent rail yard.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/26/1979
Description:
Back Bay Amtrak station entrance. Train, viewed from above, starts up and moves slowly along tracks. Train histle and bells. Railroad bed. Commuter train pulls up, passengers board. Two trains pass in opposite directions. Looking down tracks to old and new Hancock buildings. Orange line elevated structure along Washington Street. T train passes overhead with typical clunking sound; congested vehicular traffic below. Camera moves on complex steel skeleton of tracks above.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
10/04/1977
Description:
Public art and sculpture installations are celebrated at Alewife, Davis, Porter, and Harvard T stations. Red line train arrives at Alewife. Animal tiles at Alewife. Artist Susumu Shingu, creator of mobile at Porter Square. Mags Harries' bronzed gloves along escalator rail. Glass enclosed elevator. Wavy surface relief on stone facade. Cow trompe l'oeil painting. Joan Mondale speaks at dedication. Brass quintet plays.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/03/1985
Description:
MBTA crews clean up Back Bay Station two days after Amtrak crash. Thomas Glynn. B-roll of injured passengers, crushed train parts, track wreckage.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
12/14/1990
Description:
Wonderland Blue Line station in Revere. Train pulls up to platform, passengers get on. Walking tour of Central Square in Lynn, where transit station is proposed as necessary for much needed economic development. Comments from Urban Mass Transportation (UMTA) administrator Theodore Lutz about rapid transit extension.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/06/1980
Description:
Braintree, MA MBTA visuals; rain.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/21/1980
Description:
JAMES CARLIN PRESS CONFERENCE WITH ED KING ON MBTA WORK STOPPAGE
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
04/16/1982
Description:
COMMUTERS GOING THROUGH PARK STREET STATION TURNSTILES & RIDING SUBWAY TO ALEWIFE
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
10/18/1985
Description:
Elevated view of Cambridge from Boston side of Charles River. Sailboats. Traffic over Longfellow Bridge. Then reverse view of Boston: State House golden dome with cupola. Prudential building in far right frame. Old Hancock adjacent to new Hancock with reflective surface. Pan west over MIT buildings on Cambridge side at a distance. Red line T train crosses river approaching Charles Circle.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
10/31/1977
Description:
Exteriors of restaurants in Chinatown. Gateway arch entrance. Orange line T on elevated tracks. Essex Hotel sign in distance. Slushy sidewalks. Church in South Cove. Architect's rendering of proposed nursing home.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/14/1984
Description:
Tape dropout in beginning. Combat Zone environs. Thriving pornography district. XXX rated movies, peep shows, Naked i, Pussy Cat Cinema, adult book store, State and Pilgrim Theaters, Intermission Lounge. Garish marquees with flashing lights. MBTA and Boston police cars.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
12/15/1976
Description:
Construction of Alewife red line station and parking garage. Traffic pauses on adjacent parkway. W.R. Grace tower in background. Hard hat men working in subway tunnel. Pan environs from high vantage point. Rotary at start of Route 2. Snow flurries. Crane.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
02/25/1983
Description:
Red line T construction. Harvard Square stop, tunnel, tracks. Western Avenue, Cambridge. Interview with a man from the Department of Public Works (DPW) about the roads and bridges in Massachusetts - spending approximately $500 million per year - $100 million in paving, $150 million in bridges, $250 million in safety and new roads. He states that there are about 14,000 miles of road in Massachusetts and about 1/3 of those roads need serious work. He approximates that out of the 5,000 bridges in Massachusetts, 2,200 are in substandard shape, 900 in critical condition. DPW infrastructure includes roads, bridges, transit, airports, sewer and water. He explains the need for the federal government's assistance. He states that these projects will create jobs - approximately 90 jobs per million dollars spent.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
11/08/1982
Description:
Passengers at Egleston Square T station say security is an important issue in light of recent spate of assaults and muggings by teenage gangs. MBTA will put police decoys on the trains to deter crime. Four-car Orange Line train pulls up to platform. Camera rides on train, looks down row of passengers.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/06/1980
Description:
ALEWIFE & DAVIS SQUARE SUBWAYS, ART IN THE NEW T STATIONS AND TRAINS
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/03/1985
Description:
DUDLEY SQUARE, SPRING DAY, PEOPLE, STOREFRONTS, TRAFFIC, BRA OFFICE, ORANGE LINE ELEVATED
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/28/1986
Description:
MICHAEL DUKAKIS ON MBTA BUS EXTOLS MASS TRANSIT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY. GEORGE KARIOTIS, FRED SALVUCCI.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
10/06/1986
