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
Description:
5 MINUTE MICHAEL DUKAKIS TV SPOT, MBTA, FANEUIL HALL
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
11/01/1982
Description:
Interview with Tom Pelham, Somerville planning director, about impact of Red Line T extension construction in Davis Square. Urban Mass Transportation Project sign. Crane and heavy equipment around the site. Looking down into excavated pit. Bulldozer moves black chunks of asphalt-like material. Welder works on end of rectangular pipe. Open cars on railroad tracks are filled with excavated dirt.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/10/1980
Description:
Profile of a good 15 year old Hispanic student Thomy Grullon, and his mother who is devoted to education. Maverick Station, blue line train. Exterior, classroom Boston Latin Academy.Crowds of students.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
09/13/1990
Description:
Photo documentation of elevated Orange Line about to be torn down. The El. Also, Dudley Station interior and exterior.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/19/1987
Description:
Michael Dukakis rides high-speed tilt train to Providence to promote new rail service. File of Dukakis commuting on green line T. transportation.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/11/1988
Description:
Back home after convention, Dukakis faces press to convince us that state business is under control and he has not lost interest in being governor. Dukakis swears in T police in subway station.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
07/26/1988
Description:
WORCESTER SQUARE IN SOUTH END, ORANGE LINE ELEVATED TRACKS, SHORT SHOTS. ROSIE'S PLACE, CARS, TV REPAIR SHOP, NEIGHBORHOOD GENERICS
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
10/18/1984
Description:
ROBERT FOSTER, EX-CHIEF OF MBTA AT MBTA BUDGET COMMITTEE DURING FINANCIAL CRISIS
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/25/1979
Description:
Sparsely patronized T commuter train through Uphams Corner and Readville: the Fairmount line risks being discontinued because of high cost to serve few riders.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
12/04/1987
Description:
Fields Corner environs. Storefronts and pedestrians along Dorchester Avenue. Cars and buses drive along. Exteriors of the MBTA station. Dorchester Avenue street sign.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
07/19/1982
Description:
Green line T pulling into and out of Kenmore station underground during rush hour. Old style PCC trolley and newer LRV cars. Driver's point of view, looking down tracks into dark subway tunnel. Passengers get on and off.Passenger reading Benjamin Disraeli. Passenger complains about MBTA service.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/15/1979
Description:
Aftermath of accident on MBTA green line. Damaged trolley. Broken glass on track. Seat, glass, debris and broken parts inside LRV car. Workers detach overhead cables. Wheels off the rail.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
04/24/1979
Description:
HARVARD SQUARE SHOPS ON RAINY DAY. T ENTRANCE AND TRAFFIC OUTSIDE
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/03/1985
Description:
Hammond Street bridge in Newton is closed for inspection failure. Deteriorating steel trusses, potholes, Jersey barriers. Weight limit signs. Chestnut Hill T sign.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
11/15/1989
Description:
Harvard Square environs. Rapid Transit sign over Harvard Square kiosk. Out of Town Tickets. People step off narrow escalator ascending from subway station. T sign, subway system map with “You Are Here,” bus routes map sign. People go downstairs to red line station. Harvard Trust Company sign, Harvard Coop, Nini's Corner. Electric bus with overhead cables. Abandoned red line trolleys parked in MBTA lot behind Harvard Square.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
02/22/1977
Description:
Harvard Square landmarks. The Garage, Coop, JFK Street, kiosk, T station, BayBank, Brattle Theater, Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Wordsworth.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/28/1985
Description:
Traffic on Massachusetts Avenue through Harvard Square. Subway kiosk with sign “Rapid Transit To All Points.” Cars stopped at corner of Dunster Street. Cars stopped on Boylston (JFK) Street. Sign for The Garage and Strawberries Records. “Closed” sign at red line station entrance. Out of Town News. Stacks of newspapers. Boston Herald American front page headline “Walkout may halt T today.” Yellow electric cable buses parked in Bennett Street MBTA yard.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
07/06/1978
Description:
Red line MBTA station at Harvard Square. Newer silver car with red stripe. Older blue car pulls into station. People descend staircase to subway platform. People pass through exit turnstiles out to street. Bus comes to stop near Harvard/Brattle station entrance on Eliot Street. Many passengers step off another bus. Exact fare coin box.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
07/16/1979
Description:
Proposed budget has small items with big impact: increased charges for MBTA communities & Quabbin drinking water communities & abolition of consumer complaint mediation. Theodore Mann, Marc Draisen.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/22/1991
Description:
High, wide, long shots of Boston environs from observation deck of Hancock Tower. Nearly aerial views of South End, Charles River, Boston Harbor, State House, and orange line T moving along elevated tracks.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
09/10/1976
Description:
Exterior of Holy Cross Cathedral in the South End. Various views, gothic windows. Bare trees, orange line elevated train passes.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
02/22/1984
Description:
SAVIN HILL AND JFK/UMASS (COLUMBIA) T STATIONS. RED LINE TRAIN IN MOTION.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Description:
As James O'Leary leaves job as MBTA general manager, a look at his successful 8-year tenure yielding many public transit improvements. Eugene Brune, Somerville mayor. Barry Locke file. Alewife T.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
02/07/1989
Description:
Campaign based on rap song "Jimmy Hat" advises teens to use condoms to protect against AIDS. Deborah Prothrow-Stith. ABCD wants the public service ads on the T. Trolley doors close.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/31/1989
Description:
HISTORY OF TROLLEY CARS ON GREEN LINE, PITFALLS OF LRV. B+W VISUALS
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
07/10/1987
Description:
MBTA file footage, green line and red line trains. C. 1980.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
1980
Description:
MBTA shots at Park Street Station. .
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
11/11/1980
Description:
MBTA, shots of Red Line and Green Line Trains at Park Street Station, standups of reporter Bennett.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/31/1980
