Description: Boston wants to increase taxi pool by raising the quota of medallions available (at $90,000), a limit unchanged in over 50 years. Passenger paying driver. Ritz-Carlton doorman hailing cab.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/28/1988
Description: Interview with Boston teacher on one-day walkout over pending teachers' contract. Teachers rally in winter coats outside City Hall.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/14/1989
Description: The tricky task of winter weather forecasting for Boston's tv meteorologists. Clips of weathercasts from local stations.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/07/1988
Description: Boston waterfront and fog shots, boats in foreground.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/14/1982
Description: Civil engineers talk about solidity of Boston roads, bridges, high-rise buildings in event of earthquake, and the need to retrofit older structures. Boston skyline on cloudy day. Storrow Drive traffic. Beacon Hill.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/19/1989
Description: Mayor Ray Flynn and Cardinal Bernard Law announce Boston/ Ireland Ventures: private investment to promote commerce and employment in Derry. Footage of Derry.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/21/1989
Description: Bottle Bill passed in State House.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/10/1981
Description: Intersection Boylston and Tremont Streets; potential site for GSA building. Boston Common sign. Path with bare trees through the Common. Entrance to Washington-Essex Building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/09/1980
Description: Fire at 5 West Street Boston, housing the Brattle Book Shop. Firefighters on ladder aim hoses into upper windows. Ice chunks flow in street. Badly damaged books lie in puddles. Ice encrusts burnt out building. Icicles cover hydrant. Ken Gloss says loss is total (400,000 antiquarian books and rare manuscripts). He and his father George are determined to reopen in new location next week.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/01/1980
Description: Brattle Book Shop fire in progress at night on West Street Boston. Flames and smoke shoot out of top of building. Boston firefighters aim powerful spray. Film transfer, no audio. Shot by Danny Sullivan.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/01/1980