Description: Outdoor press conference with Brock Adams, US Secretary of Transportation, flanked by Sens. Edward Brooke and Edward Kennedy, on southwest corridor mass transit project. Fred Salvucci stands behind them. $669 million in federal funds approved. An additional $1 billion will be invested through public/private initiatives for urban development contingent with relocation of the orange line. Kennedy and Brooke make grateful remarks. Reps. Mary Good and James Craven. Mel King appears (in t-shirt and baseball cap) to acknowledge the efforts of community activists. This very large scale public works project will create jobs and keep the neighborhoods from being physically divided along racial lines. Adams answers question on air traffic congestion expected at large airports.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/11/1978
Description: Commuter train terminal of North Station. Commuters wait on outdoor platform. PA voice announces track numbers, train stops, departure times. Two conductors talk to passenger. Railroad bed strewn with litter. Blue engine car. B&M (Boston and Maine) logo. Man reads newspaper while waiting. Man carries bouquet of flowers. Men carry briefcases. People move en masse to board train. Man smokes. Train slowly pulls out of station, sounds whistle.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/02/1978
Description: Park Square environs. Carl Fischer Music store on Boylston Street. Entrance to Colonial Theater. Gilbert and Sullivan posters flank doors. Continental Trailways Bus sign and terminal. Park Square traffic. Emancipation statue of Abraham Lincoln and kneeling slave. Inscription on base: “A race set free and the country at peace. Lincoln rests from his labors.” Avis Rent a Car, Club Max, Teddy Bear Lounge, Park Square Lounge (“ladies invited”), Mouse Trap Cabaret marquee.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/24/1978