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Allston Brighton environs

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

Green line MBTA

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

Harvard Station red line

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

LRVs at Riverside

Description: Malfunctioning LRVs (light rail vehicles) parked in maintenance yard of Riverside terminal of green line. Shattered windshield, missing headlights, upturned seats in instruction car. Overhead cables attached to poles. Trailers for Boeing Vertol product support and Kaiser Engineers. Wide shot of yard, tracks, garage.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/14/1979

North Station

Description: Straight-on view of North Station / Boston Garden edifice. Causeway Street vicinity. Modern parking garage. Rapids Furniture. Fast food and Chinese restaurants. Steel structure of elevated trolley tracks from beneath. Taxis pull up to entrance with inscription "Boston and Maine Railroad." B&M commuter train moves slowly led by blue engine car. Tilt up/down Hotel Madison. Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus truck. Parking lot between rear of Garden and expressway.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/23/1979

Truck terminal

Description: Truck activity around tandem trailer terminal near Coca-Cola bottling plant at intersection of Storrow Drive and Cambridge Street, adjacent to Mass. Turnpike and Allston Crossing rail yard. Tractor trailers with freight cars, fuel tanker, and covered dump truck pull in and out of terminal. Constant roar of motors. Sign for Sears Distribution Area Service Center. Containers parked without cabs. “Dangerous Cargoes Prohibited” sign. Data General building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/28/1979