Downtown Crossing

The demolition of Filene's makes her sad

adamg — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:53:19 -0400

Colleen responds in the only sensible way: She buys some shoes.

Good buskers in Boston

adamg — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:56:19 -0400

John Greiner-Ferris reports on the spring reappearance of one of his favorite busking duos, Coco and Lafe, outside the Downtown Crossing Borders:

... Nice fun people who love their music and love performing. They play a lot of folksy covers--Bob Dylan, John Prine, Lyle Lovett--plus their own tunes. ...

Fire in the Downtown Crossing hole

adamg — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:10:20 -0400

Red Line service disrupted by fire at Downtown Crossing this afternoon rush hour (Orange Line, too, but not for as long).

Firetruck on Washington Street.

How do you tell the fake cops on the T?

adamg — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:55:12 -0400

They're the ones going after litterbugs.

Demolition at old Filene's halted as facade falls off

adamg — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:50:51 -0400

Lori Magno reports on the 11:30 a.m. incident, posts annotated photos.

Filene's Basement to move back to old location after all - next year

adamg — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:55:16 -0400

The Boston Business Journal reports, says the store will even still be in the basement in the new One Franklin.

Oh, those? Those are just the fire alarms, going off for no good reason

adamg — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:12:40 -0400

One of these days, alarms will start blaring at a T stop and people will actually pay attention. But not today, and not at Downtown Crossing, Jenny Frazier reports:

... It took me my entire walk up to the Orange Line to realize that not a single person, including myself, batted an eyelash at the heinously loud alarms. Instead we all just continued on our merry Bostonian way. ...

However, there's good news at State Street, where Fabulously Out There reports on how the MBTA has fixed the ankle-twisting stairs between the Orange and Blue lines.

Stout-hearted

adamg — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:17:23 -0500

Husky boys grow into stout men. And then they go shop around the corner in Downtown Crossing.

That's one way to keep your suit from getting wrinkled

adamg — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:50:00 -0500

Halleyscomet reports on a man wearing a trench coat on the northbound Orange Line platform at Downtown Crossing this morning:

... His legs were bare, but he wore dress shoes and black socks. His chest was also bare, something that was visible because the trench coat was not buttoned at the top. In his hand was a pair of dress slacks, shirt and tie. They were on a hanger in plastic as if he'd just picked them up from the dry cleaner. ...

Little shop of news

adamg — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:30:13 -0500

On Milk Street in Downtown Crossing.