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Where'd the garage go?
By adamg on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 10:10am
Adam Castiglioni looked down Congress Street yesterday at what's left of a demolition project that has taken seemingly forever (because it has taken forever), forced the shutdown of the Haymarket T stop on countless weekends and left one worker dead.
Once the garage is completely gone, construction can start on the second tower in HYM's Bulfinch Crossing complex.
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It's never looked so good.
So glad
That house of concrete cards is now dismantled.
I never felt safe walking underneath it.
Good riddance.
Ever drive in it?
My workplace rented cars that were stored on one of the higher floors. Driving up and down the marble run spirals was insane - very narrow, fairly low ceilings. My boss froze in a panic after a close call with a wall. I made sure that she got the brake on and shut off the engine, then switched drivers to get it down the ramp.
That place had multiple layers of bad design/execution going on from the get go.
Seen and raised
I had to handle a similar garage the very first day I was driving a rental car in England - try navigating that situation when every instinct in your body is telling you you're on the wrong side of the car and you can't estimate how much room you have on either side. Man, that sucked.
I love driving
But I've been to London three times, and have yet to drive a car over there. It helps that my family lives in a central area.
Reminds me of the car rental
Reminds me of the car rental garage at the Austin airport. Even worse, though, when you get to street level there, you're in Texas.
Dunkin Donuts
The Dunkin Donuts that was under that structure was completely overrun at all times with the addicted and mentally ill. Sometimes they would even intentionally block one of the two entrances to prevent people from entering or leaving. I stopped going there and felt so bad for the poor employees working there.
Try catching a bus
Try catching a bus at the bus loop.. that whole area was bad. The covered waiting area was nothing more than a bathroom or a bedroom for the homeless. I felt bad for anyone who wandered in there to get away from the elements. (I just stood in the rain..)
This was my dunkin that I used to get coffee to/from work. And Yeah, I felt bad for the employees, they constantly were throwing people out. That store also couldn't keep people, always new people. I can't blame staff for leaving...
One day I went in there and the employees just had police haul someone out of there for being a vagrant. When I ordered my coffee I looked at the cashier and said "are you ok". Her reply was "Yeah, I am ok. Just another day at this location. Happens daily." Then she added "This place will suck the life out of you and make you believe humanity is breaking down"
Pretty deep for a DD employee, but she was right.
Is it worth hoping
..that the construction of the new tower can be done without further destroying Green Line travel for another interminable length of time?
THIS
it is the closest stop to my office but I have circle the whole project to get to work.
It also makes one wonder:
It also makes one wonder: could the Green Line tunnel have been moved further underground in less time and with less disruption than this whole project? Maybe not, but...
No
If I remember correctly, the orange line is under the green line at this location. So, nah.
Nope
I said it when the plans were drawn up a few years ago... the MBTA riders will suffer because of the construction "high class hotel" over the stop and what the bus loop will look like when its finish (its smaller).
Looks like I am right.. again and again and again. The rich shtting on the poor & disadvantaged. If I had a wad of cash, I'd be suing the developer for the inconvenience of a closed train stop. This should have never been approved without some mitigation that the MBTA at least received a large wad of cash to rebuild the current station. Riders need to be compensated for their inconvenience, a new remodeled Haymarket Station would be nice.
I forsee lots more shutdowns or "we're bypassing haymarket" while the tower above it goes up.
In my opinion, the subway
In my opinion, the subway station should be eliminated. It’s ridiculously close to adjacent stations in both directions.
And the only reason to have a bus terminal there was the easy highway access to the Tobin and Sumner/Callahan. But since the Big Dig, getting to the Tobin requires a long slog through Charlestown on surface roads. And hardly any buses use the Sumner/Callahan any more. They should move the 111 stop to a location closer to a highway entrance.
Maybe we can get Arlo Guthrie
to find a place out in West Stockbridge where we could dump it.