The T forwards this photo of the spot on the Government Center Green Line platform where the Dunkin' Donuts used to be as workers continue to tear apart the station as part of a two-year overhaul.
Also, the T reports workers uncovered another 100-year-old tile Scollay Under sign on one of the Blue Line platforms:
The goal is to keep it in place, and build the new stairs around it.
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Not the Dunkie's!!
By Scratchie
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 10:48am
[img]http://www.datsbananas.com/imgcache/posts/00000000...
Ah, C'mon
By Swirlygrrl drin...
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 2:27pm
That sounds like a good start! Death to pink and orange!
It only took me all day to
By Hyde_Parker
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 3:26pm
It only took me all day to figure out the pun here. I bow down before you.
I still don't get it
By cybah
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 3:30pm
I keep thinking the Hindenburg Disaster or something...
then again I'm often thick to such jokes..
Try reading Huge as Hugh
By anon
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 4:15pm
Try reading Huge as Hugh
Hugh Manatee
By Daan
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 6:15pm
Great friend of mine. Large in spirt as well as body. Graceful, flowed through the fluidic biosphere as though a ballet dancer by nature. He has a great place in Florida. Try to visit often.
"Oh the humanity!" (does
By Hyde_Parker
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 4:30pm
"Oh the humanity!" (does that help?)
LOL
By cybah
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 4:46pm
Duh now i do.
I hope they put the donuts in a fridge
By Michael
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 10:50am
So they can have that Dunkins freshness we've come to expect when the kiosk reopens
Coming back?
By BostonUrbEx
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 10:53am
I've been under the impression there will be no kiosk when the station reopens, let alone will Dunks be there.
*gasp*
By cybah
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 11:29am
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I am going to need this everyday with my new job because going upstairs to the one on the square is too much of a walk (and the one at Haymarket is too gross in the morning)
Come on, this is Boston, if a T station doesn't have a dunks in it, it's not a T station.
Did you notice the new vegan
By Margie
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 11:36am
Did you notice the new vegan juice stand on Government Center plaza? Next to the Starbucks?
Once the new Government Center opens, we'll be directed there for our early morning pick me up.
New T station, new you.
uh yeah
By cybah
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 12:11pm
Couldn't care any less about it. Nothing gets between me and my morning dunks. Nothing.
Juice for a pick up? Who you kidding? Caffeine is where its at, babe..
You can't swing a cat without
By Hyde_Parker
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 12:46pm
You can't swing a cat without hitting a Dunks in that part of Boston. Go 1/4 in any direction from Government Center, and you'll find at least on Dunkins.
Or even better:
By Neal
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 1:51pm
Walk an extra couple of minutes to Red Barn on the ground floor of Faneuil Hall and get some real coffee.
AGREED! They really do have
By Hyde_Parker
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 1:56pm
AGREED! They really do have good coffee. Nice people, too.
For Example
By Swirlygrrl drin...
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 2:29pm
Try Pi Alley ... there is one right there. Two blocks, tops.
Pi Alley? Who has the time to walk that far?
By adamg
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 2:51pm
One of the things I loved about the old Government Center was that if you forgot to get a coffee at the Dunkin' Donuts right on the Green Line platform, no problem, there was a Dunkin' Donuts like 15 feet from the station exit. And if that one seemed a bit too busy, you could just walk another 100 feet or so, past the Starbucks with the steaming kettle, to yet another Dunkin' Donuts.
And if you were going in the
By Hyde_Parker
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 4:38pm
And if you were going in the other direction, no problem, just cross Cambridge Street, and...there you go. I do agree with the above posters about Red Barn. Far superior coffee.
Yes Pi Alley
By cybah
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 3:03pm
The one at the corner of Pi and Washington.
I know this alley all to well as my favorite friday night need frothy beverage spot is there...
Back Bay Beats in Brewed Beverage Proximity
By Daan
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 6:18pm
How much space is between the two Dunkin Donuts at Back Bay? 50 feet?
Memo To Ⓣ - Rename Station To "Scollay" (but NOT Scollay Square)
By Elmer
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 11:11am
[img]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/13333414443_660613aea8_z.jpg[/img]
[img]http://elmercatdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/scollay-s.jpg[/img][img]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/13333469453_a58bab496c.jpg[/img]
I agree
By Neal
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 11:19am
Or maybe something like "Scollay / Government Center". How can we make this happen?
Confusion
By Suldog
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 3:10pm
Can you imagine the tourists?
"How do I get to COPE-lee Square? Can I just get on at LETCH-meer? Or do I have to change trains at Scoll-LAY?"
Absolutely. We MUST name it this!
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
And don't forget...
By anon
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 3:40pm
...TREE-mont Street
Yes, let's re- remember
By anon
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 9:00pm
Yes, let's re- remember William (or maybe it was John) Scollay.
Wow the area is really
By anon
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 11:07am
Wow the area is really buzzing with people working, I can see why they couldn't let people use the station for 2 years.
Outsourced
By Nicholas LeCompte
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 11:31am
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2...
Or just pick your favorite: http://www.buzzfeed.com/omgitsanf/47-gifs-for-any-...
Be real. Architects, owner's
By anon
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 11:38am
Be real. Architects, owner's reps and the like (white hats) often do site tours and field inspections when there's no work being done because, safety. Jesus.
NO WAY MAN!!!
By Scratchie
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 11:45am
IF IT'S NOT FILLED WITH CONSTRUCTIONWORKERS 24/7, OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING WASTED!!!1!!11!1one
Uh, yeah. We used to do site
By Hyde_Parker
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 12:47pm
Uh, yeah. We used to do site visits before or after work started/stopped for the day to say out of the workers' way.
Oh
By anon
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 11:26am
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayum....
If they want to keep
By anon
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 12:32pm
the Scollay Under sign, why does it say DEMO in big letters with big arrows all around it?
"We're keeping stuff, just ignore the big sign that says DEMOLISH THIS above it."
Maybe they're demolishing the
By Hyde_Parker
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 12:48pm
Maybe they're demolishing the concrete ABOVE the line.
Probably because
By BostonUrbEx
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 12:54pm
Probably because they're taking the tilework down, demolishing the wall, and then putting the tiles elsewhere/on the new wall.
Dunkin Tidbit
By cybah
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 6:50pm
This reminds me of some Dunkin and T trivia..
When the Orange Line North (to Oak Grove) opened in the 1970s, each station was designed to have a Dunkin Donuts in it. Of Course now whether it is still a Dunkin is up for debate, but when that line opened they ALL were Dunkin Donuts stores. I guess Boston really does run on Dunkin..
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