Was only matter of time before another Boylston Street water main would shreve, crump and blow

For the second time in two days, a water main along Boylston Street has burst, this time in front of the new office building going in where Shreve, Crump & Low used to be at the corner with Arlington Street, but possibly extending as far down as the benighted and condemned Tannery building several doors down.

Chris Gervais forwarded photos from co-workers across the street of the scene around 1:30 p.m. - about 45 minutes after Boston firefighters first responded to the scene and immediately put in a request for Boston Water and Sewer Commission crews to do something about the broken 12-inch main.

Some of the water, naturally, poured into the Arlington Green Line stop, where it got on the inbound tracks.

Just yesterday, a BWSC main burst on St. Cecilia Street, just off Boylston, cutting off water to Berklee College.

The scene outside the Tannery:

The long view: