New Maverick station opens

By adamg on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 9:41am

Alex Howell is impressed by the new Maverick station on the Blue Line, now, finally, open.

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Oh that is nice. I'm looking

By Matt Frank on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 9:51am.

Oh that is nice. I'm looking forward to when they reseal the hole in Maverick Square, I think its going to look great. I will miss the look of the old station but that is only because I grew up with it, it sorely needed a rehab job.

Ewww...the old brick bunker

By Finn on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 12:21pm.

Ewww...the old brick bunker that looks like it escaped from Government Center? Glad it's gone. Now as for the Government Center station...let's start by vaccuuming up the cigarette butts in the brick cracks, shall we? Now that's Brutalism!

Well its funny, when I was a

By Matt Frank on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 3:15pm.

Well its funny, when I was a kid my uncle used to take my cousin, sister and me to Boston. We would take the bus to Maverick and take the train to Government Center. For the longest time I thought that was the normal MBTA architecture because both stations had it. Now Maverick will look very different... I am guessing Government Center will not be changing anytime soon though.

I dunno if I like it...

By GradStudent on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 1:28pm.

Kinda looks like a scene from Darth Vader's ship or something. Is the Imperial March playing from the intercom?