She walks the entire Southwest Corridor

Georgy Cohen reports on her 4.7-mile stroll from Back Bay to Forest Hills yesterday:

... The most interesting thing about the Southwest Corridor, for me, is how it is such a good example of urban evolution. It was originally the location of Stony Brook, a main water conduit for industry in the area. It then became the elevated Orange Line, and was then intended to become a highway before the community rallied against that. Then it was reclaimed by the community as a green space, closely tethered in purpose to the transit system it runs alongside. It also showcases a lot of vestigial features of the city, like the leftover Green Line signage and tracks at Forest Hills from the long-"postponed" E line. It’s a living history lesson. ...