Government Center

Men could grow gray and baldin' waiting for trains stalled by Malden

By adamg - 3/30/17 - 3:51 pm

The T reports "moderate" delays due to a train now pushing up daisies at Malden.

There are similar delays on the Blue Line due to a deceased train at Government Center.

Thank God: Dunkin' Donuts to return to Government Center T stop

By adamg - 3/10/17 - 11:07 am

The Globe reports the T is letting Dunkin' Donuts return to the space it had on the Green Line platform at Government Center, which means commuters will no longer have to take the escalator all the way up to the plaza to get their pink-and-orange fix.

$80 million and whadaya get? At Government Center, ya get wet

By adamg - 4/5/16 - 6:14 pm

Gin Dumcius reports the two-years-in-the-making like-new Government Center station is already leaking.

UPDATE: MBTA says it's on the case.

New station lights up the night

By adamg - 3/21/16 - 10:38 pm

Michael Sangalang shows us the newly re-opened Government Center T station tonight.

Ah, that new station smell

By adamg - 3/21/16 - 12:55 pm

Gov. Baker at new Government Center T stop

Photo by MassDOT.

Gov. Baker welcomed the first riders into the new Government Center station today - people in wheelchairs, who can access the T at the station for the first time ever, at a formal opening ceremony.

Replacing the old bunker with an airier, handicap accessible station took two years and cost $88 million.

Concrete Plaza shows us people wanted to get a look:

Government Center Station now re-opening March 21st

By roadman - 3/9/16 - 5:27 pm

According to BDC.

http://www.boston.com/news/2016/03/09/mbta-moves-government-center-openi...

Now, what's the over/under that they will open the station early, but then close it on select weekends/evenings to actually finish all the work - like they did with Assembly Station on the Orange Line?

Government Center station re-opens next month - with colored lights

By adamg - 2/19/16 - 11:09 am

Illuminated Government Center station in Boston

The T reports Government Center is still on track to re-open late next month, after two years of renovations.

The T adds the lights are programmable and multi-colored, which could lead to interesting possibilities for concerts and performances on City Hall Plaza.

Green Line closures cancelled

By roadman - 1/13/16 - 12:30 pm

for tonight (1/13), tomorrow night (1/14), and next Monday night (1/18)

Just got this T alert:

Update: The evening Green Ln supensions between Park St & Haymarket scheduled fo Jan 13, 14, & 18 have been cancelled

~~Nothing posted on the web page yet though~~ The notice about the suspensions has been removed from the Green Line "Service Alerts" page, which IMO will only confuse those who previously heard about them and are looking for confirmation.

Green Line service to be cut downtown for five nights to let workers get Government Center ready

By adamg - 1/11/16 - 2:37 pm

MassDOT reports Green Line service will be halted between Park and Haymarket stations for five nights - starting tonight - to allow work on the revamped Government Center station: Read more.

Popcorn-free concessionaires sought for Government Center T stop; will Dunkin' Donuts re-bid?

By adamg - 12/23/15 - 9:07 am

The MBTA is seeking bids from companies that might want to lease 400 square feet of space on the Green Line level of the Government Center stop when it re-opens this spring.

The T also has a 150-square-foot space available on the Blue Line platform. Read more.

Scollay Under station still on for spring re-opening

By adamg - 12/20/15 - 9:28 am

Scollay Under sign at Government Center MBTA station in downtown Boston

The MBTA has released a batch of photos showing the state of Govermment Center station as it approaches its spring, 2016 re-opening, still on schedule despite having to replace all the glass panes in the above-ground part of the station (if you click on the link, scroll down the page a bit for the photos).

Stairs and escalator take shape: Read more.

The people who bought the old Government Center murals

By adamg - 11/5/15 - 9:54 pm

Boston Metro interviews the winners of the auctions for the murals that graced the Green Line station at Government Center until the current reconstruction project started.

Mirror image

By adamg - 11/4/15 - 8:20 pm

Working on the Government Center MBTA station

Two workers finished up installation of one wall of the new glass panels at the Government Center T station today.

What was encased in cement at Government Center but now walks among us?

By adamg - 10/31/15 - 7:21 pm

Robin and spouse got dressed up as those two costumes buried in cement in the Government Center T stop for decades.

Great minds think alike: Read more.

Creepy discovery won't delay re-opening of Government Center T stop

By adamg - 10/27/15 - 12:44 pm

Costumes found in Government Center MBTA station

The MBTA reports workers busy upgrading the Blue Line platform at Government Center recently: Read more.

Developer plans to spruce up downtown's longest semicircular building

By adamg - 9/15/15 - 8:26 pm

Rendering of proposed upgrade to Center Plaza

Architect's rendering.

Shorenstein Properties of San Francisco, which owns Center Plaza, has filed plans with the BRA for renovations to the building between City Hall Plaza and the courthouses of Pemberton Square and to add roughly 30,000 square feet of new office and retail space. Read more.

It would be kind of hysterical if John Hancock were the insurer for the Government Center rebuild

By adamg - 9/14/15 - 12:47 pm

Plywood replacing glass at Government Center MBTA station

Mike Kix watched workers replace some defective glass panels with plywood at the new Government Center T station today.

When Boston was home to the world's tallest plywood building.

Other, larger reminders of the station's past will be put on display: Read more.