Word: bostons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Representatives of many Boston and Cambridge civic groups are expected to appear before the Joint Committee off Cities to oppose the proposal, which, they say, would destroy the recreational value of the Basin area. Supporters of the bill argue that it would provide an important addition to Cambridge's tax base...
Certainly it's difficult not to sit beside an academic on certain Boston-New York trains. As it winds its way northward on a late Sunday afternoon, the Merchant's Limited has every golden characteristic of the Faculty Club. Most of the passengers are in a good mood--as are any merchants who have made a killing that day on the New York market. Their make-up well scrubbed off by now, their pockets bulging with Super-Anahist money, the members of the professorial gang chatter amicably about their experiences on any of a number of network shows. If when...
Among the numerous proposals before the legislature this year are suggestions for the extension of the rapid transit system serving the Boston metropolitan area. There can be little doubt today that some new facilities are needed if the city is to escape an asphalt death...
...Porter Square is particularly welcome, and especially timely. The most practical plan calls for the line to continue on above ground from Porter Square to West Cambridge, and from there two branches would go on to Weston and Bedford. Both routes would intersect Route 128, the main highway circling Boston...
...would in effect, provide an alternative air terminal facility at the Air Force's Hanscom Field. In the event that Logan Airport is fogged in, liners are currently diverted to Hartford-Springfield, Nantucket, or even New York fields, and cannot use the nearby Bedford installation. Rapid transit along the Boston and Maine trackage would aid travellers by making a second jet-age facility available for commerical airliners...