Word: codman
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Presently, the MTA can gain nothing from moving its switching and storage facilities to Codman Sq. and will not be forced to move unless the Authority takes over the Old Colony railway line. Any such action is at least two years in the future...
What Didn't Exist. He is indeed important in Boston, and he began being so in 1928, when he flabbergasted Beacon Hill by marrying the rich (in shipping) and prominent Martha Codman. Among the things the two had in common was an admiration for the Codman heirlooms, mostly Early American furniture. The furniture led Karolik to a taste for American art of the 19th century-a period that, except for its folk art, other collectors were studiously ignoring...
...past few years, MTA operations have extended farther and farther to the south, and many interested people have hoped that the Authority might be anxious to relocate its storage and repair facilities at Codman Sq. in Dorchester. But the MTA will not be forced to--and probably will not be interested in--moving from Bennett St. unless it can take over the Old Colony railroad line and extend its operations to the South Shore...
...reportedly considering Codman Sq. in Dorchester as the site for most of its switching and storage facilities...
Passage of the Furcolo bill would have given the MTA a good Old Colony substitute near Codman Sq. for the extensive Bennett St. maintenance and storage facilities. Lack of such alternate facilities had proven a major stumbling block in previous negotiations between the University and the MTA trustees...