Word: codman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...MBTA had originally wanted to put the car barns in Codman Square in Dorchester, but legislative pressure blocked that attempt...
...Governor faces strong opposition. Last summer Dorchester residents were able to block the use of another site for the transit facilities near Codman St. in Dorchester. They feared that the yards would lower property values and ruin the neighborhood. Milton town officials contend that the yards would fill in valuable and scenic wildlife refuge and, worse, connect Milton by land with Dorchester. Milton residents, mainly of middle and upper incomes, fear being closely tied to poorer areas in Boston. These objections will make the fight over the marshland an emotional one. But the Governor himself has said that...
After a long search to find a place to relocate the Cambridge transit facilities, MBTA officials settled on a 15-acre site in Dorchester near Codman Sq. The relocation was intended to be only temporary, and plans provided that an unsightly car-washing machine be well hidden...
Nevertheless, Dorchester residents reacted violently. Their legislators were able to pass a bill outlawing MBTA repair facilities within 800 yards of a hospital. Carney Hospital was 700 yards away. Last summer, after a public hearing, all hope was lost for the Codman site...
Several months ago secret soundings began in the Butler area, near a cemetery and a swampland. The Butler yards will cost up to five times as much as the proposed Codman yards, MBTA officials estimate...