Word: mbta
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Wadsworth Gate, positioned between Wiggles worth Hall and Lehman Hall will be closed for the same reasons. These two sections of the historic wall surrounding the freshman dorms are returning to the positions from which they were moved when the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) began construction in the Square three years...
They work is part of the MBTA's plan to extend Red Line Subway services beyond the Square to parts of Somerville and the Alewife neighborhood in Cambridge. In addition workers are building an underground bus terminal and a large central mezzanine where small shops could operator. MBTA officials say they expect the Square to be cleaned up, and they whole project to be completed, by the fall...
...redesign of the Lechmere canal in East Cambridge, and a massive development project is designed to bring office and retail space to the Riverfront area. In the Alewife region, where three office complexes have been completed recently, additional office and industrial development is planned. Successful completion of the MBTA Redline extension is crucial for success in Alewife. In Cambridgeport, the major revitalization plans--under the supervision of MIT--have been stalled pending further negotiations with neighborhood residents. Plans for the other areas have already received local approval...
Commencement also has an impact outside of the ivied walls. By agreement with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, construction work on the Red Line ceases one day a year. And while the MBTA workers get a day off, most of the Square's other employees are extra busy...
...King took a job with family friend Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54, (D-Mass) working as a special assistant in Massachusetts for the next eight years From there, he went to the MBTA board of directors under then Gov Michael S Dukakis. In 1977, he went to work for then-President Jimmy Carter, first as part of a short-term transition team, then as member of the National Transportation Safety Board. Most people working in the State House know King already in one of these other capacities. One legislative aid refers to him as "the Kennedy...