Word: mbta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same family that opened the business in the 1930s after the repeal of Prohibition still owns it. Over the years Varsity Liquor has become part of the fabric of the community. It weathered wars, riots and even the years of construction on the new Harvard Square MBTA station. But the family business could not withstand the powerful forces affecting Harvard Square today. The owner of the building is evicting Varsity Liquor on June 1 because an unnamed party offered to pay three times the current rent...
Alcorn attibuted much of the Square's success to the market provided by Harvard University. "Harvard Square has a captive audience," said Alcorn. "This includes not only the student population but also the large staff and faculty." She also cited the expansion of the MBTA Red Line and the resulting tourist market as a major cause of the Square's economic boom...
With ridership on commuter rail lines having increased 49 percent between 1983 and last fall, the MBTA's rail fleet is scheduled to grow to 248 cars by July, a 48.5 percent increase since last month...
Also, the MBTA expects to begin ordering this spring its first bi-level cars. with will seat 160 riders on two levels, compared with 110 for standard single-level cars...
...planned service extension also mean the MBTA will be forced to look for more train storage space. And South Station, where all trains now use only tracks to reach the station's 11 platforms, will have to be renovated...