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...freshmen in Wigglesworth the 12:45 train into Harvard Square is an annoying shudder coming up from the basement. But for a small group of people, the 12:45 is a sacred institution. These are the subway freaks--the guys who tape small maps of the MBTA to their wristwatch bands, who let three trains pass until they get the right car, who make tape recordings of the Muzak at the Park Street station...
...subway freaks have discovered that subways are great places to meet and watch people, study, hang out, or most importantly--get to know cities. Heaven for the subway freak is certainly New York, with its 26 lines, hundreds of miles of tracks, and an around-the-clock schedule. The MBTA system is pretty small by comparison--it only has four lines, and closes down before 1 a.m., eliminating the best hours for hanging out, but the Boston subways have a certain spirit of their own which merits the attention of even the most crazed Brooklyn BMT addict...
...this year's Fair is promised a happy, educational and memorable experience. 25 acres of parking adjacent to the exhibition hall will accomodate cars and buses. Those favoring public transportation will be shuttled free of charge to and from Commonwealth Pier upon reaching the Aquarium Station on the MBTA Blue Line...
Kennedy Library plans were, of course, moved from the Business School to the MBTA Yards in 1965, but before that switch the subway yards were considered fair game for Harvard expansion...
...University was studying ways to make undergraduates live in noisier rooms. The modest idea: build a House on airspace above the subway yards. At a 1960 hearing in the Massachusetts House of Representatives on a bill requiring the MBTA to sell the yards, Edward Reynolds '15, vice president for Administration, offered to buy the yards for market value plus $1 million...