Word: pilings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There certainly seem to be some large holes in the ground, some big cranes on the skyline and a new way to get onto the South-East Expressway every other day. What, one may ask, are all those pile drivers, wrecking balls and backhoes doing for the common good? Get ready, because the Artery will soon be blasted up and replaced by some pretty fountains, park benches and begonias. In 1991, the Central Artery/Tunnel Project, affectionately (or not so affectionately) known as The Big Dig, was started to combat ferocious traffic problems in the Boston area. The plan called...
Construction workers evidently find the hazards of their job worth the risk: some moved their entire families to Boston for the project. One pile-driver supervisor, Curly, licked a lime lollipop on his break and talked about bringing his family here from Ohio and buying a house. One of the contractors noted that the workers "know they're going to be here awhile, so they're starting to settle down...
...only been one death during the entire five years of construction work. "They estimate a man every mile in these kind of jobs," Campenelli proudly pointed out, "but we've done pretty well here since the only death was above ground and the guy was hit by a pile driver...
...from H entry alone logged their grievances separately. The problem was deemed serious enough for the House Committee to discuss it and register a complaint: "Most of the entryways do not receive The Crimson in the morning--some entry-ways get it at their door, some occasionally see a pile of newspapers at the bottom of the stairs but the majority...
...most people envision when they think of independent film: Matt Damon smoking cigars at a Miramax Oscar party. Since I had long been curious about the unsung breadth of no-budget filmmaking--the new American folk art?--off I went to the IFFM in search of cinema's slush pile...