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Workers laying a new sewer line in a Cairo suburb uncover foundations of a 4,600-year-old working-class neighborhood; a subway project in Rome reveals a long-dead Pope's toothbrush; improvements in Red Square during the twilight of the Soviet empire unearth wooden homes built before Moscow had its first prince in the 13th century. In the next millennium, construction workers in Cairo, Rome and Moscow will no doubt be puzzling over traces of current cultures. As the triumphant remake the world's cities, the shards of the vanquished are literally trodden into the ground...
This is the case with "T-TV," a plan to install televisions in subway stations this spring...
Diamond say he thinks the TVs, which will carry news, subway information and paid advertising, are a "terrific boost in customer service." He says although there will be some sound, mostly the system will be silent...
According to Baird, the T has not responded to the letters, which were sent six weeks ago. But Diamond says that since many subway musicians are not members of the Guild, he doesn't assume that its complaints are representative of the whole community of musicians...
...subway musicians say fun--offering many a weary T-traveller relaxation and entertainment in the crowded, cold underground--is what they're all about...