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Warren Street Station (MBTA)
Warren Street station is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line (MBTA), Green Line Green Line B branch, B branch, located on Commonwealth Avenue (Boston), Commonwealth Avenue at Warren Street in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The station is not MBTA accessibility, accessible. It has two side platforms, located on the near sides of the Warren Street grade crossing, to serve the line's two tracks. History Streetcar service began when the section from Packards Corner station, Packards Corner to Chestnut Hill Avenue station, Chestnut Hill Avenue opened on May 26, 1900, connecting previously opened trackage to the east and west. The trackage was not in a center median (as were the earlier sections), but in a reservation between the southbound travel lane and southbound frontage road, carriage lane. Between Warren Street and Chiswick Road station, Wallingford Road to the southwest, the reservation was significantly wider than the tracks. In 1960, new southbound travel lanes were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton, Massachusetts
Brighton is a Municipal annexation in the United States, former town and current Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, located in the northwestern corner of the city. It is named after the English city of Brighton and Hove, Brighton. Initially Brighton was part of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, and known as "Little Cambridge". Brighton separated from Cambridge in 1807 after a bridge dispute, and was annexed to Boston in 1874. For much of its early history, it was a rural town with a significant commercial center at its eastern end. The neighborhood of Allston was also formerly part of the town of Brighton, but is now often considered to be separate, leading to the name Allston–Brighton for the combined area. This historic center of Brighton is the Brighton Center Historic District. The Aberdeen section of Brighton was designated as a local architectural conservation district by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 2001. History In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
