Friday, December 5, 2008

T Work Damages Old South Church

This is truly heartbreaking to me.

From boston.com: Some breaking news, literally: a large crack has developed in Old South Church, one of the grand landmarks of Copley Square.

At a joint news conference today, both the church’s senior minister, the Rev. Nancy S. Taylor (above left), and the MBTA’s assistant general manager, Charles L. O’Reilly (above right), said the crack was caused by work done by a T contractor installing elevator shafts to make the Copley Square T station accessible to the handicapped. O’Reilly said the multi-year, $45 million construction project has been indefinitely halted...

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That is really sad. I know how much the church means to you and the rest of the congregation. During the planning process, were you part of the discussion about trying to move the elevator to the other side of Arlington? (Is that Arlington? Maybe not).

I just made the big mistake of reading all of the comments posted below the article--a bit like not being able to tear your eyes away from a car accident. It's scary what people will say when they have the ability to voice an opinion with anonymity.

Here's hoping it is fixed asap!