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This week, Barletta has been doing an excellent job of taking down the two busways and bus shelters at the west side of the station. The pictures are available at the Ashmont T Photos site (see link at right.)
This is very exciting and a commemorative haiku is in order. Here's mine:
crushing metal beams
sunlit spaces amid dross
keep it coming, T
In a letter to the editor of the Dorchester Reporter, a group of local citizens raised the idea of renaming the the MBTA stop: Ashmont/Peabody Square.
The new station will have one of its principal entrances on Peabody Square. An historic space , the square deserves recognition as a place that identifies the area as a meeting point in the city.
New York has Times Square, Tokyo has Hachiko, London has Piccadilly Circus, Rome has the Spanish Steps and Dorchester has Peabody Square. (mostly tongue in cheek, but remember Boston is a world-class city). Realistically the new station and newly redesigned square should complement each other lending space and recognition to the other. The MBTA has already helped the community by providing $25,000 towards the design study for the square.
The idea put forward by these neighbors is a great one and worth pursuing. Hopefully the MBTA will give it the consideration it deserves. Please signal your support by emailing the community organizers peabodysq@empathetic.com.
