Little Dig: How 'The T' Changed Harvard Square

Part of a weekly part of the Boston Globe Magazine called Cityscapes, this installment talks about what happened to Harvard Square - the good and the bad - after it was dug up for an extension of the T.

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December 15, 2002, 1:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Before there was a Big Dig, there was a Little Dig - although it didn't seem so little at the time. From 1979 through 1984, Harvard Square was reconstructed, as the MBTA's Red Line was being extended...the square has changed enormously in the years since the Red Line extension, morphing from a sleepy, funky college downtown into a sort of outdoor mall of national brand outlets."

Thanks to Steve Miller

FULL STORY: Cityscapes: Harvard Square

Friday, December 13, 2002 in The Boston Globe

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