Park Street Station

February 16, 2008

Park Street Station, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Boston

Here is a shot taken at the exit of Park Street Station, the busiest point of the MBTA (or "T"). This happens to be, along with the next stop, Boylston, one of the two oldest subway stations in the United States. Built in 1897, the station served passengers of the former Tremont Street Subway, which ran between Boylston and Park for a number of years before the line was expanded points east and west. The Red Line platform was built 15 years later, then known as the Park Street Under (since the platform is perpendicular and directly beneath the Green Line platforms).

The steeple seen through the glass skylight is that of the Park Street Church, which has been here since 1808.