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Allston bridge is falling down, falling down ...

By adamg on Sun, 07/08/2007 - 10:35pm

Garrett Wollman photographs the demolition of the old pedestrian bridge that connected two WGBH buildings over Western Avenue before the station moved to new digs in Brighton.

Wollman notes Boston Redevelopment Authority regulations forced the station to demolish the bridge - the city doesn't allow a property owner to have more than one pedestrian bridge in the entire city, and the new Brighton facility also spans a road. Question: Why is there a need for this regulation? Was there an epidemic of developers putting up sun-blotting, eye-hurting pedestrian bridges?

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By Ron Newman on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 7:48am.

Copley Place has two of them. One crosses Stuart Street to the Westin Hotel. The other crosses Huntington Avenue to the Prudential Center. Both have been there for at least 23 years.

By Suldog on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 10:07am.

Might they have gotten around the reg by having one of them registered via the Pru Center?

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By adamg on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 10:28am.

Since they connect multiple buildings, I bet you're right - one's registered to X, the other to Y. But hmm, maybe the BRA wanted to avoid a repeat of that Atlanta-like maze, which seems designed to keep the tourists and suburbanites away from those nasty, nasty Bostonians in the street below.

By Arborway on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 1:39pm.

Pedestrian bridges are fantastic, especially when you've got multiple lanes of traffic to cross.

This law is beyond idiotic.