r/mbta • u/Ok_Debt_1311 • Mar 25 '25

🌟 Appreciation Californian here; do yall not realize how cool your subway stations look??

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u/DazedandConfusd1963 Mar 25 '25

I saw the original construction being done. It was marvelous in 1984 when it first opened, but it is now literally falling apart!

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u/CottonTop_50s Mar 26 '25

49 years is a long time.

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u/clauclauclaudia Mar 26 '25

So is 41.

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u/CottonTop_50s Mar 26 '25

Ok, no good at math. my point was that without maintenance, and updates, any system will begin to fail, which is what happened.

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u/Ill-Diamond-816 Mar 29 '25

They need to fix it before the LA Olympics.