![]() ![]() She had previously been runner-up in a 1971 competition for public art at State station. Cenci created the artwork by using explosives to warp a steel plate. In the 1970s, an artwork by Sylvana Cenci entitled Wheels in Motion was placed in the station. The tunnel was rebuilt with a flat ceiling, while the fare lobby was moved to the east closer to the South Station headhouse. In 1957, the original fare lobby and the rounded top of the tunnel to the west were removed during construction of the Dewey Square Tunnel. The underground station had four staircases and one escalator leading from the surface to the mezzanine, and two exit escalators. Before stairs were added, passengers wishing to change lines from the underground station-itself opened on December 3, 1916-had to use a paper transfer and go outside to change trains. The structure itself was torn down in the spring of 1942. Service on the Atlantic Avenue "El" was discontinued on September 20, 1938. The old elevated station is on the far right.Ī station serving South Station was located on the Atlantic Avenue Elevated. In this early 1900s view, the Atlantic Avenue Elevated passes in front of South Station. Intercity buses at South Station Bus Terminal MBTA Commuter Rail and Amtrak at South Station ![]()
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