The Green Line Extension is in the home stretch. Here’s an update on construction.
“From a big picture standpoint, we are right now at the eighty percent complete point, which is a long way.” The MBTA Green line passengers with masks on a weekday morning during COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff )
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The Green Line Extension (GLX) into Somerville and Medford is 80% done, but there’s still a ways to go.
At a Wednesday meeting, the GLX team shared updates on construction progress and confirmed some long-anticipated opening dates. The Union Square branch will open this December as part of the D line, and the five-stop Medford branch will open in May 2022 on the E line.
Alexander Thompson / somerville@wickedlocal.com
Both city development officials and the urban planning consultants working with them made one thing clear during a community meeting about the development of Gilman Square on March 10: They want to put the square back in Gilman Square.
At the meeting, urban planners and architects from the firm BBNJ laid out six possible layouts for the square, but said that nothing has been decided and that they are still looking for community input.
The development area includes the site of the old Homans Building, the Mobile gas station and the area in front of what will soon be the Gilman Square Green Line Extension stop.
UpdatedWed, Jan 6, 2021 at 4:59 pm ET
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The owner of the Piano Building in Gilman Square has sued the city in Land Court. (Shutterstock)
SOMERVILLE, MA The owner of the Knights of Malta Hall in Gilman Square, also known as the Piano Building, sued the city in Land Court last month, alleging illegal spot zoning under an October City Council decision.
Property owner Malta Realty Trust, LLC claims a citizen petition approved by the City Council Oct. 8 increases the size of new buildings allowed on either side of the Hall, at 346 Medford Street and 255 Pearl Street, while leaving similar commercial lots in the district unchanged.