Talk:Porter Square

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Longest Escalator? I heard somemwhere that the Porter Square red line station boasts the longest escalator in the Northeast. Any truth to this? I know it is a very deep station. TD

Might be longest in Northeast; not longest in the US, see escalator article, and Porter (MBTA station) for length of this one.
Coleopterous 15:01, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tagged for cite: Great Depression Decline?

Many of the commercial buildings in Porter Square were constructed between the end of WWII and prior to the opening of the T station in 1984, rather notably including the landmark Porter Square Shopping Center. The area at that time had many families who had lived in North Cambridge for generations, too. I'm trying to recall one that moved to a "rural area" and I can't. I therefore consider the statement in the article opinion, but if there's anything to back that up it would fascinate me. Cantabwarrior 18:13, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I've deleted that text; your comments casting doubt on it and nobody having been able to back it up in six months make it seem clearly questionable enough that I think it shouldn't be there, and I think somewhere Wikipedia's policy says that questionable, uncited information should be removed sooner rather than later. Obviously, if someone can find a source to cite, putting it back with a citation may be appropriate. JNW2 (talk) 05:05, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Organizing the businesses in smaller buildings

I think it might make sense to split up businesses that aren't in the larger buildings/complexes as being on Mass Ave (such as Toad and Elephant Walk) vs Somerville Avenue (such as Anna's). JNW2 (talk) 05:05, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gyms

There's also a gym above CVS, and maintaining a neutral point of view probably requires listing either both gyms or neither of them. JNW2 (talk) 05:09, 26 December 2007 (UTC)