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From YouTube: Boston Landing Commuter Rail Station Ribbon Cutting
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The Boston Landing Commuter Rail Station is open for business! Mayor Walsh joined Governor Baker, other elected officials, members of the New Balance administration and local Allston/Brighton community members, to cut the ribbon on the brand new MBTA commuter rail station that sits steps from the New Balance campus at Boston Landing in Allston/Brighton.
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A
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
welcome
to
the
official
ribbon-cutting
for
the
new
Boston
landing
station
to
get
us
started
today,
I'd
like
to
invite
a
very
talented
young
lady
to
the
stage
Catherine
Scott
is
a
6th
grader
from
the
Thomas
Edison
Elementary
School
of
Brighton
and
she's,
going
to
sing
the
national
anthem
welcome
up
Catherine.
Thank
you.
Oh.
B
What
so
proudly
we
hailed
at
the
twilight's
last
gleaming,
whose
broad
stripes
and
bright
stars
through
the
perilous
fight
on
the
ramparts
we
watched
were
so
gallantly
streaming
and
the
Rockets
red
glare?
The
bombs
bursting
in
air
gave
proof
through
the
night
that
our
flag
was
still
there
oh
say:
does
that
star-spangled
banner'.
A
You
Katherine
that
was
beautiful
and
speaking
of
beautiful
things
as
I
look
around
I
noticed
that
not
only
is
the
station
beautiful,
but
this
space
is
incredibly
well
designed
and
a
very
special
particularly
day
like
this,
with
the
sun
shining
I'd
like
to
personally
thank
the
team
from
New
Balance
for
their
multi-million
dollar
investment
in
this
station
in
this
location
this
year.
Seeing
today
is
an
example
of
what
public-private
partnership
are
all
about.
It's
a
big
win
for
the
riders
to
win
for
the
taxpayers.
A
It's
going
to
be
a
win
for
the
people
that
use
the
station
every
day.
These
types
of
partnerships
are
so
vital
to
the
continued
growth
of
public
transportation
because
they
happen
in
a
financially
sound
manager
or
manner.
They
are
good
for
the
state
good
for
the
development
partners
and,
most
importantly,
good
for
our
customers,
who
can
now
use
this
beautiful
station.
This
is
an
exciting
day
and
we
have
very
full
speaking
program.
So,
let's
get
to
it,
please
let
me
welcome
Keith
Craig,
the
New
Balance
Director
of
Development
welcome,
Keith.
D
Hi
everyone
so
just
want
to
point
out.
I
know
we
have
a
train
back
there,
so
stations
not
in
service,
yet
so
don't
get
on
it.
So
just
to
be
clear,
I'm,
officially,
not
your
first
speaker
today.
I
simply
have
the
great
privilege
to
introduce
Jim
Davis
from
New
Balance,
so
something
that's
very
important
to
mr.
D
Davis,
and
it's
really
one
of
the
the
true
successes
in
this
partnership
of
building
a
new
train
station
is
that
the
the
team
from
mascot
Keolis
MBTA,
the
city
led
by
design
and
construction
team,
STD
skanska
and
their
subcontractors
Sanborn
had
PMA.
Everyone
has
acted
brilliantly
and
really.
What
the
success
here
is
is
that
everyone
is
acted
professionally
and
with
accountability.
So
we'd
like
to
thank
you
for
that.
Please
welcome
the
chairman
of
New
Balance,
the
private
sponsor
of
the
station
community
leader
and
visionary
of
Boston
Landing
Jim
Davis.
E
E
Governor
Baker
lieutenant
governor
Pulido
secretary
Pollock
representatives,
Mike
Moran
and
Kevin
Honan
senators,
alguien
amico
he
docked
in
D'amico
I
was
a
problem
with
that
sorry
cell,
if
you're
here,
city
councilor,
mark
see
Elmo
honored
guests.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
welcome
to
the
New
Boston
Landing
commuter
rail
stop.
E
E
E
E
E
The
rail
stop
will
attract
new
investments
in
real
estate
corporations,
restaurants
and
entertainment,
centers,
the
bruins
warrior
arena,
the
Celtics
Auerbach
Center,
the
New
Balance
track
and
sports
research
lab
assemble
in
one
location
becomes
a
unique
urban
sports.
Mecca
there's,
along
with
the
confluence
of
unparalleled
architecture,
convenient
transportation
at
ample
ample,
affordable
housing
is
inspirational
and
thought-provoking.
E
It
attracts
creative
and
talented
Millennials
who
seek
a
vibrant,
stimulating,
24/7
environment
where
they
can
live,
work
and
play
Austin
Brighton
becomes
to
Boston
what
Brooklyn
is
to
New
York.
Believe
me,
that's
going
to
happen.
Austin
is
going
to
be
the
next
Brooklyn
Elston
Brighton.
Sorry
folks,
on
a
personal
note,
the
Davis
family
is
privileged
and
honored
to
introduce
this
rare
public
and
private
enterprise
to
the
awesome
Brighton
community.
E
The
following
and
no
special
order
are
largely
responsible
for
the
successful
completion
of
mail
stock,
as
always,
I
will
also
brighten
friends
and
neighbors,
and
our
Boston
landing
Advisory
Group
I
will
public
partners
Bass
dot
and
the
MBTA
I
would
design
and
construction
team
Skanska
as
construction
manager
STV.
As
designed
our
engineer
Sanborn
as
head
geological
geotechnical
engineer
and
PMA
consultants
again,
I
will
also
brighten
elected
delegation.
Kevin
Honan
Brian
C
Elmo
Sal
D
Domenico
I
got
at
that
time.
Mike.
E
First
investor,
they
are
always
there
a
special
thanks
for
the
encouragement
and
confidence
and
enthusiasm
goes
to
governor
Charlie,
Baker
mayor
Marty,
Walsh,
lieutenant
governor
Karen,
Pulido,
Secretary
of
Transportation
Stephanie
and
enemies,
NBTA
general
manager,
Brian
short-sleeve.
They
all
wanted
to
make
this
happen
and
it
did
anytime
those
an
issue
they
stepped
right
up.
Thank
you
very
much.
E
E
E
Special
thanks
goes
to
the
New
Balance
development
team.
Those
guys
did
evolve.
Four
skillful
skillfully,
navigating
these
unchartered
territories
and
a
listening
support
from
the
governor's
office.
City
Hall,
the
office
of
the
secretary
of
transportation,
including
the
MBTA
and
I,
will
also
brighten
the
elected
delegation,
a
job
well
done.
Thank
you.
E
E
G
G
G
This
is
this
is
a
great
moment
and
a
big
opportunity
and
a
significant
development
and
a
great
example
of
a
public/private
partnership.
But
let's
remember
that
the
transformation
of
this
neighborhood
in
this
community
has
been
going
on
for
quite
a
while
here
and
will
continue
to
go
on
after
today
and
that
the
possibilities,
because
of
the
work,
that's
come
before
this.
G
In
some
ways.
This
is
a
wonderful
example
of
a
transit
oriented
development
project,
but
this
is
in
many
ways
sort
of
the
middle
Act
here
of
what
I
think
is
going
to
be
a
three
four
five
act
play
with
much
more
to
come,
but
if
you
sit
here
and
think
about
what
this
does,
it
connects
the
15-acre
Boston
Landing
development
here
to
employees.
G
The
patrons
to
visitors
from
around
the
Commonwealth
and
I
wouldn't
be
at
all
surprised
if
a
few
years
from
now
there
won't
just
be
people
coming
in
from
the
West
and
getting
off
here,
they're
going
to
be
people
coming
out
from
other
parts
of
Boston
and
getting
off
here
for
a
whole
variety
of
reasons.
You
have
the
warrior
Ice
Arena,
which
is
a
home
to
the
Boston
Bruins
training
and
practice
facility,
which
all
kinds
of
engagements
and
an
ice
hockey
and
skating
events
will
be
happening
at
going
forward.
G
But
mostly
what
I'm
excited
about
is
all
that's
happened
here
and
all
that
will
happen
in
this
neighborhood.
Because
of
all
the
collaborative
work
that's
been
done.
You
know.
Jim
Davis
talked
about
the
fact
that
there's
been
a
tremendous
amount
of
bipartisan
effort
put
into
this
city
folks,
state,
folks,
private
sector,
folks,
community
advocates
legislators,
city
councillors,
everybody
working
together
over
an
extended
period
of
time
to
build
and
create
a
new
community.
Here,
that's
ready
for
whatever
happens
next
and
and
to
the
folks
we're
in
the
hardhat.
G
A
H
So
good
morning,
it's
a
real,
really
exciting
time
to
be
here
in
this
space.
I
first
want
to
say
a
lot
of
good
things
are
happening
on
Monday
here
in
the
city.
Mr.
mayor
with
GE
groundbreaking
a
couple
of
Monday's
ago,
Monday
at
the
Omni
Hotel
in
the
Seaport
and
with
Boston
landing
opening
for
business
on
this
coming.
H
The
father
of
this
project,
Jim
Davis,
is
also
the
son
of
Greek
immigrants
and
for
Jim
to
see
so
much
opportunity
here
in
this
Commonwealth
and
to
have
a
vision
in
this
neighborhood
and
to
marshal
the
vision
into
a
plan
and
into
reality
is
truly
an
amazing
accomplishment
that
will
be
valued
for
decades
to
come.
And
we
are
all
so
grateful
for
his
hard
work,
effort
and
commitment
to
seeing
this
through.
H
While
he
has
invested
and
continues
to
invest
much
in
this
area
in
the
Western
gateway
he's
also
connected
to
my
hometown
area,
his
early
days
were
spent
in
Worcester
being
educated
at
Worcester
Academy,
and
he
continued
to
be
so
integral
in
the
development
of
many
of
projects
to
help
the
the
Gateway,
the
central
part
of
the
state
bookend
to
this
project
in
Worcester.
We
are
so
grateful.
H
H
Now
this
is
a
working
group
of
riders
that
have
the
day-to-day
experiences
of
taking
the
Worcester
line
to
work
into
their
appointments,
and
they
have
a
lot
of
lot
to
say
about
that
experience
and
for
Brian
and
to
David
to
involve
themselves
personally
and
listening
to
how
they
can
improve
service
is
really
quite
a
commitment.
I
also
want
to
thank
Eolas
for
the
replacement
of
track
and
installation
of
more
than
50,000
new
rail
ties
that
have
allowed
to
the
elimination
of
heat-related
speed
restrictions.
H
Thank
You
Stephanie
Pollux
for
your
leadership
for
understanding
all
the
ways
that
people
connect
to
the
city,
north
south,
east
and
west
have
to
work,
and
thank
you
to
the
leadership
team
that
you
see
here
today,
along
with
our
legislative
leaders
and
representative
Koenen
and
representative
moran,
for
doing
an
outstanding
job.
Communicating
effectively
with
those
that
live
in
this
neighborhood
and
wanted
to
see
this
project
come
to
reality
as
a
great
team
effort,
we're
good
at
building
teams
working
together
and
getting
stuff
done.
H
A
I
Transit
and
communities
are
really
synergistic,
great
communities
deserve
great
transit
and
great
transit
only
is
great
when
it
serves
the
needs
of
people
to
get
home
to
get
to
work,
to
get
to
great
recreational
opportunities
like
the
restaurants
and
the
sporting
facilities
near
this
station.
One
of
the
most
exciting
things
about
this
new
commuter
rail
station
is
that
it
not
only
serves
the
great
new
part
of
the
neighborhood
that
is
Boston
Landing,
but
it
puts
with
the
Everett
Street
connection
to
this
station.
I
It
puts
parts
of
the
traditional
Austin
right,
neighborhood
within
walking
distance
of
rail
transit
for
the
first
time
in
half
a
century.
I
know
that
that
is
not
all
the
transit
that
that
neighborhood
is
looking
for
and
I
know
that
this
is,
as
the
governor
said,
sort
of
the
middle
of
a
longer
narrative
about
better,
connecting
Austin
Brighton
to
Boston
and
the
region
through
transit
investment.
But
today
marks
an
important
milestone,
and
so
it's
worth
it's
worth
celebrating.
I
The
fact
that
both
Boston
Landing
and
Austin
Brighton
in
general
are
now
a
train
ride
at
the
price
of
a
subway
ticket
away
from
downtown
Boston.
For
the
first
time
in
a
very
long
time,
and
that
took
real
partnership,
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
Boston
Landing
teaches
us
is
that
a
public-private
partnership
is
not
about
signing
a
piece
of
paper
and
then
walking
away
and
allowing
the
private
partner
to
do
the
work.
I
When
we
came
in
when
this
administration
came
in
in
2015,
there
was
a
long
history
of
planning
and
design
for
this
project,
and
there
was
a
signed
agreement,
but
as
the
project
got
toward
the
beginning
of
actual
the
completion
of
design
and
and
the
time
to
break
ground
and
start
construction
on
the
station,
a
lot
of
really
important
issues,
financial
issues,
operational
issues,
construction
issues
came
up.
They
really
don't
come
up
until
you're,
that
close
and-
and
it
taught
us
all
that
partnership
is
about
an
ongoing
relationship.
I
It
was
about
revising
the
terms
of
the
agreement
when
it
made
sense
to
revise
them.
It
was
about
making
sure
that
construction
was
able
to
go
forward
in
a
way
that
met
the
needs
of
getting
the
station
built,
but
balance
them
against
the
needs
of
those
of
us
on
the
trains
that
go
by
here
every
day
who
honestly
experienced
inconveniences
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
during
the
construction
period
and
degradation
in
on-time
performance
that
now
will
pay
off
in
the
form
of
bringing
new
transit
riders
to
the
MBTA's
commuter
rail
system.
I
Finally,
a
lot
of
people
have
been
thanks,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
to
thank
the
men
and
women
at
mascot
at
the
MBTA
and
our
Capitol
delivery
department
and
our
community
rail
operations
department
in
operations
in
real
estate,
and
it
took
a
lot
of
people
on
our
side
to
make
the
public
side
of
the
public-private
partnership
work,
as
is
true
with
every
public/private
partnership.
So
thank
you.
Those
of
you
who
are
here
today
and
those
of
you
who
are
thank
you
very
much.
J
Thank
you.
What
a
day
I
can't
begin
to
tell
you
how
fortunate
I
feel
to
stand
here
today
at
the
opening
of
this
commuter
rail
stop.
For
some
of
us,
it
has
been
50
years
or
more
to
the
point.
Since
the
last
time
trains
have
rolled
through
Austin
Brighton
and
they
close
the
station.
It
involved
that
we
can
see
now
as
a
watershed
moment,
when
our
friend
Jim
and
Anne
Davis
purchased
a
small
sneaker
manufacturer
with
a
few
employees
that
made
about
30
sneakers
a
day
back
in
1972.
J
It's
impossible
to
thank
everybody,
but
it's
worth
noting
a
few
starting
with
governor
Charlie,
Baker,
Lieutenant,
General,
Karyn,
Polito
and
Secretary
of
Transportation
Stephanie,
the
previous
administration
in
particularly
former
lieutenant
governor
Tim
Murray
in
secretary
rich
Davey,
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston,
Martin
Walsh,
and
the
previous
Mayor
Thomas
Menino,
who
both
campaigned
very
strongly
to
make
sure
that
this
project
happened.
Today,
our
local
senators,
former
state
senator
Steve
Tolman,
who
was
instrumental
in
the
early
days
of
this
project.
J
J
And
finally,
and
certainly
not
least,
a
hot
felt
thank
you
to
Jim
and
and
Avis
and
their
family
and
the
entire
New
Balance
develop
development
team
headed
up
by
Jim
Halliday
and
their
outside
government
relations
group
headed
up
by
Jack
Murphy
and
dan
sensei,
Jim
and
Anne,
took
a
small
shoe
company,
worked
odd
and
turned
it
into
a
multi-billion
dollar
company.
All
the
while
keeping
a
presence
here
in
Austin,
Brighton
I,
know
that
Jim
and
I
are
not
comfortable
with
receiving
public
thank-yous,
but
this
this
is
one
simple
thing
that
they've
always
done.
J
You
do
what's
right
and
they've
always
done
what's
right,
and
we
want
to
thank
them
for
that.
This
27
million
dollar
station
is
just
one
of
those
things
that
they
give
back
to
this
community,
so
I
hope
you'll
all
join
me
at
the
end
of
this
dedication
and
help
offset
some
of
that
27
million
dollars
by
going
next
door
and
buying
a
pair
990s
for
sure
which
I
made
in
America.
J
A
C
C
So
I've
been
fortunate
enough
to
be
privy
to
some
of
the
the
work
that's
gone
on
behind
the
scenes,
the
way
that
partners
have
needed
to
come
together
to
overcome
issues
and
there
have
been
issues
along
the
way,
complexities
and
and
challenges,
and
everybody
has
worked
tirelessly
to
sort
those
things
out
and
I
think
they've
achieved
a
great
outcome.
So
I'd
really
like
to
congratulate
the
construction
team
and
the
project
team
for
a
fantastic
results.
So
well
done
guys.
C
A
Thank
you
David.
Let
me
acknowledge
also
in
the
audience
BR
a
director
Brian
golden
is
over
there.
They
mentioned
a
little
earlier.
Thank
you.
Brian
now,
I'd
like
to
introduce
a
person
who
has
given
much
of
her
time
to
work
very
closely
on
this
project.
As
a
member
of
the
Boston
landing
Advisory,
Group,
Annabel
Gomes.
F
Today,
it's
a
really
exciting
day
for
our
community.
It's
been
over
a
half
a
century
since
we've
had
a
train
stop
here
and
since
then
our
community
really
has
gone
from
a
lot
of
transformations
from
stockyards
industrial
warehouses,
vacant
warehouses
and
now
a
vibrant
new
community
being
built
by
mr.
Davis.
Mr.
Davis,
thank
you
for
that.
F
Thank
you
for
your
vision
and
your
commitment
to
this
community
and
for
putting
together
a
development
team
that
really
worked
with
our
elected
officials,
city
halls,
mara,
Welsh,
the
State
House,
the
governor,
and
mostly
the
community,
in
building
a
train
station.
That
really
is
not
just
for
the
development,
but
for
the
community
in
it.
The
bridge
on
average
Street
connects
the
north
north
right
in
all
students
and
by
accessing
it
on
the
bridge
and
making
it
easier
and
really
ties
the
community
together.
So
again,
thank
you
for
the
hard
work
that
everybody
puts
in
together.
A
A
K
You
I'm
not
going
to
keep
you
too
long,
so
I
think
almost
everything
has
been
said.
But
let
me
just
give
a
couple
shoutouts
here
today:
I
think
Mike
Moran
captured
it
the
vision
of
Jim
Davis
and
his
family
in
this
in
this
neighborhood
investing
his
own
family,
investing
his
own
money
into
the
project,
but
also
working
with
the
community
in
the
community,
the
Austin
Brighton
community.
K
For
the
many
many
meetings
that
you
all
went
to
for
the
conversations
I'm
sure
at
times
that
the
debates
and
sometimes
heated
debates
working
with
your
elected
official
and
you
have
an
incredible
delegation
in
moxy,
Elmo
and
Kevin
hone
and
Mike
Moran
and
the
Senators
as
well
Steve
Coleman
all
the
time.
You
know
we
get
a
chance.
As
elected
officials,
we
get
a
chance
to
stand
on
the
stage
and
take
a
lot
of
credit
for
a
lot
of
things.
But
this
project
here
goes
back
to
the
community.
K
Again,
it
shows
that
this
community
is
a
place
where
people
want
to
be
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
neighborhood.
Thank
you
to
all
the
residents
that
are
here
today.
Thank
you,
as
Michael
said
over
50
a
thank
you
to
the
residents
that
I
want
us
any
more
that
were
part
of
this
conversation
over
time,
because
it
truly
is
when
you
think
about
a
process.
K
The
best
process
we
get
is
generally
when
there's
when
there's
an
involvement
by
the
neighborhood
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
project
is
always
better
in
this
neighborhood.
In
the
last
three
years
alone,
in
Boston
we've
been
able
to
create
60,000
new
jobs.
The
population
we
have
in
the
city
is
the
highest
since
the
1960s,
which
also
happens
to
be
the
last
time
that
Austin
Brighton
had
a
commuter
rail
station.
K
We
are
a
city
on
the
grow,
go
and
Boston
landing
is
helping
us
transform
this
neighborhood
so
again
just
to
thank
all
the
partners.
Everyone
up
here
that
was
involved.
Thank
you
for
your
great
work,
so
the
past
administrations.
Thank
you
as
well,
but
today
really
is
about
two
groups
of
people,
the
Davis
family
and
the
also
brain
community.
Congratulations.