Near the T · 16 stops · 3 packs

Near South Station

Stops from the walks within about 600 m of South Station station, closest first.

1. Shot Here
   The city bought South Station in 1965 to knock it down, then sold what was left for less.
   1 MIN · 42 M
2. The 1852 Hunt
   The officer who opened Box 52 for the Great Fire had his own key. The alarm was still a quarter hour late.
   3 MIN · 204 M
3. The 1852 Hunt
   Twice in six years, 911 went down, and the street boxes were the backup.
   3 MIN · 214 M
4. Under Boston
   The InterContinental was built around Big Dig Vent Building 3, and its chimneys still stick out the top.
   5 MIN · 322 M
5. The 1852 Hunt
   The Great Fire started in a basement on this corner, and no photograph of it burning is known to exist.
   5 MIN · 324 M
6. The 1852 Hunt
   In November 1872, Boston's fire engines were pulled by men, because the horses were sick.
   5 MIN · 356 M
7. The 1852 Hunt
   Since 1989, Engine 10, Tower Ladder 3 and Rescue 1 have run out of the base of a thirty-story tower.
   6 MIN · 411 M
8. Under Boston
   The state and the plant's own owner have both drawn up plans to tear this steam plant down. It's still here.
   6 MIN · 417 M
9. The 1852 Hunt
   The half-built post office stopped the fire's run to the northeast, and the square in front was named for it.
   6 MIN · 450 M
10. Under Boston
    Seven floors of parked cars under this lawn pay for the flowers on top.
    6 MIN · 460 M
11. The 1852 Hunt
    Every address in Boston is filed under a fire alarm box, a bit like a zip code.
    7 MIN · 509 M
12. Under Boston
    From December 1897, Boston fired its mail under these streets in steel cans of compressed air.
    7 MIN · 543 M
13. The 1852 Hunt
    The Great Fire was stopped at Washington and Milk, a short distance from Old South's door.
    7 MIN · 546 M
14. The 1852 Hunt
    The first boxes had a crank, and people turned it according to how excited they were.
    8 MIN · 562 M
15. The 1852 Hunt
    The City's public map of its fire alarm boxes has a dot in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
    8 MIN · 571 M
16. The 1852 Hunt
    Arthur Fiedler, who conducted the Boston Pops, was a noted fire buff, and this firehouse was once a museum named for him.
    8 MIN · 592 M

Minutes are the straight-line distance at 80 m a minute. The walk on the street is longer.