As American alternative bands like Sonic Youth, which had grown out of the No Wave scene, and Boston's Pixies started to gain larger audiences, major labels sought to capitalize on the underground market that had been sustained by hardcore punk for years.

Partially underground light rail lines such as Boston's Green Line and Philadelphia's Subway-Surface Lines are analogous to Stadtbahn lines.

Because of public outcry during construction of The Central Artery, elevated for most of its length and reviled because it cut off views of and access to Boston's historic waterfront, it was decided by then-Governor John A. Volpe that the final section of the artery was to be put underground from just south of Congress Street to Kneeland Street near Boston's Chinatown section.

The Gravel Pit is a band from Boston's underground music scene circa, 1985-2002.

Contemporary photos show it used single streetcars, like Boston's Green Line, as a light rail line, with a large portion underground.

Notably, Boston's Green Line and the Newark City Subway, each about half underground, originated from fully surface streetcar lines.

In December 1895 the Boston Daily Globe published a lengthy biography of Lowe, whom the paper described as Boston's " quiet, unassuming but phenomenal second baseman.

" Bassist Jeff Jensen of Boston's Real Kids reports of a show that year, " A reviewer for one of the free entertainment magazines of the time caught the act and gave us a great review, calling us a ' punk band.

She said, when she learned Jackie was heading home: `` I'm just speculating, but I have to think Jack feels he's hurting Boston's chances ''.

Initially, the plan was also to include a rail connection between Boston's two major train terminals.

This project was developed in response to traffic congestion on Boston's historically tangled streets, which were laid out long before the advent of the automobile.

Boston's Logan Airport lies across Boston Harbor in East Boston, and before the Big Dig the only access from downtown was through the paired Callahan and Sumner tunnels.

The sellout streak set a Major League Baseball record ; this was broken by the Boston Red Sox on September 8, 2008, though Boston's Fenway Park is considerably smaller than Progressive Field.

Poe was first stationed at Boston's Fort Independence ( Massachusetts ) | Fort Independence while in the army.

A favorite target of Poe's criticism was Boston's then acclaimed poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who was often defended by his literary friends in what would later be called " The Longfellow War ".

In 1815, Boston's Handel and Haydn Society was founded, in 1842 the New York Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic were formed, and in 1858, the Hallé Orchestra was formed in Manchester.

One of the most influential American post-punk bands was Boston's Mission of Burma, who brought abrupt rhythmic shifts derived from hardcore into a highly experimental musical context.

An initial investigation into Ponzi's banking practices found nothing illegal, but Allen was afraid that if major withdrawals exhausted Ponzi's reserves, it would bring Boston's banking system to its knees.

Completed in 1976, the Faneuil Hall Marketplace ( comprising Quincy Market and other spaces adjacent to Boston's Faneuil Hall ) was designed by architect Benjamin C. Thompson and was a financial success, an act of historic preservation, and an anchor for urban revitalization.

An example of one important commission was as the lead design firm for the Boston Transportation Planning Review, a metropolitan wide re-design of Boston's entire transit and roadway infrastructure in the 1970s.

Much of Boston's trade at this time was in wool, and Boston is said by the locals to have been built on it.

The wool export trade began to decline in the fifteenth century as the industry shifted to the value-adding business of weaving, which was conducted in other parts of the country, the Hansa merchants quit the town, and Boston's wealth declined.

It was founded by astronomer Percival Lowell, and run for a time by his third cousin Guy Lowell of Boston's well-known Lowell family.

He was influential in Boston's Jewish community.

Boston's chief customs officer, Charles Paxton, wrote to Hillsborough, asking for military support because " the Government is as much in the hands of the people as it was in the time of the Stamp Act.

In the days and weeks following the incident, a propaganda battle was waged between Boston's radicals and supporters of the government.

He was added to Boston's 25-man roster on May 27, sharing time at first base with Kevin Millar and batting in the middle of the lineup ( including several starts in the clean-up spot ).

Referred to as the " Feast of All Feasts ", Saint Anthony's Feast in Boston's North End was begun in 1919 by Italian immigrants from Montefalcione, a small town near Naples, where the tradition of honoring Saint Anthony goes back to 1688.

Worcester was considered its own region for centuries ; however, with the encroachment of Boston's suburbs, it now marks the western periphery of the Boston-Worcester-Manchester ( MA-RI-NH ) U. S. Census Combined Statistical Area ( CSA ) ( Greater Boston ).

Boston's Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge was named in his honor.

A live album pieced together from two 2001 shows performed at Boston's Orpheum Theatre was released in August 2002.

Among the first RCA LPs released was a performance of Gaîté Parisienne by Jacques Offenbach, played by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, which had actually been recorded in Boston's Symphony Hall on June 20, 1947 ; it was given the catalogue number LM-1001.

In 1983 they added second guitarist Francois Levesque and released the EP Get It Away, widely regarded as their best record, and one that helped define Boston's straight-edge scene.

* When Boston Won the World Series: A Chronicle of Boston's Remarkable Victory in the First Modern World Series of 1903 ( 2004 ) released before Red Sox victory

A video of Boston's field sobriety test was released through the local Tampa Bay media.

Do or Die was the first album released by Boston's Irish-American punk band, Dropkick Murphys.

In 1998, Akrobatik released his first single, Ruff Enough, on Boston's Detonator Records label.

The standalone " Foreplay " was released as the B-side of Boston's next single " Peace of Mind.

In Spring 2011, Boston's American Repertory Theater and System of a Down's Serj Tankian dedicated their production of Prometheus Bound to Panahi and seven other activists, stating in program notes that " by singing the story of Prometheus, the God who defied the tyrant Zeus by giving the human race both fire and art, this production hopes to give a voice to those currently being silenced or endangered by modern-day oppressors ".

An upgraded Route 2 was originally planned to continue as Boston's Northwest Expressway ( merging with a re-routed U. S. Route 3 at the Arlington-Lexington or Arlington-Cambridge border ) to a junction with Interstate 695, the Inner Beltway, but this, along with the Inner Beltway itself, was cancelled in 1970, accounting for the abrupt narrowing at Alewife.

There was tension when CBS's marketing connected the album to Boston's signature guitar sound, despite Scholz playing most of the guitar tracks on the Boston albums.

For example, Boston's Green Line is referred to as a subway, despite having street-running portions.

The Twins nearly won the 1967 pennant, but Chance was outdueled in the season's final game, at Fenway Park, by Boston's Jim Lonborg, chasing Chance in with 5 runs in the sixth despite getting only one ball out of the infield, and the Red Sox emerged as surprise league champions — with Lonborg winning the 1967 AL Cy Young trophy in the process.

Ehmke lost 20 games despite pitching a league high 22 complete games, ranking 3rd in the league in strikeouts, and having a 3. 73 ERA, best among Boston's starters.