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Dudley Station occupies the center of a city block in the main commercial area of the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. In the process of upgrading the crowded Dudley Station transportation hub, a new public space was created that will spearhead the revitalization of the neighborhood. The transportation challenge involved the demolition of the old elevated railway structure and the accommodation of two new surface transportation systems – a local bus system and a bus service to downtown Boston. The project included demanding engineering tasks. To accommodate the local bus system, the existing 90-year-old railway station was lowered to grade level and moved about 120 feel using hydraulic jacks and rollers. The downtown bus service is housed in an open shelter of exposed steel construction supporting a broad hipped roof. The roof has a skylight clad in copper that echoes the features of the original station. The removal of the abandoned elevated structures that covered the site created an open, sunlit environment that connects three main streets with a network of landscaped pedestrian routes.
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JURY COMMENTS... This project's significance is its investment in, and commitment to, an urban area and a transportation facility suffering from years of disinvestment. To achieve success, the project required a complicated engineering and construction process, demolishing a derelict aerial structure, salvaging a station fragment and revitalizing it as an at-grade facility for local buses. Through these steps, transportation has become the centerpiece of reinvigorated focal point for the surrounding neighborhood.
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