Porter (MBTA station)
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Porter Station is a railroad station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue (Porter Square). It also serves portions of Somerville. The station opened on December 8, 1984 and is the deepest station in the Boston area. Its facilities include:
- A stop on the Boston subway's Red Line
- A stop on the MBTA commuter rail Fitchburg Line
- Bus connections at street level, including the Number 77 Massachusetts Avenue bus.
- Bicycle parking
- An unusually deep set of escalators (143 feet long)
- Perhaps the best collection of public art on the MBTA system, including [Glove Cycle] by Mags Harries, an installation of bronze castings of lost gloves flowing down the escalator and scattered throughout the station.
Attractions
- Porter Square Galleria, a small shopping mall, and Porter Exchange, which includes a Gap, City Sports, and the only Japanese food court in Greater Boston. The Porter Exchange building was originally built for Sears and Roebuck, like several other retrofitted commercial spaces in the Boston area, and still features the engraved words "Sears and Roebuck" above the Massachusetts Avenue entrance.
- A Star Market Supermarket, CVS, Ace Hardware, and Healthworks gym in the nearby shopping center.
- Numerous restaurants and boutique shops along Massachusetts Avenue. Easy access to residential areas along Beacon Street and Somerville Avenue.
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