On the Wellesley side of the Newton-Wellesley line sits an old lumberyard, abandoned for 15 years, its sprawling parking lot an unsightly legacy of thwarted plans to replace it. On the Newton side, at the edge of a thickly settled neighborhood, rests a rotting railway bridge, forsaken since the 1970s. (Full article: 1030 words)
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