wˌɛn ðɪ ˌɛmbˌiːtˌiːˈeɪ plˈænd ðə blˈuː lˈaɪn mˌɑːdɚnᵻzˈeɪʃən pɹˈoʊɡɹæm ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z, lˈoʊkəl ɹˈɛzᵻdənts ɹᵻkwˈɛstᵻd ðætðə stˈeɪʃən biː lˈoʊɚd ˌɪntʊ ɐn ˈoʊpən kˈʌt sˈɪmɪlɚ tuː , bˌʌt ðɪs wʌz dˈiːmd ɪnfˈiːzᵻbəl.
When the MBTA planned the Blue Line Modernization Program in the early 1990s, local residents requested that the station be lowered into an open cut similar to , but this was deemed infeasible.