HUB-WIDE—You know it's hot when the T's a refuge: "But despite what some riders think, it is actually cooler underground—with the hot trains standing by on platforms and people shoving to get through to grab a seat—than it is outside of certain MBTA stations." [Daily]
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CAMBRIDGE—The city's redevelopment authority and the Kendall Square Association could be bunking for a spell: "With Microsoft expanding into space the association occupies at the Techstars startup incubator on the sixth floor of 1 Cambridge Center, the association's three staff members will be needing a new address in September, while the similarly small-staffed authority could save money on its offices two floors down by bringing in a tenant. The authority has a full-time staff of one." [Day]