History
Before Boston City Hall Plaza was built at its current location, completely replacing old Scollay Square, the underground station platforms were known as Scollay on what would become the Green Line, and Scollay Under on what would be called the Blue Line. An original tile mosaic "Scollay" sign has remained visible on the rarely-used inbound loopback track at the upper (Green Line) level.
Years later, when the false walls at both ends of the lower (Blue Line) platform were removed to accommodate the change from four- to six-car trains, several surviving original tile mosaic "Scollay Under" signs were uncovered, which can be seen on both ends of the platform.
Government Center station was featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Underground 2 in the Boston level.
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