[Talk-us-massachusetts] MCI concord

[Bill Ricker]

On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 1:16 PM ben via Talk-us-massachusetts <
talk-us-massachusetts at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> Local news report that the prison is no longer operating as of earlier
> this month:
> https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-07-18/mci-concord-closes-after-nearly-150-years
>
> I haven't been past since then, but I agree that it's unlikely that there
> is now free public access to the grounds, as the map currently suggests.
>
> This should probably be tagged as a disused prison, not a generic historic
> site.
>

RIGHT. As long as the wall is there, yes, the wall should still be a wall.

FWIW the Wall is still a closed-path way in OSM, but its tagging was
changed so that it's invisible in most renders.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/86977109/history

(If OTOH the gates are unlocked and public is tacitly welcome for URBEX,
that should be tagging on the gate and access tags, not removing a wall
that hasn't been physically removed.)
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