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Paul Revere park, north end
By downtown-anon
Mon, 12/17/2012 - 1:10pm
Has to be after the 30's when they tore down the buildings that were
there before the park was created.
Paul Revere Park
By Ron Newman
Mon, 12/17/2012 - 1:32pm
is my guess too. So strange to see it bare without trees.
I agree
By Stevil
Mon, 12/17/2012 - 1:36pm
Due to the arches on the wall in the background - but without the trees and it seems fairly wide in this photo - have they built structures about where the cameraman is standing? Maybe with the trees it just seems smaller.
Behind the Shubert, the
By mmaggard
Mon, 12/17/2012 - 1:19pm
Behind the Shubert, the original cast for Oliver!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver!
Has to be either West or
By tjedrey
Mon, 12/17/2012 - 1:27pm
Has to be either West or North End, due to the architecture around there. Shot in the dark.
I believe the area is
By Finn
Mon, 12/17/2012 - 2:43pm
I believe the area is officially known as the Prado, but it is the plaza behind Old North Church.
Prado is an unofficial name for it
By Ron Newman
Mon, 12/17/2012 - 2:49pm
The official name is Paul Revere Mall.
(not "Paul Revere Park" as I erroneously posted above. That is the name of a park in Charlestown, next to the Charles River Dam.)
Which is a pretty stupid name
By anon
Mon, 12/17/2012 - 4:10pm
Which is a pretty stupid name for the new park in Charlestown, since it's so easy to confuse it with the existing one in the North End.
I agree North End
By Kyle
Mon, 12/17/2012 - 6:52pm
But I think it's over by N. Margin and Stillman Streets. There's a basketball court over there that I think used to be part of a school?
Good call
By anon
Tue, 12/18/2012 - 11:34am
http://goo.gl/maps/heImm might be the current Google Street View shot roughly from the same location and direction, but the only thing I'm going on is the row of garage doors in both views.
Look behind the tree, there's
By Ryan0751
Tue, 12/18/2012 - 1:33pm
Look behind the tree, there's an arch (just one) in the brick work painted blue that matches the original photo.
Where is this park
By Paul McCaffrey
Mon, 12/17/2012 - 7:26pm
North End, still there.
The Answer!
By City of Boston ...
Tue, 12/18/2012 - 9:24am
Thanks everyone! This photo was taken in 1923 in a playground off of Stillman Street.