Where was this curved building?

By adamg on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 10:26am

Where and when was this photo taken? From the Boston City Archives. See it larger.

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Eliot Square, Roxbury

By Ron Newman
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 10:35am

The First Church (UU) is just out of view to the left.

The name of the building is

By Tom DePlonty
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 10:38am

The name of the building is the Cox building.

John Eliot Square in Roxbury

By anon
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 10:35am

John Eliot Square in Roxbury !

Huh huh

By eeka
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 10:18pm

In the window of the drug store it says "ex-lax."

Some info from Flickr...

By bradalmanac
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 10:44am

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofbostonarchives/...

Today's view

By johnmcboston
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 11:21am

http://goo.gl/maps/0YW4C

Not quite

By eeka
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 10:25pm

Back up several clicks to the corner...the intersection in the photo is Highland Street. The building on the right closest to the round building is still there (the building with ACEDONE in it that says "Norfolk House" up top), but the one on the corner there that's wood-frame and has the drug store in it isn't there anymore -- replaced by Marcus Garvey Gardens. It looks from the lines in the photo that Highland Street was wider when the photo was taken, and the parcel was extended a bit when the newer building was built? Anyone know?

City Archive pix question

By anon
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 11:43am

I love these "where was it taken" pictures, but I would like to know if it is part of a crowdsourcing effort for the archives (as opposed to a fun quiz to which the answers are already known)

I've always assumed

By Sally
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 11:50am

thatassumed that it's for fun. You can see "Eliot Square" in the pharmacy sign--doesn't seem like hard core detective work, but I love to see the comments and additional info that come from these posts. Maybe the archives folk do too?

Fun

By Allstonian
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 12:23pm

Given that the city archives folks frequently add comments to the various threads confirming correct guesses, it seems pretty clear that they already know the locations.

Yes, these are usually for

By City of Boston ...
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 12:09pm

Yes, these are usually for fun and not for crowdsourcing locations. We almost always know the answer, but we enjoy having people guess and hearing their observations and comments!

Where's the detail cop ?

By Dave
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 1:14pm

Looks like a crew of at least 5 guys to spraypaint new crosswalks, using boards for a stencil.

Duh

By rsybuchanan
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 6:54pm

He's watching the photographer to make sure he doesn't take any unauthorized photos of MTA buses.

Where is this building?

By anon
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 2:41pm

Adamg, the headline "Where was this curved building?" ought to read "Where is this curved building?" The Cox Building still stands.

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