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See also bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/research-maps
By theszak
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:03am
See also
http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/resear...
Is that
By bulgingbuick
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:21am
Salem Street
Prince Street
By Art
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:36am
Prince Street
Agreed North End
By Stevil
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 3:46pm
Thought maybe Charter with that curve - but looked at street view and I doubt it.
Note it's a road that "kinks" twice - and I don't see anything like that in the North End looking at a map. Is it possibly a road that no longer exists in the West End or Bulfinch Triangle? That would explain the residential - and also why this is so hard to place.
would say about 1950 based on those cars - perhaps slightly earlier.
I was thinking Prince..
By Pete Carroll
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:47am
Doesnt' prince street have a couple of those bump-out windows? and curves kind of like that.
Frontage on the right looks a
By gotdatwmd
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:35am
Frontage on the right looks a lot like JJ Foleys but I don't think Kingston St is that curvy.
Hm...
By Anonandon
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:38am
Looks like Melcher st.
Yup, that's exactly what I
By Rob Not Verified
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 12:07pm
Yup, that's exactly what I was gonna say: Melcher Street in Fort Point district. It has that unique curve.
Modern day
Not sure
By KBHer
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 12:28pm
Fort Point and Melcher is/was mostly warehouses, seems these buildings are residences/offices with some street level retail. So many streets have this sort of curve.
Vehicles and attire would indicate the pic is from before the urban renewal era so it could be that the street doesn't even exist anymore or has been entirely redesigned. Definitely somewhere in Boston proper, looks like some of the pics I've seen of pre-Central Artery of Blackstone St....maybe Franklin, hard to say without being able to see the signs clearly
Yeah
By Scratchie
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 12:28pm
I'm not sure what's supposed to be "unique" about this curve, but Melcher Street looked nothing like this in the 80s/90s. I can't imagine they tore down all these apartment buildings at some point and replaced them with warehouses.
No, not Melcher
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 1:27pm
Melcher is much wider than this and the individual buildings are large and do not have residential features.
My first guess was Melcher
By FredQuimby
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 7:57pm
We are looking uphill judging by the stepped buildings (the way the window get higher with each building) so it could be Melcher. But did it really change that much between then and now?
Somewhere in the old West End or Scollay Square
By aldos
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 12:30pm
The cars look old enough, and it doesn't look exactly like any particular place in the current North End or anywhere else.
Cooper St. - North End
By anon
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 1:19pm
I believe it is Cooper St in the north end. If you are at intersection of cooper & north margin and are looking up towards salem street.
STREET PHOTO
By GROVER
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 1:31pm
Lower washington street just before state.
My gut
By Stomps
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 4:21pm
My gut tells me its Washington Street, downtown crossing. Coming from Court Street heading toward Water. There is a B.Good on the right, juuuust around the bend.
Water
By anon
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 5:21pm
I'm thinking Water Street also. Facing from Washington but past the Old South.
These are fun!
Not wide enough
By FredQuimby
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 7:04pm
The street in the picture is too narrow and that curve is too strong to be Washington.
Prince St
By Patrick McM
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 4:36pm
It looks like Prince Street taken a half block down from Salem St.
The Answer!
By Boston City Archives
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 6:19pm
Those of you who guessed the West End are correct. This is Leverett Street. We don't have an exact date for this photo, but it was taken in preparation for the urban renewal/demolition of the neighborhood, so its likely somewhere between 1950 and 1953.
Based on this map -- http:/
By Saul
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 9:13pm
Based on this map -- http://www.wardmaps.com/viewasset.php?aid=4813 -- here is roughly the same view today.
http://goo.gl/maps/vdpwo
Most depressing comment of the day
By Matthew
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:34pm
Comparing what was to what is.
Renewal
By anon
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:34pm
Because that view's clearly better than the old one.
Well...
By bulgingbuick
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 7:40pm
we're waiting.
West End....Answer
By SBer
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 8:08pm
From the Archives....not Melcher Street:
Boston City Archives @ArchivesBoston ยท
Today's #mysteryphoto is Leverett St in the West End, ca. 1950-53.
picture
By steve andrrews
Tue, 11/11/2014 - 4:43pm
it's 1954 year i was born or 55 because theres a 54 chevy, a 50 chevy,
and way back a 50 or 51 studebaker starlite coupe - wide wrap around
rear window - or the "bullet nose studebaker" didnt know if they were
coming or going...
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