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The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.

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Charles St, Beacon Hill

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That was quick.

Present day view:

https://goo.gl/maps/6bPJN1HjH5MVdXbn9

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Dang! You beat me to it. I was just coming here to say the same thing. That stretch of Charles Street was one of my favorite haunts in my teenage years. Interesting to see how little it's changed.

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It's gone way upscale. remember Charles Street was a hippie haven in 1967. You could get whatever you wanted there. Good times.

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Well, yes, that's certainly true. I loved the mix of head shops and antique shops up and down the street. Later there was a great Italian cafe, Romano's, and even later a branch of the Coffee Connection.

But it's still pretty impressive that the buildings still look the same. 103 Charles even still has some of the leaded glass semicircles in the upper windows. Some of these history photos have shown buildings and even whole streets that don't exist any more.

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I came here to post the same.

I'd say this was in the early to mid 1980s.

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The view today:
https://goo.gl/maps/rQaZ8mnFgzS1P2dAA

I'd say around 1970 based on the car.

Of course, the one-way traffic has been reversed.

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Just curious, was there ever an answer as to the previous photo with the dentists?

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Yes it was the Forsyth Dental Institute that used to be in the Fenway.

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That's what a lot of people guessed, but here's the correct answer from the Boston City Archives.

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Thanks for playing, folks! This photo was taken in September of 1968 at 103 Charles Street.

This photo is from a survey done by the City. For more photos from that survey, go here: https://cityofboston.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_6e7ce012-cfe...

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I just bought a pizza from Nino's last week at 79 Charles St.

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the GENCO Olive Oil Company?

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