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Then and now: Park and Tremont streets
By adamg on Tue, 12/26/2023 - 12:32pm
In December, 1895, construction of what would be the nation's first subway was well under way along and under Tremont Street, but that didn't stop busy Bostonians from making their rounds.
Compare to the view today:
The main change, aside from clothing and the lack of construction stuff, is the Suffolk University Law School (the white building along the right), which opened in 1999 and replaced a vacant office building.
A more distant view of the church, showing just how much horsepower was required.
Photo from the BPL's Boston Pictorial Archive. Posted under this Creative Commons license.
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Ooh ooh
I can place the location.
It's Park Street at Tremont Street!
Happy New Year, everybody!
Just a guess...
Just a guess but from the old photo it looks like Park Street had to be closed for this project. I bet Boylston Street was closed too. It's a good thing most of Boston commerce was taking place in what we now refer to as "The Waterfront" back then.
Just imagine if Boston's subway projects had taken place in the 1950's. Downtown Boston as we know it now and knew it then would probably never have existed.
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