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Paul Revere's House?
By anon
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 10:44am
Paul Revere's House?
The Paul Revere house
By anon
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 10:51am
it looks like The Paul Revere house in the North End.
Where this isn't
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 10:56am
The kids' clothing looks more recent than The Great Fire, but those buildings do not.
I know it's not but my first
By anon
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:06am
I know it's not but my first thought was it was Province Court and the building at the end was actually the Province House.
Looks Sorta
By Ice-9
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:07am
Beacon Hillish. Maybe near where Suffolk U. is today?
Beacon Hill
By anon
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:12am
God NO! If anything its the old slums in the N. End or what my guess would be is the area by Newbury St & Mass Ave. which was once an Irish slum.
18th-early 19th Century Building
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:26am
That didn't happen in the Back Bay which was a wetland. Nothing over there is older than about 1850s.
My bet would be Beacon Hill or North End, or West End where such buildings escaped large fires. Dock Square area, perhaps, where brick buildings displaced more ancient structures over time? It could also be in Charlestown.
It looks like the ca 1800 buildings are condemned.
Paul Revere House (not)
By 02120
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:11am
I would guess that by the look of the clothes that it is the 1920's or so
Update: Actually NOT the Paul Revere house--the gable is wrong
I think you're right about the 20s
By anon
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:26am
There's a placard in Back Bay Station about the history of the migration of blacks into Boston to serve as porters, etc., on the railroad, and how they all lived in the South End.
I can't place it either, but I'm wondering if this picture is related.
The Prado
By JohnCostello at Work
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:30am
Could this be the part of the North End between St. Stephen's and the Old North Church, which was one of the last places in the North End to have wooden buildings, pre-1920's slum clearance for the construction of the part that is now there?
Wiggin St.?
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:43am
There is a now condo/former school building there that is probably younger than this photo, and a parking lot.
Can't place the tower in the background, though.
I think it was Webster Ave.
By anon
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:43am
I think it was Webster Ave. that completely disappeared while others got a little chopped.
Dorchester
By Judy
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 1:16pm
It looks like mill housing, maybe around the Bakers factory? Early 20s.
No! Nobody *ever* built them like this!
By anononono
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 3:36pm
The architect was either a certified genius or an aesthetic wacko.
Your girlfriend
By crispino
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 4:33pm
lives in the corner penthouse of Spook Central.
The Answer!
By City of Boston ...
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 4:21pm
This is Vernon Place in the North End on October 17, 1931. Thanks for playing!
The windows on the brick
By pierce
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 5:54pm
The windows on the brick building on the left appear to match those of 23 Charter Street where it looks out on Greenough Lane.
I think this is the view today
https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=phot...
The wood frame structures are all gone.
Nice work
By joehp
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 7:29pm
How did you find this?
followed a couple of hunches,
By pierce
Thu, 04/11/2013 - 3:32pm
followed a couple of hunches, this one worked out....
try this link: https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/25407853
Vernon Place...
By Charles Bahne
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:16pm
Vernon Place was off of 21 Charter Street, "nearly opposite Unity Street" so you're right, it probably is the same building at 23 Charter Street. But I can't get the Panoramio link to work. Maybe it got truncated in translation?
There's now a small park or garden where the wooden buildings were.
Yes it is!
By anon
Thu, 04/11/2013 - 10:32am
Yes it is!
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By NotWhitey
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:41pm
[IMG]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j324/MarkBul/f...
CREEEEEPPY
By eeka
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 9:59pm
:o)
West End?
By Lou
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 9:55pm
Not sure, but I am guessing the old West End. You know, where the "If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now" apartments are.
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