Back in the day, folks knew to cross at the green, not in between

By adamg on Thu., 9/12/2013 - 12:31 pm

The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this photo in time and location. See it larger.

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Absolutely wrong

By anon
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 1:39pm

its definitely 1947.

The BRA has been doing a huge planning study that will likely affect the entire length of Blue Hill Avenue (first around the Morton Street Intersection, Geneva Ave, Intersection and Talbot Avenue Intersection)

http://www.fairmountindigoplanning.org/

give it ten years and given the rising cost of rents and ownership around Boston I see the BHA corridor gentrifrying!

Keep

By anon
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 4:12pm

your fingers crossed!

Except

By Waquiot
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 4:59pm

That the section of Blue Hill Avenue to which you refer is maybe 4 miles from where the picture was taken.

The Milton line up to Grove Hall looks good compared to the area in the photograph today. I'm sure even that area has seen better days, and it could be safer, but still, largely intact.

Right around the time Beacon Hill switched to all Democrat

By O-FISH-L
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 4:22pm

Photo appears to be taken right around the time Beacon Hill switched to a Democrat majority in both houses and Boston City Hall had already switched. Great job, libs!

My work was done and look at

By The Curse of Ja...
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 4:59pm

My work was done and look at the half century of rotten fruit it birthed.

Wait, what?

By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 09/13/2013 - 10:52am

It was upstanding big-money Republican bankers who did the red lining.

But a good conspiracy theorist like yourself never lets reality of history get in your way.

Keep on hating - and thank God you are off the streets with your incessant hatemongering bullshit.

Thanks for playing everyone!

By City of Boston ...
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 4:27pm

Thanks for playing everyone! This is the intersection of Blue Hill Ave and Quincy St on September 21, 1948.

If not for the street sign

By anon
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 8:22pm

I'd swear it was Washington and Market St/Chestnut Hill Ave in Brighton.

Drake's Cakes

By Charles Bahne
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 8:45pm

No one so far has mentioned the Drake's Cakes bakery. Part of their sign is prominent in the middle background. The bakery was just up the hill on Quincy Street, a couple of buildings west of Blue Hill Ave. Also notice the Drake's delivery truck which has backed into their loading dock, almost entirely blocking the traffic flow.

The bakery certainly contributed a lot of good working class jobs to the neighborhood. (And Kasanov's was nearby as well.)

When Drake's was still baking at this location...

By Stephen of Roxbury
Fri, 09/13/2013 - 12:52am

School Field Trips would take us from Nathan Hale/(Dudley(arsoned)) to Pepsi and Wonder Bread in Natick. Pepsi gave a voucher I redeemed at Blair's Foodland in Washington Park Mall.