...Unless you're seeing something I'm not. I do see what appear to be some chimneys that are part of this complex. The Pine St Inn tower is much taller than anything in the photo above. Photo of Pine St Inn
I do see behind the trees in the background what looks like a gasometer, which may be the one that still stands at Southampton and Mass Ave, now the Best Western Roundhouse Suites.
Based on the tower in the background, I would say it is the Boston City Hospital Albany street. But my first feeling was the Mattapan Chronic Disease Hospital on River street.
What a ducky link. It even mentions commmentor Neal's gasometer. It mentions that Curtis & Pope Lumber Co. is'' Still in business today as the Curtis Newton Corporation.'' What i couldn't find, is if the Pope that was part of Curtis & Pope was the Pope that had the railside lumber company in West Roxbury that is now basically the site of the new and improved Roche Brothers , +/- a few other lots. The old Roche brothers was up the street towards the firehouse, and was an Elm Farms ( fond remembrances to Abie , former produce buyer ).
With respect to the old City Hospital ,I banged that receiving dock a few times , and the lads lumping the patient up the stairs is consistent with the cobbled nature of the old hospital. Also. in that link is mention that the Curtis & Pope Lumber Co. owned the lot at the corner of Mass & Albany streets, which could be the morgue , if it is still there.Boy , this internet is a grand thing, too bad it wasnt invented sooner.
I've worked in a couple of hospitals in the area, which makes it hard to place - but I'm pretty sure that I've either been there or one very much like it.
Is this the building that now houses the BU School of Public Health? That would be my best guess - the back side of it.
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Shattuck St.?
Shattuck St.?
Boston City Hospital, Albany
Boston City Hospital, Albany and Massachusetts ave
South End?
I can see the Pine Street Inn building tower on the back... so somewhere in the South End?
This is the first time I've
This is the first time I've gotten one of these things, and that was my clue!
I don't think that's the Pine St Inn tower
...Unless you're seeing something I'm not. I do see what appear to be some chimneys that are part of this complex. The Pine St Inn tower is much taller than anything in the photo above.
Photo of Pine St Inn
I do see behind the trees in the background what looks like a gasometer, which may be the one that still stands at Southampton and Mass Ave, now the Best Western Roundhouse Suites.
Definitely a different tower
The Pine Street Inn tower has single bays on each side at the top -- this tower has double ones.
When horses pulled ambulances
Pretty sure that's the old Boston City Hospital, now known as Boston Medical Center.
I think that's one of the buildings dismantled/demolished in the early 90's to make way for the new inpatient facility.
The stairway looks familiar -- Manary, maybe?
Muscle men
Look at the chair thingy/contraption! I gather you had to be in phenomenal shape or a weight lifter to be an EMT back in the day.
The Menino Pavilion at BMC?
Is it the Menino Pavilion at BMC or Beth Israel where he opted to be treated?
Based on the tower in the
Based on the tower in the background, I would say it is the Boston City Hospital Albany street. But my first feeling was the Mattapan Chronic Disease Hospital on River street.
The Answer
Thanks for playing, folks! This is Boston City Hospital in the South End, ca. 1900-1910
hospital ER
How about on the Dimock campus. The detox building there has not changed that much
Boston City Hospital, looking
Boston City Hospital, looking toward Albany Street.
Curtis in background
Is this the same company?
http://brickfrog.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/curtis-pope-lumber-co-774-alba...
What a ducky link. It even
What a ducky link. It even mentions commmentor Neal's gasometer. It mentions that Curtis & Pope Lumber Co. is'' Still in business today as the Curtis Newton Corporation.'' What i couldn't find, is if the Pope that was part of Curtis & Pope was the Pope that had the railside lumber company in West Roxbury that is now basically the site of the new and improved Roche Brothers , +/- a few other lots. The old Roche brothers was up the street towards the firehouse, and was an Elm Farms ( fond remembrances to Abie , former produce buyer ).
With respect to the old City Hospital ,I banged that receiving dock a few times , and the lads lumping the patient up the stairs is consistent with the cobbled nature of the old hospital. Also. in that link is mention that the Curtis & Pope Lumber Co. owned the lot at the corner of Mass & Albany streets, which could be the morgue , if it is still there.Boy , this internet is a grand thing, too bad it wasnt invented sooner.
That stairwell is very familiar
I've worked in a couple of hospitals in the area, which makes it hard to place - but I'm pretty sure that I've either been there or one very much like it.
Is this the building that now houses the BU School of Public Health? That would be my best guess - the back side of it.