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Boston doesn't have that many 24-hour gas stations left
By adamg on Tue, 10/27/2015 - 10:49am
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The chiseler
of Charles Circle?
Yeah!
I'm usually awful at these but I got this one right away :)
It is Amazing
5 people as of right now (including me) remember one guy gouging on gas prices 36 years ago. I even think it was a Gulf station, right?
Gouged
But you got a free Coke.
A lot more than 5
I've been in Massachusetts all my life, only lived in Boston briefly much later, and vividly remember this guy because of the news coverage he got.
The Phillips drug store was well known also
It's funny that you would never know today there was a gas station there at one time.
If I remember right the
If I remember right the stations owner was Glenn Heller. He was charging $5 dollars a gallon. People would pull in for just a few gallons and get a receipt for a conversation starter. Keep in mind most drivers at the time were used to buying gas at southward of a half a buck a gallon.
Cambridge Street on Beacon Hill
The store on the right used to be
Charles Circle PharmacyEdit: Phillips Drug and was at one time the area's only 24-hour drugstore. Now it's a CVS.Phillips
I remember it as Phillips Drug Store. Across the street was the late, lamented Buzzy's Roast beef. That place was hopping at 3 AM with colorful nightlife.
buzzy's
Buzzy's was the place to be at 3 !
Buzzy's turkey dinner sandwich after a night at Sporters
Turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce. Soaked up all the alcohol from the West End Tennis Club.
Philips Drug Store
This is Nick DeWolf's archive shots of Phillips, including a bunch of night shots.
https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=phillipsdrug
You're right, it was Phillips Drug
I remembered the location and that it was a 24-hour store, but forgot the actual name.
Google Maps | Street View
https://www.google.com/maps/
link
Looks like the only thing visible in the picture that's still left is the brick building with the rounded arches over the windows.
Phillips Drug == CVS
Same building.
I guess it got an extensive
I guess it got an extensive refurb.
Another old photo
This comes from John Keith's photobucket page. I was looking for Nick DeWolfe's photo of Charles Circle from that time.
I love looking at Nick DeWolf's photos
but when I clicked on the Flickr link above it didnt work. Very cool stuff though.
What a nice
Simple rotary
I can see at least 6 things in this pic
that would cause some snowflake to text bos:311
If some of the younger folks who're easily offended or disturbed went back in time just 20 years they'd be tripping, let alone back to the 70s.
The Answer
Thanks for playing, folks! Many of you got it this time - its 161 Charles Street. The date is July 25, 1971.
classic
haha the guy is parked like a real jerk
I figured it was a gas line
But the energy crisis was 2 years later.
Short shorts
Dig the short shorts on the guy in the photo. That was common back then.