Boston doesn't have that many 24-hour gas stations left

By adamg on Tue, 10/27/2015 - 10:49am

24-hour gas station in old Boston

The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene.

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The chiseler

By bulgingbuick
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 10:54am

of Charles Circle?

Yeah!

By Michael
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 10:56am

I'm usually awful at these but I got this one right away :)

It is Amazing

By John Costello
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 11:08am

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

By Dave
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 11:45am

But you got a free Coke.

A lot more than 5

By A. Nony. Fox
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 8:48pm

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

By anon
Wed, 10/28/2015 - 8:05pm

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

By Ron Newman
Wed, 10/28/2015 - 9:12am

The store on the right used to be ~~Charles Circle Pharmacy~~ Edit: Phillips Drug and was at one time the area's only 24-hour drugstore. Now it's a CVS.

Phillips

By anon
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 11:25am

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

By mark
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 12:10pm

Buzzy's was the place to be at 3 !

Buzzy's turkey dinner sandwich after a night at Sporters

By anon
Wed, 10/28/2015 - 8:48am

Turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce. Soaked up all the alcohol from the West End Tennis Club.

Philips Drug Store

By downtown-anon
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 12:26pm

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

By Ron Newman
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 5:28pm

I remembered the location and that it was a 24-hour store, but forgot the actual name.

 

By Elmer
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 11:49am

[img]https://elmercatdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/charles-cvs.jpg[/img]
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By Dave
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 11:51am

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

By Ron Newman
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 9:13pm

Same building.

I guess it got an extensive

By Dave
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 10:41pm

I guess it got an extensive refurb.

Another old photo

By downtown-anon
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 12:15pm

This comes from John Keith's photobucket page. I was looking for Nick DeWolfe's photo of Charles Circle from that time.

[img]http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo139/JohnAKeit...

I love looking at Nick DeWolf's photos

By Sally
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 1:01pm

but when I clicked on the Flickr link above it didnt work. Very cool stuff though.

What a nice

By geep9
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 3:46pm

Simple rotary

I can see at least 6 things in this pic

By anon
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 4:14pm

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

By Boston City Archives
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 4:16pm

Thanks for playing, folks! Many of you got it this time - its 161 Charles Street. The date is July 25, 1971.

classic

By anon
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 4:17pm

haha the guy is parked like a real jerk

I figured it was a gas line

By Dave
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 10:41pm

But the energy crisis was 2 years later.

Short shorts

By anon
Tue, 10/27/2015 - 5:32pm

Dig the short shorts on the guy in the photo. That was common back then.

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