The tracks are probably still there, now covered in asphalt

By adamg on Thu, 12/08/2022 - 11:16am

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

Streets in Boston and across eastern Massachusetts are full of old trolley tracks.

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Going by the asphalt clue...

By Jizmo
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 11:32am

Cambridge Street, Allston?
There aren't any business names to Google to try to figure it out, but the tracks on Cambridge Street in Allston have been paved over.

Intersection of Bennington and Moore Street Eastie

By TownieTrash
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 11:58am

Is my best guess from the buildings and the blurred sign to the right

Looks like Eastie to me, too

By HenryAlan 2.0
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 4:30pm

I was thinking maybe Chelsea St., but there really are no landmarks with which to judge location.

East Broadway

By anon
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 12:29pm

Looking towards Heaven, a/k/a Marine Park.

Hmm. Maybe this is where the

By _Sean
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 1:04pm

Hmm. Maybe this is where the A line split used to be? If so, I'd guess maybe this is looking down Brighton Ave?

Not Boston?

By Suldog
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 1:12pm

Might be Mass Ave in North Cambridge?

Southampton St

By cdevers
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 1:48pm

There’s a street sign on the right that says Moore St, so this would be Southampton St looking west, a block or so north of where the South Bay Center is now.

building callouses under their armpits from leaning on the shovels. It's hilarious when you look at each individual in the photo and see how few of them are actually engaged in productive labor. The cobblestones they removed were probably delivered to the foreman's summer place in Scituate.

Really?

By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 12/09/2022 - 7:16pm

Seriously?

You realize that they often asked people to stop moving when they took the photo.

The Answer!

By Boston City Archives
Fri, 12/09/2022 - 9:50am

Thanks for playing, folks! This photo shows Bennington Street at Moore Street in East Boston. It was taken in the 1930s.

I would have guessed Beacon

By Chris77
Fri, 12/09/2022 - 10:48am

I would have guessed Beacon Street in Brookline, west of Kenmore Square.