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Boston Light Beer was before its time

By adamg on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 12:02pm
Street scene in old Boston featuring billboard for Boston Light ale and beer

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

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By John Costello on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 12:25pm.

It is the one at the far right and the one you can see a sliver of to the right of that.

Huzzah urban renewal!

By Royale with Cheese on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 1:18pm.

You can't win on Jeopardy if you don't actually answer the question.

By Waquiot on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 2:05pm.

Just wow.

Even with the clue in the photograph, there's no way I would have recognized the area.

I mean, there are good reasons for urban renewal, and there's what happened there.

By John Costello on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 2:07pm.

Three Buildings.

You can see the Courtyard by Marriott (then The Bradford) in the back of the pic.

By U-Hub-Fan on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 7:22pm.

called "The Caves of Mid-Century Boston." The thing that's currently at 490 Tremont will be one of the subjects.

By Smart Arse on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 1:12pm.

Tremont street. As the awning of Record Cafeteria declares proudly—near what is now Berkeley St. and yes it doesn’t look the same nowadays.

By MarkTheSpark on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 1:15pm.

The awning on "Record Cafeteria" says 510 Tremont...

By Royale with Cheese on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 1:21pm.

Adam, you should've blocked out the address on the awning of Record Cafeteria.
It clearly reads 510 Tremont St. when blown up.

By anon on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 1:25pm.

coming out of Oak Sq. toward Brighton Center...

By bostnkid on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 1:37pm.

south end

By KV on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 1:39pm.

510 Tremont Street.

By Scratchie on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 3:00pm.

There's a blown-up version here where you can read the street number on the Record Cafeteria awning:

https://www.facebook.com/DirtyOldBoston/photos/5800452839982129/?_rdr

By BostonDog on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 3:04pm.

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By BostonDog on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 3:05pm.

I don't know how the food at the Record Cafeteria tasted but I'm willing to bet it was better and (inflation adjusted) cheaper then I normally have for lunch in the city. I only wish there was still places like that around. I'd settle for a Woolworth lunch counter.

In that photo I see no less than four places to have a coffee or lunch. There's a lot about old Boston which should stay in the past. Ubiquitous cafes & cafeterias aren't one of them.

By Ron Newman on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 3:11pm.

Named after, or adjoining, the former Record-American newspaper office, perhaps?

By Charles Bahne on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 3:24pm.

No, the Record and the American were in Winthrop Square, in the financial district. The Boston American was the morning paper; the Boston Record was the afternoon paper. Both were under the same ownership and management (Hearst), and so they were in the same building. In 1961 they merged and became the Boston Record-American.

Likewise, the Herald came out in the morning, and the Traveler in the afternoon. And in 1972 the two merged newspapers in turn merged with each other.

By Waquiot on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 3:33pm.

The Record American was always on Washington Street on Newspaper Row. One of the reasons it bought the Herald Traveler was to get the HT printing plant, which admittedly was a few blocks from where the photograph was taken, which was Tremont Street.

By deselby on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 4:25pm.

along with Pickwick Ale

By WalkingTheDog on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 7:36pm.

Before Chevron on Tremont was built.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3447335,-71.0703037,3a,75y,52.2h,87.78t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sKLszfDOeodM-IPbdQy0tQA!2e0!5s20120701T000000!7i13312!8i6656

By Gary C on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 7:53pm.

I would have said this wasn't even Boston (except the street signs clearly prove that it is.)

By anon on Wed, 02/22/2023 - 9:51am.

Thanks for playing, folks! This photo shows Tremont Street opposite 527 Tremont on August 16, 1940. You can see a high res version here: https://cityofboston.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_c0e45a76-747...