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Another great resource: old Boston street engineering documents: http://sceris.cityofboston.gov/sceriswebpwd/client/SimpleSearch.aspx?FoldersList=%3a13 For example, here they say that at least this bit of Mass Ave was renamed on April 5, 1870 - pretty precise!

Indeed. I have emailed BAHS as per dwash59's suggestion; will report if I hear anything. After work I will look more into the history of the Avenues. (Unless anyone beats me to it!)

And - in 1895 it is Mass Ave in Boston - I guess we're looking at 1894-1895! http://www.wardmaps.com/viewasset.php?aid=3437

Indeed, if you follow the map up in the Brighton atlas, this Mass Ave ends in the Business School campus, pointing right at Harvard Square. http://www.wardmaps.com/viewasset.php?aid=1032

This would match up with the fact that the map is from 1890 - as they were thinking of different routes. It was also during the 1890s that the track was sold to the rail yard; perhaps that transaction ended the hopes of the Allston Mass Ave, and they had to find another route?

A fun history of the race park there: http://www.bahistory.org/HistoryBeaconPark.html

http://www.wardmaps.com/viewasset.php?aid=1036 This cadestral map from 1890 Brighton (h/t Ward Maps!) shows a lot of interesting things (the race track that predated the rail yard, for example) but also a "Massachusetts (proposed) Ave", going from Packard's Corner north, to the river. Anyone...

Truly fantastic stuff! Thank you again.

That's fantastic stuff! Thank you!

Hi all, I'm trying to find the history of a bridge. In this photo purporting to be from 1920, there is a bridge downstream of the BU bridge. I can't find any map with it on Ward Maps old maps, nor any mention anywhere else. Anyone know the history? Thanks!