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    archBoston Meetup!

    Missed it.
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    Looking for "high molasses marks" in Boston basements

    Interesting! Thanks DBM and tobyjug. Might be a tall tale on the part of the E&C, but even judging by the photos from the time the flood area seemed bigger than that little red circle. I can't seem to find the photo showing the elevated train tracks taken out over by North Station, but here's...
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    Looking for "high molasses marks" in Boston basements

    Hmmm perhaps. He worked at Egyptian Chemical for a time. GREAT stories!!
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    Looking for "high molasses marks" in Boston basements

    Forgot about this thread. Dad passed away last spring, but I'm still up for scouting out basements, if anyone has one in the molasses area.
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    Looking for "high molasses marks" in Boston basements

    Might not be imagination, my Dad remembers the smell, too, on hot days.
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    Looking for "high molasses marks" in Boston basements

    I agree, it sounded too far away, Dad's memory may have been sketchy. But if anyone's in the circled area ... could you look in your basement?
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    Looking for "high molasses marks" in Boston basements

    I know, pretty off-off-topic. My apologies if this doesn't belong here at all. My Dad is 91; last Sunday he was talking about seeing a high molasses mark from the flood of 1919 in a basement on Batterymarch street, and now I want to see them and photograph them (with proper permissions)...
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    Canopy by Hilton (née Haymarket Hotel) | Blackstone St | Parcel 9 | Greenway

    Re: Parcel 9 - The Greenway http://northendwaterfront.com/2013/08/haymarket-square-hotel-proposal-wins-massdot-designattion-as-developer-for-central-artery-parcel-9/

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