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Cool Beans, that area actually has a lot going on. A sketchy looking boxing club, a sketch looking billards club. And an industrial building turned into a high quality recording studio on the second floor and an unofficial rock venue/ gin joint below. Allston is a gem.
 
But why is every other business in Allston some sort of automotive thingee?
 
History, Shepard. All of the city's automotive dealerships circa 1930 were on Commonwealth Avenue, centered around Packard's Corner.

Toby's our resident gear-head; perhaps he'll share some additional historical details.
 
Yes, over on the BU thread we discussed the history of Packard's Corner as the original automile... but I'm thinking why, in the heart of Allston Village, must there be a million Valvolines, Autozones, and car washes?
 
"I wanna open a new car-related business, I guess it makes sense to do it near other car-related businesses." Lather, rinse, repeat down through the ages.
 
I think all cities have a greese pan alley district. On a positive note it creates a cheaper neighborhood that isn't necesarily inner-city-poor-dangerous, its just not as pretty so it then makes it cheaper.
 
Modern architecture students are a bunch of whiny wimps. Try drafting everything by hand and meeting deadlines. Think stair sections are brutal? Try doing lettering and dimensioning for a 200+ sheet project for 2 weeks straight without a personal soundtrack to pass the time.
 
A while ago there was long, off-topic discussion about 'hipsters' and what they were and were not. This is about the best explanation I've seen:

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statler said:
A while ago there was long, off-topic discussion about 'hipsters' and what they were and were not. This is about the best explanation I've seen:/QUOTE]

Holy crap, that is totally right. I never even thought about it like that. Word.
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Ron Newman said:
I don't understand -- is he not supposed to make a right turn there?
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he can only turn left at that intersection, its one way.

Also worth noting that the photographer is standing with his back to a Dunkin Donuts
 
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