Aerials

Check out the density in this old photo, circa 1930. Astounding.

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^ That is true... hopefully SSX helps to address that and bring back some of its former grandeur.
 
I've read that it was the largest terminal in the US when it opened in 1899, though I have no way of verifying that.
 
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^I love aerials from this angle. The city looks very dense with an impressive skyline from here. It will look all the more powerful when the pike is covered (both ends).
 
JSic said:
Check out the density in this old photo, circa 1930. Astounding.

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Man... imagine what would have become if they had not filled in the fort point channel. Both sides would have become vibrant neighborhoods, water taxis, parks, a channel walk....etc. If only they had waited a little longer it would have never been allowed to be filled in. Eventually when 93 came there would have been a structural steel bridge of the era constructed, its a shame really that we lost this. I think it would have eventually came to be a wonderful area the same as the seaport is now coming into its own. Its always been a pipe dream of mine that some environmental group would rally to get this back (not the full south bay but later when it became just a channel) under some federal protection act or something and they would be forced to do something about it although at this point with 93 being constructed the way it is that is not possible.
 
stick n move said:
Man... imagine what would have become if they had not filled in the fort point channel. Both sides would have become vibrant neighborhoods, water taxis, parks, a channel walk....etc. If only they had waited a little longer it would have never been allowed to be filled in. Eventually when 93 came there would have been a structural steel bridge of the era constructed, its a shame really that we lost this. I think it would have eventually came to be a wonderful area the same as the seaport is now coming into its own. Its always been a pipe dream of mine that some environmental group would rally to get this back (not the full south bay but later when it became just a channel) under some federal protection act or something and they would be forced to do something about it although at this point with 93 being constructed the way it is that is not possible.
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Um what?
 
The south bay was slowly filled in until it was just an extension of the fort point channel and then even that was filled in. I was just saying it would have been nice if at that point it hadnt been filled in further. I figured id paint the wrong picture if I said i wish the south bay wasnt filled in but nevermind.
 
But you said had the Fort Point Channel not been filled in. That's why I was confused.

Filling in the South Bay was the best thing that could have happened. It was always a backwater dump. Unlike the Back Bay which was stinky but not overly polluted, the South Bay was industrial from the beginning and was always polluted. There wasn't much you could do to turn it into a residential neighborhood. The South End didn't even last that long as an upper crust area in part do to the industry and pollution of the South Bay.

In the broader picture you also have to realize that modern cities need these industrial/infrastructural areas to keep moving. Not every neighborhood should be residential or commercial. We need a place to store trains and have roads/highways. Placing these off in the suburbs means that the downtown terminals lose their operational effectiveness. These are the service alleys of cities and while they aren't pretty they help cities run.
 


Snapped this shot while on a flight out of Logan to Tampa last Wednesday.
 
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