Aerials

[kz1000ps]

Time for a trip back to 1983-84:

 

[Ron Newman]

Ooooh, photos of the pre-mall Prudential Center and the previous design of Copley Square park. Some parts of our city have improved quite a bit since then!

 

[Boston02124]

Very cool,this is when I arrived in Boston so much has changed since then.thanks!

 

[Pierce]

A question from someone who was not only a tot when those were taken, but a midwesterner as well:

what was going on at south station? It looks like that was under a MAJOR renovation at the time, where they really down to just the two platforms over by the post office? How was that managed? Did they just cancel trains for a time?

 

[Ron Newman]

South Station was reduced to a temporary trailer ("Amshack") for a few years while they renovated the real station.

 

[Boston02124]

A book I forgotten I had. Some cool aerials from the 70's

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

Oh hells yeah! I have that book lying around here somewhere. Great stuff, thanks for posting it.

 

[kz1000ps]

This thread is friggin awesome!

And FYI, I date these pics to 1974-75.

 

[aquaman]

Man, we often think development is slow here in Boston, but if you look at how much the city has changed and how much growth and in-fill there's been since the 70's (granted, it's 30+ years at this point), it's just amazing. I think we fail to recognize all the small, incrimental developments and improvements that have taken place in that time (decking over the Pike, Copley Place, the Pru, the SW Corridor Park, waterfront development, increased office and residential space in Back Bay, etc.). Count me among the few who think Boston is better than at any time in my life.

 

[Boston02124]

found these in an old encyclopedia from 1964

 

[Mike]

December aerials:


http://www.lesvants.com/stock/BOSTON/Boston_12-08/index.htm

 

[Boston02124]

nice pix's thanks!

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

*sigh* there goes my productivity.

 

[Mike]

Aerial pics taken in November by bensheldon on flickr:

 

[Boston02124]

great pix's the 2nd one make
's downtown look really dense.

 

[johnpaul5]

The third one seems to suggest that there are lots of potentially developable land south of downtown Boston along I-93.

 

[Ron Newman]

I think those are mostly low industrial buildings rather than vacant lots, though.

 

[jass]

I took these a month ago

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

ooooooo sooooo pretty..... *drool*

Just a heads up, Google Earth has a flight simulator in it and with a little practice you can view Boston, and everywhere else, just like this.

 

[KentXie]

What's that section of land on the backside of the TD Banknorth Garden and surrounded by the highway for? There seems to be a good amount of land to develop there.