Boston Easter Eggs

Ok, so as someone who has never lived in Boston but has always lived 1-2 hours from Boston, I recently found the Potato Monument and that experience really felt like discovering an easter egg.

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Plen-T-Pak said:
And the neighborhood of Riverdale in Dedham is another island, albeit a smaller one. I heard they used to graze cows there.
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I've always been curious about Riverdale -- whether it was a true island originally, or drained/filled swamp. I do like the way you cross the Charles twice when you pass through the neighborhood.
 
Does anyone know the purpose/history of this mystery bridge in Sullivan Square? It dates to the 1950s underpass construction; as you can see in the historic aerial, it was not part of the Orange Line or the Sullivan Square station footbridge, and I don't think it was part of the old overpass either. Perhaps a utility bridge?

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The EGE said:
Does anyone know the purpose/history of this mystery bridge in Sullivan Square? It dates to the 1950s underpass construction; as you can see in the historic aerial, it was not part of the Orange Line or the Sullivan Square station footbridge, and I don't think it was part of the old overpass either. Perhaps a utility bridge?

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I vaguely remember seeing it when I would ride the el back in the 1960s as a teenager. Somehow the utility function of it is what I remember seeing.
 
The EGE said:
The former Lincoln Wharf power station is still intact - converted to condos, I believe.
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Also still extant - albeit gutted - is the West End Street Railway's 1888 Central Power Station

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Lincoln Wharf was converted circa 1987 to a mixed income ownership property. It was sponsored by the San Marco Housing Corp., a non-profit in the North End. Roughly 30% of the units were market units, the rest sold at a discount providing that they not be resold at market rates. Things did not go as planned with all of the resales and some people scammed many tens of thousands of dollars. The market units, though only 30% of the building, but 70% of the voting rights in the association. It was a lousy rehab with the brick exterior not done right. I used to manage it for two years in the 90's. Two years I would like to get back.
 
I personally think it looks like a masterpiece and with a cool history to go along with it.
 
Not an easter egg you can see any more, but it delighted me nonetheless: Roslindale station once had hexagonal windows!

Also note the station buildings on both sides of the tracks - an unusual configuration that's usually only seen at major stations with significant bidirectional traffic. That comes from some accidents of history. The West Roxbury Branch opened in 1849 with a single track. The station building at right was constructed in 1876 on the north side of the track. The Old Colony took over the Boston and Providence, including this branch, in 1888.

The Old Colony double-tracked the line in 1889. At the time, the Old Colony used left-hand running, so they kept the station building at Roslindale (and Highland and Bellevue) on the north side of the tracks. The New Haven acquired the Old Colony in 1893 and changed its lines to right-hand running in 1895. The line was grade-separated later that decade; as part of the project, a second station building was added on the south (inbound) side at Roslindale.


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There is another standing piece on the surface artery at Marketplace Center and Clinton Street. My memento is a piece of rusty green rebar that got stuck in my wife's bumper
 
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