Statler Hilton. Interestingly Sheraton had its HQ downtown on Independence Wharf.
Thanks for clarifying the name Statler Hilton. For some reason I had Sheraton Hilton stuck in my mind.Statler Hilton. Interestingly Sheraton had its HQ downtown on Independence Wharf.
For the youngsters or for those who don't know what they're seeing here, this is when the wrecking ball stopped to get a beer and some shutterbug near lower State Street took a snapshot from their soot laden office window.
Keep me honest and let me know if I missed any survivors
I was on the fence about that one.I think far left, right over the word "Dirty" but only the section that juts out as far as the "t." Also maybe that section in the very bottom middle?
Seen these pictures of Boston looking like Rotterdam post WW2 countless times, but highlighting all that remains today is really tough to digest, also knowing it still continues today with the demolition of the last buildings of the West End officially planned.For the youngsters or for those who don't know what they're seeing here, this is when the wrecking ball stopped to get a beer and some shutterbug near lower State Street took a snapshot from their soot laden office window.
The actual destruction was so much more vast. This is another answer to the question "why doesn't stuff get done anymore?" and why a generation of Bostonians Will. Not. Trust. The Government. even when they are doing something necessary or good.
This was not fully necessary or good. This was an excuse to put buckets of federal money into a connected private developer's pocket.
At some point that same person could have turned the camera 90 degrees to the right and watched the same thing happed to a good chunk of the North End.
For an idea, the dead buildings on this side of the Charles are shaded...(Cambridge was too fuzzy)
Keep me honest and let me know if I missed any survivors
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