"Dirty Old Boston"

[Charlie_mta]

Porter Square shopping center, 1957:

 

[Charlie_mta]

The old Red Line train yard next to Memorial Drive near Harvard Square:

 

[dhawkins]

Old school Boston in a movie Fuzz. The movie is bad but great shots of Boston. I'll give my review later. (fair warning on some of the language- it was a different time)

 

[chrisbrat]

The first three minutes is a love-letter to a fully functioning T. This is great stuff!

 

[Arenacale]

CambridgeSide Galleria under construction in 1990 from https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1v53jz46v and https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1v53jz48d

 

[atlantaden]

 

[DZH22]

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[atlantaden]

 

[DZH22]

Dirty enough for ya?

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2NGG8P5/this-aerial-view-of-boston-shows-a-few-of-the-multi-million-dollar-changes-in-the-largest-city-in-the-northeast-june-5-1965-bostons-science-museum-on-the-charles-river-is-in-foreground-with-the-new-high-rise-apartments-in-middle-distance-and-government-center-replacing-much-of-old-scollay-square-in-the-background-the-harbor-is-at-left-with-custom-house-tower-in-the-center-distance-ap-photo-2NGG8P5.jpg

 

[Charlie_mta]

Dirty enough for ya?

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Not dirty enough. The old West End is gone and replaced by Brasilia.

 

[atlantaden]

Let’s not forget the tremendous human cost associated with the leveling of the West End! My brother’s in-laws were forced out of their home in the West End; they relocated to Malden to a very nice two family home but his father-in-law never forgave the city of Boston!

 

[Charlie_mta]

I grew up in North Cambridge, but that photo ^ could have been me, my sister and mother back in 1960. I wore a necktie or bowtie everyday to school, grades K thru 8, and of course to church on Sunday, and my mother looked just like that lady, hat and all. These people do not look like they were from a "slum".

 

[atlantaden]

Any idea as to what building was going up?

 

[Beton Brut]

^ 75 State Street. Photo circa 1983.

 

[chrisbrat]

Agree on the building, hard disagree on the timeframe. 75 State Street did *not* take five years to construct.

It was going up in earnest when I was in 9th grade and going to high school in Back Bay (1987) and it was completed when I was in 10th grade (1988).

 

[Beton Brut]

^ My mistake. My mental calendar is sometimes off. Date’s probably associated with 53 State Street.

 

[stick n move]

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[dhawkins]

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Any idea as to what building was going up?

60 State Street

 

[DZH22]

https://cdn27.picryl.com/photo/1925/01/01/boston-proper-27956c-1024.jpg

 

[DZH22]

https://coololdphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/08/5334159232_a16d3f05fb_o-1024x808.jpg