"Dirty Old Boston"

stick n move said:
Old st petersburg is an extremely beautiful city. That being said the beautiful historic part of st petersburg is only probably about a quarter of the city. The vast majority of the city is endless sprawling residential high rises that are essentially commie blocks on steroids. There is actually a famous apartmennt block in the suburbs that is so huge it holds 10-20,000 people in 1 building. Its called Novy Okkervil and its absolutely massive.

Novy Okkervil
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St petersburg also has europes tallest skyscraper, lakhta center.
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Its essentially located all the way on the outskirts of the city in the middle of nowhere.

The suburbs are not really promoted and the tourists dont go out there, so not many ppl outside of russia hear about them, but thats where most avg russians live around st petersburg.

This is what the vast majority of the city looks like outside of the historic core.

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Ouch! That is painful looking. Thanks for the clarification.
 
DZH22 said:
Aerial from the 1970's. Make sure to click into flickr because the largest version has extremely high detail for this type of picture. (over 5k x 5k whereas the one posted below is 2k x 2k):

Boston Aerial View by Salem State Archives, on Flickr
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I would date that photo as 1970. The Rutherford Avenue and Gilmore Bridge construction looks like it is just starting. By 1971 it was further along than this photo.
 
Charlie_mta said:
I would date that photo as 1970. The Rutherford Avenue and Gilmore Bridge construction looks like it is just starting. By 1971 it was further along than this photo.
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Interesting. Since 177 looks to be nearly topped off, I'd have assumed '71 or '72 (but we're kind of splitting hairs here).
 
chrisbrat said:
Interesting. Since 177 looks to be nearly topped off, I'd have assumed '71 or '72 (but we're kind of splitting hairs here).
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In any case it is the very early 1970s. The large amount of rail yards in the Seaport district at that time is amazing.
 
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Never knew there was another bridge in front of the bu bridge at st marys st.
 
That shot also illustrates exactly why the I-90 throat is permanently screwed up.
 
And the Boston-side of St Mary's went through what is now Marsh Chapel.
 
I was thinking the same. Id love to be able to see what they looked like up close. They kind of have a dutch flair to them.

Its weird how they removed the crenelation from the roof of the building all the way to the right on the bottom picture. Made it a much more interesting building before imo. Probably happened around the same time and for the same reason they removed lots of roof ornamentation post ww2 some weird sense of modernization.
 
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I honestly didn't know that building to the right (408 Atlantic) is that old until seeing that photo. It looks so firmly planted in the late-80s aesthetic that it looks like it was designed from the outset that way, even though it's been modified.

There's some sort of plaque at the corner of the building that I'll have to check out the next time I'm down there, maybe it speaks more to the history of the place: https://maps.app.goo.gl/6TfaKpxutxsCmYLL8
 
It used to be the customs clearing and inspection building for goods coming down the Fort Point Channel! I posted this elsewhere under adaptive reuse, but it's still owned by the Feds and they have a nice overview on the GSA site.

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Captain John F. Williams Coast Guard Building

Location, hours of operation, and additional info for the Captain John F. Williams Coast Guard Building.
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FWIW, the revised cladding of the corner-facing facades of 408 Atlantic Avenue has been highly regarded.
 
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