Dorchester Infill and Small Developments

[portnorfolk]

Boston 02124 - Bickford's replaced, not IHOP on Gallivan Blvd.

+1 on the former bickfords, I live right there.

 

[Boston02124]

I always confuse the two! It was my son's favorite place to eat cause he could always order pancakes anytime of day

 

[Boston02124]

train station off washington st

Uphams cor.

Boston st

 

[jass]

I see the kenmore construction sign found a new home.

 

[JohnCostello]

I always confuse the two! It was my son's favorite place to eat cause he could always order pancakes anytime of day

My caloric intake chart breakdown for 1985 agrees with you. Bickford's Gallivan Blvd right there with Johnny's Pizza across from Ashmont and what I could stuff in my mouth at the BK on Morrissey while I was working the afternoon shift.

 

[Boston02124]

early this morning

drive by as always

 

[Arborway]

I'm warming to the highway-facing side, but the silver half is a reliable disappointment. It's pretty much the definition of copy-and-paste architecture, and is a very tired aesthetic.

 

[Ron Newman]

Where is it? And what is it?

 

[JohnCostello]

It is the Carpenter's Center. (Not the Karen and Richard place, that should be in Downey CA). There are postings on this somewhere. I think on the I-93 thread. This building is the old Catholic Hospitals laundry, later Dirigo Spice location as Dorchester Ave crosses the expressway. Also, under 1869 Boston / Dorcehster town lines, this is in South Boston, not Dorchester.

 

[Boston02124]

^ ur right

 

[briv]

Look's more like the Alucabond Installers Center. You would think the headquarters of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters would be made of wood.

 

[Arborway]

Look's more like the Alucabond Installers Center. You would think the headquarters of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters would be made of wood.

The Carpenter's Union handles Alucobond installations.

I really believe some people still think it looks "futuristic" or something. Sadly, a wall of silver / white / grey Alucobond looks about as dated as iMac-inspired transparent blue plastic electronics did by the early 2000s. Anything but timeless.

The highway side actually makes an effort to do something worthwhile with the material, and succeeds. The entire back half facing the street could have been lifted from any number of buildings in the area. Completely uninspired, and a jarring departure from the other side.

 

[Boston02124]

4 Corner's station Washington st st Dorchester

 

[Boston02124]

Dot ave

ashmont

from Milton

lower mills

bus pulling out of Ashmont sta.I'm in Lower Mills

Codman Sq. Dot Center

old HS

 

[Mayor Menino's Crohn's]

These pics are awesome. One of the things that shocked my in those pics, however, is how distinctively "New England" parts of Dorchester. One of the big misconceptions that people like to throw out is that Boston does NOT like like New England. The other is that there are many places in New England that DON'T resemble Boston. Both are false. The Mill pics (don't travel to Dorchester too often, so I don't know if that's Upham's) remind me of Lowell and the Merrimack Valley...and vice-versa.

 

[Ron Newman]

However, the architecture of Lower Mills is quite different from most of Dorchester. It really is a little mill village of its own.

 

[BostonUrbEx]

I've never been to the Lower Mills area, these pics are really cool! Thanks for posting them!

 

[Boston02124]

Neponset circle 3 decker added on to

 

[Suffolk 83]

nep circle

 

[czsz]

PoMo triple decker!?