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[BostonUrbEx]

Cool shots of the implosion there. I believe that was the last one this city has seen? I hope to see the Harbor Towers imploded some time soon.

 

[Shepard]

Pru Plaza, May 1979:

AntyDiluvian

Embarassing to ask, since I work in the Pru Tower, but where is this today?

 

[Boston02124]

brings back alot of memories,I was there when they blew up the Traveler's building and remember Macy's before it burnt down and was replaced,that picture of the combat zone show's Hayward pl. back then being vacant! Thanks for posting keep them coming!

 

[gooseberry]

Embarassing to ask, since I work in the Pru Tower, but where is this today?

This is now the garden courtyard thing on the Huntington Ave side of the Pru that was redesigned when 111 Huntington was built. I remember it looking pretty much like that picture back in the 90's.

 

[Ron Newman]

Shepard: probably today's South Garden?

 

[Lurker]

Other than the hottest days of summer that plaza was an unpleasant wind swept space that one could not occupy for very long comfortably.

 

[datadyne007]

This is now the garden courtyard thing on the Huntington Ave side of the Pru that was redesigned when 111 Huntington was built. I remember it looking pretty much like that picture back in the 90's.

Here's the aerial:

Interestingly enough, the only thing that has changed is the addition of the Belvidere Arcade, which cuts off street access to what is now Prudential Plaza III, and the Huntington Arcade, including 111 Huntington. The original squared edges of the original Prudential Plaza can still be seen near the tower:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=belvi...635,-71.081736&spn=0.002363,0.006357&t=h&z=18

Simple answer to Ron's question: It is that landscaped garden that is directly across from 111 Huntington in the Huntington Arcade. (Bounded by the Huntington, Belvidere, and Prudential Arcades.)

 

[PaulC]

Is that the turnpike on the right?

 

[datadyne007]

Is that the turnpike on the right?

It appears to be (see how the roads below create the exact same shape as ^). The bottom edge is Huntington Ave.

Btw - these images are from one of my all-time fav aB posts/threads:
Evolution of the Prudential Center

 

[JohnAKeith]

I'm confused. Which way is this pointing? What's the building in the back? Is this where the Buckminster is now? Or is it the opposite direction and that's where Miles Standish is?

 

[czsz]

It's def where the Buckminster is now.

Here's a rough Street View equivalent:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=bosto...CMLpm34pxcSt8UfR5ZG9pQ&cbp=12,256.65,,3,-2.66

 

[datadyne007]

Not sure why we're saying "now." It's always been the (Boston) Hotel Buckminster (except for the brief Hotel St George and the college phases).

 

[JohnAKeith]

Good to know, data. I think we were more about defining it by its sign since the old photo has something saying " junior college" on it.

BTW, that AntyDiluvian dude had some serious voyeurism problem.

 

[datadyne007]

Good to know, data. I think we were more about defining it by its sign since the old photo has something saying " junior college" on it.

I didn't even notice that it was taken during the college phase. Good eye! It was so brief, so this is actually a rare photo of Kenmore Sq past. The building has been there for ages.

Hotel Buckminster > Hotel St. George > Grahm Junior College > Boston Hotel Buckminster

BTW, that AntyDiluvian dude had some serious voyeurism problem.

No kidding! I saw his other albums and was like woaaaaaah...

 

[Ron Newman]

That's the south side of Kenmore Square, demolished to build the Hotel Commonwealth. Grahm had a couple other Kenmore buildings besides the Buckminster.

 

[czsz]

It wasn't totally demolished. Look at the Street View shot...only the dark brick buildings at the left of the old photo are now gone.

 

[Lurker]

BTW, that AntyDiluvian dude had some serious voyeurism problem.

The fact the guy has several "faves" categories photographing women obviously unaware of his lens is quite creepy. It's almost the internet version of One Hour Photo.

 

[kz1000ps]

Is that the turnpike on the right?

Sorry to get back so late, but to answer your question, yes it is. At the time that rendering was made (around 1960) they had broken the project up into phases, and what you see here is the first phase, while the eastern third of the site was essentially landbanked for phase two. Of couse, phase two happened so quickly after the first one that nobody makes the distinction between them any more.

 

[Charlie_mta]

North Station "el" and the old Union Railway which linked North and South Stations on the street level. Awesome urban grit and vitality.

 

[briv]

Causeway St. used to ooze with distinct character and urban vitality. It has become a no place.