Damn, seeing St. Botolph Street's photos really hit home how this stretch of Boylston is finally filling up.
From 2005-7 I lived right here because I went to Berklee for part of that time, and my view was out directly onto this site. One would think between the highway traffic, local road traffic, and then Fenway patrons walking back and forth before and after games it would've been off the charts noisy and chaotic, but really it wasn't bad at all -- highway traffic only made a dull roar sound, and you'd be surprised just how quiet the Fenway crowds were most nights. And as far as apartment views go, I had one HELL of a vista to watch the city go about its daily animations, something I marveled at over and over for the nearly three years I was there.
So if you would indulge me, I went through the archives (crazy to see photos *I* took start to look freaking ancient) and pulled together a little collection of the site as seen from my apartment in different years and seasons.
May 2005 with people walking to an evening game
May 2006
March 2007
Handcuffs on the Fourth of July
Noon on August 2nd with people walking to a 1 pm game versus the Orioles
Later that day
And the following morning... I was about to move out so I was taking one shot per hour at the exact same angle for 24 hours
Finally, a friendly reminder of just how shitty this stretch of Boylston used to be