Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part XV (2021)

[Boston02124]

 

[DZH22]

3/6 from Waltham

Classic view

IMG_6894 by David Z, on Flickr

Newer stuff, with more moderately large buildings on the way.

IMG_6893 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Charlie_mta]

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The Avalon is looking better as the stark white cladding darkens a bit over time. I wish they could stain it a terra cotta color to hasten the process.

 

[Arenacale]

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Special Stage Route 5 vibes. I like it.

Thanks to both of you who will get that reference

 

[chrisbrat]

drove by this today. it's a pretty dramatically "active" and changing facade as you move along/past it. nice work.

 

[Subdivisions]

 

[Charlie_mta]

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Love those old B&M freight cars. Looks like the Fitchburg Line just west of Alewife Brook Parkway (with the Rindge Towers in the background). That's my old neighborhood.

 

[kz1000ps]

Up on the Clarendon Garage

 

[#bancars]

Up on the Clarendon Garage

I don't know if it's the lighting or just the buildings but these photos look like they were taken some time in the mid 1990s (and I don't mean that as a negative)!

 

[shawn]

I don't know if it's the lighting or just the buildings but these photos look like they were taken some time in the mid 1990s (and I don't mean that as a negative)!

That's exactly what I thought, to the point where I scanned the thread title to make sure I wasn't in Old Dirty Boston. These are great.

 

[kz1000ps]

Just messing around with a filter! I didn't have any particular vibe in mind, just liked what I saw and rolled with it.

But yeah, I can see that 1990s effect... there's a certain heaviness to the shadows of your typical consumer-grade film stocks back then, then throw in a slight purple or teal tint and you get that '90s snapshot look. Mine is purple-ish but with some browning in the highlights; call it "Burned Purple"

O/T: I wasn't trying to emulate this rando shot in my '80s-90s nostalgia folder but this is pretty much it... 1991 in all its glory:

 

[DZH22]

3/23 from Brookline

IMG_7041 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_7049 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[DZH22]

3/23

IMG_7054 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[kz1000ps]

 

[DZH22]

3/23

IMG_7060 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_7076 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Charlie_mta]

That first one looks like two different photos side-by-side.

 

[DZH22]

3/24

IMG_7270 by David Z, on Flickr

A couple from Lynn

IMG_7278 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_7279 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Boston02124]

 

[Boston02124]

 

[DZH22]

3/24 from Chelsea

IMG_7305 by David Z, on Flickr