Photo of the Day, Boston Style - Part Deux

[jass]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/jamesinclair/IMG_9031.jpg

[Boston02124]

^Nice reflection of the Greenway! As for those 3 low-rise buildings on the right,faceing the Greenay, they could be redeveloped,It was once rumored as a site for a 80 story tower when the TNP tower was 1st anounce,then the brick one in the middle was to get an 6 story addition.

[kennedy]

Beautiful shot!

[Patriots_1228]

Incredible picture! I definetely think boston should 'beautify' the facades of those really small low rise buildings. The upper 3 floors on that white white look dreadful. If they were to give some of those buildings facades like those you'd find on some of the smaller buildings in new york, that would look incredible.

[kz1000ps]

Those white buildings are the Richardson Block, and they're on the National Register of Historic Places, partly because 1) that white stuff is marble, a rarity for a commercial block, and 2) it was designed as a whole even though there were different owners for each building.

Besides that, they look great up close, even if they have been a bit mistreated.

[Boston02124]

^I use to go to the Photo Quick store in that Marble building every day for almost for over 12 years!I like the block just not the end that faces the Green Way,The brown Building should be stripped of its paint and a new front added to the middle building and the crown restored to the marble fronted building or a tall skinny tower would be a nice replacement IMO.

[commuter guy]

Although these low rise buildings could be aestheticaly restored and improved, I hope the parcels are not consolidated for another high rise. In this area of town they inject much needed relief to the Class A towers which lease most of their ground floor commercial space to chains. These "rustic" buildings contain locally owned retail, eating and drinking places (probably due relatively low rents for this area).

[tobyjug]

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/tobyjug_2008/L1120782.jpg

[pelhamhall]

"Our plan of the Public Garden, Boston, as it should be. Respectfully submitted to the city authorities. 1855"

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn302/pelhamhall/IMG_0341.jpg

This was created by urban planning activists! How many times can you ever say that Ms. Shirley Kressel "respectfully" gave her advice to city authorities on anything???????

[vanshnookenraggen]

Where did you find that? That is wonderful.

[Boston02124]

^great pix! There's another rendering out there that show's two towers at the entrance of the public gardens,anyone have a copy of that one?

[pelhamhall]

A guy who does home clean-outs/antiques found it in some widow's home in Hingham. There's not much information on it.

[jass]

Oh my God global warming has killed the back bay!

[GMACK24]

So what do you guys think of this one ? taken last night. - Please let me know. - Greg




Camera: Canon PowerShot A570 IS
Exposure: 15
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3578494608_c48da473a2_b.jpg

Link to Flick'r

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3578494608/

[tobyjug]

Wish I had your talent G-man.

[jass]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/jamesinclair/IMG_9386.jpg

[Charlie_mta]

^^ Great photo, but the scene could be downtown Houston.

[GMACK24]

Thank ya Toby : )

[Boston02124]

^Very nice I like how the lights meet the waters egde! Also the way the lit up Old North church and the Customs House stand out! ^

[joebos]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2440/3590833451_ce2124df06.jpg

[kz1000ps]

Pic from my old apartment... I miss it so

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4338/628.jpg

[joebos]

Hancock Garage. This is probably a boring image, but I loved the texture of the concrete with the lighting.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3305/3591641896_6a948a6d81_b.jpg

[Boston02124]

I think it's interesting!

[kennedy]

KZ that's a sick spot for an apartment!

[Beton Brut]

^ Nice shot, joe! As justin once said, concrete is a beautiful material because it records its own history; this is a great example.

[Boston02124]

Hanging at Havard! from storrow drive! http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/051-3.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/049-6.jpg

[Corey]

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5868/hotdogsboston2009.jpg

[KentXie]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/DarkFenxmon/DSC02185.jpg

[kz1000ps]

Enthralling!

[kz1000ps]

KZ that's a sick spot for an apartment!

Yes it was! You could hardly find a more unabashedly urban spot to live.. people, cars, buildings, mass transit, ambulances, fire trucks, Fenway fans.... My current place is too quiet. It's within city limits, but it may as well be Newton.

Here's a pano from the summer of '07:

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8318/mehome20052007.jpg

[Beton Brut]

^ Could have been even more urban if they built Boylston Square (http://www.archboston.org/community/showpost.php?p=46510&postcount=44).

[Boston02124]

Thats one ugly gash that should have been filled,Boylston Sq. would have been nice!

[kz1000ps]

An ugly gash yes, but it allowed for one hell of a view!

[Corey]

Seems like a prime spot for something to be built when the economy picks up again, I would imagine. I would love to live somewhere as urban as that.

Are touristy shots allowed in this thread? Oh well.

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/4945/oldstatehouseboston2009.jpg

[kennedy]

Those bricks look amazing against that background! Wow! I know Castevens (who hasn't posted in awhile it seems) has shot this a few times and done a great job of it. Touristy, maybe, but definitely photogenic.

[crash575]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3390/3623387846_c52f7c55ce_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crash575/3623387846/)
Charlestown from the bridge of the Navy's USS Samuel Roberts in port for the weekend. The sailors will be marching in the Bunker Hill parade tomorrow.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3624/3623409044_19daedfd98_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crash575/3623409044/)

[Boston02124]

great pix! A part of Boston we hardly see on here!

[Corey]

These two are through dirty windows on the downeaster, pardon the smudges

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/92/bostonfromtrain2summer2.jpg

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/1240/bostonfromtrainsummer20.jpg

[Charlie_mta]

^^The Archstone looks great in this photo. A nicely massed building, reminiscent of a 1930's New York skyscraper. But the two low rise buildings in the foreground a bit to the right are just hideous. They look like they're assembled from cheap plastic.

[johnpaul5]

The archstone looks like a soviet-era drab clunker to me.

[JSic]

^^The Archstone looks great in this photo. A nicely massed building, reminiscent of a 1930's New York skyscraper.
Yup, save for the lack of height - but I still like Archstone.

[vanshnookenraggen]

That second shot really looks like a lot of the newer stuff I've been seeing in Germany.

[Corey]

Tourists
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/171/quincymarketboston2009.jpg

[castevens]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3374/3637739984_cc775aa159_b.jpg taken moments ago

[KentXie]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/DarkFenxmon/Sky.jpg

[pelhamhall]

Kent - I love that picture! Thanks so much for sharing.

[kz1000ps]

At the Scooper Bowl last week:

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1765/img1100f.jpg

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2561/img1105l.jpg

[Boston02124]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/DarkFenxmon/Sky.jpg
great pix looks like a real skyline!

[Corey]

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4057/leavingonatrainbostonsu.jpg

[tobyjug]

It is interesting, which is enough. But what is it?

[Boston02124]

^he's on the train comeing into No.Station today while sitting at a redlight http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/040-6.jpg

[statler]

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x176/bstnstatler/AB/ba58e741.jpg

[jass]

a 7 minute walk

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/jamesinclair/IMG_1460.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/jamesinclair/IMG_1464.jpg

[vanshnookenraggen]

a 7 minute walk
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/jamesinclair/IMG_1464.jpg

Protip: Desaturate, boost the contrast, sharpen and a tighter crop will really bump the shot up a level.

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3148/jass1.jpg (http://img32.imageshack.us/i/jass1.jpg/)

Reminds me of this one I took a few years ago:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2222/2158547143_c46a0ea568.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanshnookenraggen/2158547143/)

[jass]

I dont like doing stuff to pictures.

[Boston02124]

this deary weather make's for some interesting pix's! 93 so.this morning http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/001-13.jpg

[vanshnookenraggen]

That looks like a still from a movie. kool

[Boston02124]

^thanks! More fog pix's from today http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/013-8.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/014-14.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/020-11.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/011-11.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/017-11.jpg

[briv]

do re mi fa so la si do
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/briv1/fairfield_newbury_south.jpg

[Suffolk 83]

amazing shot Briv

[Bos77]

From Grampian Way, Savin Hill-

http://bradys-doghouse.smugmug.com/photos/582584578_4NTBJ-M.jpg

http://bradys-doghouse.smugmug.com/photos/582585099_eVRj2-M.jpg

http://bradys-doghouse.smugmug.com/photos/582589665_G3CtX-M.jpg

http://bradys-doghouse.smugmug.com/photos/582590093_mK38y-M.jpg

[Boston02124]

wow! almost went there last nite was'nt sure if you could see them ,you answer that ? for me! great pix's!

[blade_bltz]

At the mercy of the sky (from June):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3701514818_65cf81d2c5_b.jpg

[Boston02124]

Malden wind turbine http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/060-3.jpg

[Justin7]

Looks lonely.

[Beton Brut]

Looks lonely.

It's a disquieting, painterly photo. Call it "One Month after People."

[Boston02124]

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/023-10.jpg

[Patriots_1228]

whats that white tower?

[Pierce]

fort hill in roxbury.... must be zoomed and cropped, where was that taken from? Blue Hills?

[Boston02124]

zoomed and cropped! from the Forest hills overpass

[JohnCostello]

Fort Hill is a water standpipe (i.e. watertower). Pipe was put in as part of the first expansion of the water supply out to what was then known as Long Lake. Long Lake sounded too boring so the body of water was renamed Lake Cochituate. Pipe went up around 1850. Cochituate was inadequate within 20 years so Wachusett was created out in Clinton and 50 years after that came Quabbin. I would love to see the ENF on building Quabbin today.

[kz1000ps]

Cleaning out my hard drive, I came across these similar views.... Boston:

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4808/img8415.jpg

And NYC, looking at Jersey City:

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/6808/img1406i.jpg

[vanshnookenraggen]

Don't get fooled, Jersey City is just as boring and inhuman as Kendall Sq.

[statler]

Boston.com - RAW Blog (http://www.boston.com/community/photos/raw/2009/07/august_contest_theme_architect.html) July 24, 2009
August contest
August contest theme: Architecture
Posted by Teresa Hanafin, Boston.com Staff July 24, 2009 12:54 PM

We're about to celebrate our one-year anniversary here at RAW, and we're thrilled with the success of the site -- and how so many of you have jumped in to participate, share your photos and tips, and make RAW what it is today.

I was thinking to myself that we all should be really proud of what we've built here ... and then it hit me: The theme for August should be Architecture -- photos of the built environment. Ah ha!

In addition, our friend Ponder This and others have suggested a contest in which the photos must be taken within the month of the competition. I've always thought that was a good idea to try as a way of getting us all out and about, so let's add that as a wrinkle this month.

So just two rules for August:

1. The photos entered in the contest must be of a human-made structure -- no natural architecture, no matter how stunning the Cliffs of Moher may be.

2. You have to take the photo in August of 2009. Make sure your camera's date and time settings are correct!

Other than that, anything goes. Your shots can be of interior or exterior architecture. Shoot old buildings or new buildings, commercial, industrial, houses, bridges, signs, fences, staircases, ceilings, arches, courtyards, public squares, fountains, statues.

Take landscapes that put the architecture in a large context, or close-ups of one small but fascinating detail. Shoot wide-angle or tight.

Include people for perspective or explanation, or not.

Shoot during the day or at night. Experiment with lighting and shadows -- both can lend drama to architecture.

The 4 Flickr tags this month are:
boston.com
contest
august2009
architecture

Here's more about how to enter. (http://www.boston.com/community/photos/raw/2008/07/enter_our_monthly_contests_1.html)

[castevens]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2518/3763868263_2198343950.jpg

probably best when viewed large
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beantown/3763868263/sizes/l/

[atlantaden]

Wow, very cool! Glad to see the "fog" machine is still working and the light sculptures...very nice!

[tobyjug]

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/tobyjug_2008/L1130745.jpg

[kz1000ps]

Don't get fooled, Jersey City is just as boring and inhuman as Kendall Sq.

Haha, for all the times I've stood on the BPC waterfront and looked at JC, not once have I thought, "gee, I wanna go over there and explore!"

[Pierce]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/2863387074_94e28aeb21_b.jpg

[Boston02124]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2518/3763868263_2198343950.jpg

probably best when viewed large
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beantown/3763868263/sizes/l/ Wow! I've never seen that before,very cool!

[jass]

Where is that?

And if we have any traffic engineers or construction people here....does that make any sense?

[Pierce]

Where is that?

Devonshire Street between the old statehouse and the Natl. Park Service office. It is from last summer, I imagine it was associated with the Blue Line Station work but I'm not sure--its probably gone by now.

[crash575]

what no one has a wallet sized dig safe color code card? You'll never look at spray paint on the road the same way again...


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2641/3770962864_50558cf721_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crash575/3770962864/)

[kz1000ps]

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/250/img8019.jpg

[Suffolk 83]

Wish I had a better camera to snap this with, plus not the clearest day.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/3775056155_b69d0ca3ef_b.jpg

[Boston02124]

Very nice where was this taken?

[Suffolk 83]

Granite Links, N Quincy. If my camera was decent, there'd be some spectacular pictures. I might try again on a clearer day.
In person, views are amazing of not just the city but the islands and the surrounding area.

[KentXie]

Someone did a really nice picture of Boston for the banner of SSC today. Did anyone of you take that shot and is there a higher res?

[joebos]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2530/3779248914_49e0fe5797_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3501/3780169756_c75b1a8c13.jpg

[kz1000ps]

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/9587/img8555a.jpg

[kz1000ps]

I love this vista. Hell, I love the whole area.

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/4916/img8861.jpg

[Justin7]

Great picture, kz.

Who actually gets to park here? Seems like this could be a nice public space if it wasn't a parking lot. Same goes for Central St. itself.

[Boston02124]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2530/3779248914_49e0fe5797_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3501/3780169756_c75b1a8c13.jpg nice pix of One Back Bay, almost looks like a model of the building

[Lurker]

That's the parking and drop off zone for the Custom's House Hotel/Condominiums.

[GMACK24]

Seaport District @ Night

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2658/3760710512_766625619e.jpg

[GMACK24]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3760710512/

[Boston02124]

A few here and there while driving yesterday http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/020-19.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/029-11.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/035-12.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/009-18.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/030-19.jpg

[castevens]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2589/3790189471_fb592d103a_b.jpg

[vanshnookenraggen]

I was looking through your Flickr and was blown away. Your stuff is so good.

[pelhamhall]

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn302/pelhamhall/IMG_0568.jpg

I was going to rotate the picture, but kind of liked the funkiness of it this way.

[cden4]

Where's Denny Crane's balcony?

[Boston02124]

I like the 500 Boylston pix! today from camb. http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/087-3.jpg

[Corey]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9491/pruthievesaugustboston2.jpg

[DZH22]

From my friend's roofdeck in Chelsea

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/Boston%20Skyline%20Pics%20Summer%2009/IMG_0911.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/Boston%20Skyline%20Pics%20Summer%2009/IMG_0930.jpg

[JSic]

^Nice; that is my favorite view of the skyline. From that vantage point the downtown and Back Bay skylines look somewhat continuous.

[Boston02124]

my favorite veiw also!

[kz1000ps]

LOL, this was fun...

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5902/dscn1678tst.jpg

[castevens]

I was looking through your Flickr and was blown away. Your stuff is so good.

Thanks, Vans. But you have the photographer's eye, something I cannot "learn." I have never had the "eye," but I've taught myself the technical know-how enough to take a "good picture." I really do wish I had the eye, though. Thanks for the kind words, but I must say I am jealous of your photography every time I look at it.

[GMACK24]

August of 08 Skyline

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2483/3808152394_774eb8db12.jpg

[Lrfox]

KZ, you getting chauffeured to/from your condo at the Mandarin? funny shot... I had to look twice to realize the vehicle wasn't on the road.

[kz1000ps]

Haha, yup!

No, my band played on the front plaza of the Pru Saturday,and we got to drive up onto the plaza to load our gear in and out. What you see is us leaving at the end of it all. The people's reactions to seeing a car on the sidewalk there were PRICELESS.

[Boston02124]

today from Roxbury http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/050-13.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/047-6.jpg

[kz1000ps]

That first photo is fantastic!

[Boston02124]

thanks I'm a fan of your pix's too!

[Boston02124]

driveing down the pike today http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/013-17.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/014-25.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/015-25.jpg then 93 south http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/018-17.jpg

[Corey]

^Those are some dramatic clouds (fog? smoke?)


http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2339/backalleybostonaugust20.jpg

[KentXie]

I remember the fog. Walked right into it today while crossing the RKG. Felt like being in a game of Silent Hill.

Here's a shot from my gf's camera phone:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/DarkFenxmon/of50480360.jpg

[GMACK24]

yeah the Fog looked like fire / smoke yesterday

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3577/3813227223_0b37903af9.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3813227223/

[Boston02124]

Yeah I thought something was on fire at 1st too! Wish I had time to park and take some better pix's!

[pelhamhall]

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn302/pelhamhall/IMG_0566.jpg

[Boston02124]

wtf were you doing hanging outside of an airplane??

[Lurker]

That's perfectly normal in some professions.

[GMACK24]

While most people were asleep during this event.

I shot these amazing vessels at Night

Please let me know what you think ! !

TY ! !


Sagres - Sail Boston 2009

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3700352934/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/3700352934_5b6d768ec3.jpg

Mircea - Sail Boston 2009

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3699539421/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3457/3699539421_d492d7cf21.jpg



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3700342106_51c00a4c72.jpg

Kruzenshtern - Sail Boston 2009

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3700342106/

[Boston02124]

you do know how to work a camera at nite,thanks these are great!

[GMACK24]

^^^

ha ha Thank you very much. I work 1PM - 9PM so I am naturally a night owl.

I have my kids till 11:30 then I need to leave Raynham to be into Boston by 12:30 so I can park in Southie and walk over to Financial District.

Doesn't leave me much time to take pics during the day : ) Thanks again ! ! !

[DZH22]

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/Boston%20from%20Parking%20garages%20etc%20Aug%2009/IMG_1848.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/Boston%20from%20Parking%20garages%20etc%20Aug%2009/IMG_1884.jpg

[crash575]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2426/3823402882_204f733fd5_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crash575/3823402882/)

[Arborway]

Decided to do a test roll on a 35mm camera body I swapped out the other day in a warranty replacement. I eagerly sent the roll out to be processed and scanned. This came back. I love the way film can look without any post-processing.

http://images.stunningabsurdity.com/archboston/misc/shipplane1.jpg

[DZH22]

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/Misc%20Boston%20Pics/IMG_1993.jpg

[tobyjug]

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/tobyjug_2008/6771_102994023043976_10000000135649.jpg

[DZH22]

Toby do you have a bigger version of that?

[tobyjug]

It is a crappy lunch time cell phone photo. When I get home I will try to massage it!

[DZH22]

^^ hope to see it bigger!

Saturday from Blue Hills

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/Boston%20Skyline%20Pics%20Summer%2009/IMG_1970.jpg

[GMACK24]

Hit up some roofs last night for the first time. A good time was had by all.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3833663966/
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/3833663966_b126b6fe64.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3832871233/
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3496/3832871233_d33f8f0306.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3832887719/
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2622/3832887719_d2706cbc5d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3833679136/
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2624/3833679136_77b24f2b4c.jpg

[JoeGallows]

Figured this was the best place for this:

While stumbling through links on Wikipedia, I found that one of the towers from the old Fitchburg Railway Depot, demolished in the mid to late 1920's to make way for the Boston Garden, made its way to Truro, on the Outer Cape (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.034645,-70.055288&t=h&sll=42.034524,-70.055265&sspn=0.002861,0.004823&ie=UTF8&ll=42.034524,-70.055265&spn=0.002861,0.004823&z=18). Now called Jenny Lind Tower, the story goes that Jenny Lind (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lind) sang to an adorning crowd from one of the station's towers, as the concert was completely sold out. In 1927 a fan of hers who owned the land in Truro had the tower reconstructed out there.

The former station:
http://imgur.com/FBgK1.jpg

The lone tower today:
http://imgur.com/OLuGY.jpg

A bit more information (http://www.mychatham.com/highlandlight.html).

[Boston02124]

nice was in Truro yesterday beautiful place! nice find thanks!

[kz1000ps]

beautiful Sunday:

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1448/pano20090816memdrive2.jpg

[DZH22]

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/IMG_2158.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/IMG_2337.jpg

[Boston02124]

Todays storm http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/095-7.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/096-3.jpg

[DZH22]

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Maybe/IMG_2032.jpg

[Boston02124]

6pm yesterday http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/103-6.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/102-6.jpg

[Corey]

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2528/statueboston2009.jpg

[DZH22]

^^Nice pic, where is that?

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/IMG_2305.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Maybe/IMG_2054.jpg

[vanshnookenraggen]

Old City Hall, right?

[Corey]

^Yep, in front of Old City Hall

Across the river, I would live in this ugly building for the nice views it must have:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7748/cambridge1augustboston2.jpg

[Ron Newman]

I think that's an MIT graduate dorm?

[Bos77]

Fringes of Hurricane Bill from Castle Island:
http://bradys-doghouse.smugmug.com/photos/627685628_Pkuus-M.jpg

http://bradys-doghouse.smugmug.com/photos/627685770_ERtp6-M.jpg

[DZH22]

Ugly Boston?

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Maybe/IMG_2057.jpg

Hmmm.....
On second thought!

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Maybe/IMG_2342.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Clock/IMG_2135.jpg

[bostoncitywalk]

A few from the other day:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3540/3848703170_65e1498f24_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bostoncitywalk/3848703170/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2637/3852348392_fca4e9c471_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bostoncitywalk/3852348392/)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bostoncitywalk/

[DZH22]

^^ That second picture is a great shot of the State House!

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Maybe/IMG_2115.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Maybe/IMG_2316.jpg

[DZH22]

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Maybe/IMG_2137.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Maybe/IMG_2220.jpg

[Boston02124]

Today on Broad st http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/247-3.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/242-3.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/243-4.jpg

[kennedy]

Really like the middle one!

[Boston02124]

thanks I needed to be a little taller to get the clock I'm 6'4" not tall enough lol! today http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/006-20.jpg

[bostoncitywalk]

Taken last weekend:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3542/3861392838_298c3ab38c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bostoncitywalk/3861392838/)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bostoncitywalk/

[KentXie]

Last week:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/DarkFenxmon/DSC02439.jpg

[Padre Mike]

^I hope no one thinks this is "fun". The soap messes up fountain mechanisms big-time and could easily become a reason to shut down a fountain permanently. Thanks for the pic, but no thanks to the idiot who put in the soap.

[statler]

^^ So do you think it was a prank or just a misguided 'official' event?

[tobyjug]

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/tobyjug_2008/L1140026.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/tobyjug_2008/L1140030.jpg

[Boston02124]

^100 Summer st?

[tobyjug]

Good eye! (Perhaps this belongs in the "Love" thread, but, after years of hatred for it, I have come to love 100 Summer St. I like its 3 box massing, its rust like exterior. I like it that Boston high rise developers stopped building in this finish, giving this building a "specimen" quality. I miss the Lollipop too! Give me back my damned Lollipop!)

[kz1000ps]

Can't say 100 Summer does anything for me... I laid out in the "Power 5" thread that I like One Boston Place, and that's about the only building in Boston in that "Cor-ten is king" style that I like.
__________________________________________

So I just got a new camera to replace my older one, which was felled by an incident involving a dog and a body of water (grrrrrrr), and I just moved from the downstairs apartment in a duplex to the upstairs one. Here's the view:

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5056/pruz.jpg

What's cool about it is that the bright white light at left is the Prudential Center and 111 Huntington... the trees naturally create just enough of a clearing for us to have this view, 4 1/2 miles out:

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3295/prucloseup.jpg

[Boston02124]

I have the same view in dorchester,but only in the winter! TODAY FROM EAST BOSTON http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/097-5.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/148-2.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/130-3.jpg

[czsz]

1. I love the first shot. As if there were an airport in a tranquil New England fishing village.

2. Good god, what is that Stalinist Jesus shrine?

3. What is that island with the massive cliff?

[Ron Newman]

2. That's the Madonna Queen Shrine in Orient Heights.

3. That's East Boston?! Where?

[Beton Brut]

2. That's the Madonna Queen Shrine in Orient Heights.

A fascinating and terrifying place (http://www.donorioneusa.org/madonna/index.htm), a short walk from my home...

3. That's East Boston?! Where?

The island with the escarpment may be Spectacle Island, recently capped with millions of cubic yards of Big Dig dirt. Might be wrong on this...

[briv]

It looks like Peddocks Island, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be able to see it from E Boston, although I could be wrong. Peddocks' eastern side looks like cliffs, but it's actually severe erosion which occured overnight, during a single storm -- the 1991 nor'easter, aka, Pefect Storm. It simply washed away a huge chunk of the eastern portion of the island. There's no rock there, its basically just sand.

If the photo was taken from E Boston, Im guessing its one of the Brewsters. I thought they were rockier though.

[Boston02124]

maybe this shot will help it's right off of winthrop http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/1333.jpg

[statler]

Some nice shots in this, anyone from here?

Boston.com (http://www.boston.com/community/photos/raw/2009/09/vote_for_your_favorite_august.html)
Vote for your favorite 'Architecture' photos
Posted by Teresa Hanafin, Boston.com Staff September 8, 2009 12:02 PM

It's time to vote for the best Architecture photos out of the 50 finalists as chosen by our judge, Bruno Debas. The top 3 finishers win gift cards worth $100 for First Place, $50 for Second, and $25 for Third.

Vote using our Voting Machine below. Be sure to use the small bar on the right to scroll down to see all the photos. Cursor over the photos to see them a little bigger; click to get a large size. Use the X in the upper right corner to close them.

Click and drag your choices into the numbered boxes at the top, and hit the "Cast vote" button. You'll see a popup box that acknowledges your vote (if you don't see it, it's because it's up higher on the page).

Since we didn't post the VM until Tuesday, my new BFF Jim has convinced me to leave voting open an extra day. Voting will end at 4 p.m. Friday (Sept. 11); we'll post the winning photos on Monday.

[Boston02124]

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/012-27.jpg It's newly painted top http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/011-23.jpg

[czsz]

"A good man for a great city"

Doesn't a great city deserve a great man?

[Beton Brut]

"Hey, man, you don't talk to the Colonel. You listen to him. The man's enlarged my mind. He's a poet-warrior in the classic sense. I mean sometimes he'll... uh... well, you'll say "hello" to him, right? And he'll just walk right by you. He won't even notice you. And suddenly he'll grab you, and he'll throw you in a corner, and he'll say, "do you know that 'if' is the middle word in life? If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you"... I mean I'm no, I can't... I'm a little man, I'm a little man, he's... he's a great man. I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across floors of silent seas...

.

[Pierce]

3. What is that island with the massive cliff?


Great Brewster Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Brewster_Island)

[GMACK24]

A Foggy Night in Boston.

Drove around took a bunch of night shots last week.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2584/3909711974_f3df9f8716_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3909711974/

[Boston02124]

very nice! the city looks so much better at nite!

[czsz]

Fantastic! I'd rather see that as the image at the top of Boston's Wikipedia page than the current boring shot of the Back Bay skyline. Several major cities have similar montages - see Beijing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing) for example.

[Chessplayer]

Boston used to have one - don't know why it was changed.

[GMACK24]

Thanks guys ! ! !

[bostoncitywalk]

Two from this past weekend:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2484/3937327263_8261e8546d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bostoncitywalk/3937327263/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3442/3947016919_12489c4681_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bostoncitywalk/3947016919/)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bostoncitywalk/

[Boston02124]

nice and crisp!

[JSic]

I always loved that view of the Millenium Towers closing in that end of Washington St from Downtown Crossing.

[vanshnookenraggen]

Both of those are great pics and the one of Milleneum Towers perfectly illustrates why I think they are the best development in the last decade.

[bostoncitywalk]

Thanks Van!

Here are two more Boston shots from last night -- my favorite view of the pru:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3514/3971030504_3a5845f9b3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bostoncitywalk/3971030504/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3458/3970259333_e6fb675e2f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bostoncitywalk/3970259333/)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bostoncitywalk/

[Boston02124]

very nice needs more towers though!

[Boston02124]

today from camb http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/014-9.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/022-5.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/019-7.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/015-9.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/006-3.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/008-6.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/011-7.jpg

[vanshnookenraggen]

Is that a wind turbine in Everett?

[Beton Brut]

^^ I think it's the one in Chelsea (http://www.ironworkersdcne.org/news/LU7FGTurbinesChelseaPart2030808WEB/index.htm), near Forbes Park (http://forbeslofts.com/) at the head of the Creek.

[czsz]

We need more of those around here. And not just in Nantucket Sound.

[KentXie]

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/011-7.jpg

From that angle, it almost doesn't even seem like Boston has a skyline.

[bostonbred]

THIS is wHAT i am seeing:

http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss226/bostonbred/L1140634.jpg

[Boston02124]

The two small turbines in this pix pop up recently http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/006-3.jpg

[atlrvr]

Christmas Day 2007.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3448/3975357557_00ef3366fc_o.jpg

[Boston02124]

luv the backs of these old buildings http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/013-7.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/012-10.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/011-8.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/024-5.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/041-4.jpg

[Lrfox]

"fuckswine," indeed.

great pics as usual though.

A few days ago:
http://img01.imagefra.me/img/img01/2/10/5/f_m1tv1cum_817c4a9.jpg (http://imagefra.me/)

[Mike02125]

This is the view from the Bunker Hill monument. After being on the roof of the Hancock... less impressive, but still nice!

http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy179/Mike02125/IMG_0672.jpg

[GMACK24]

luv the backs of these old buildings http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/013-7.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/012-10.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/011-8.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/024-5.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/041-4.jpg

Awesome photos ! ! !

some of my best climbing were done on those fire escap. I mean... er. em.. ha ha ha

Great photos again : )

[Boston02124]

And what were you doing out there lol! thanks! here a few more from today! http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/024-6.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/026-5.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/040-6.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/027-4.jpg

[pelhamhall]

This shot of the Old Hancock Tower was taken from within the New Hancock Tower - not sure what floor, appears to be around the 7th floor?

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn302/pelhamhall/DSC01750.jpg

[Boston02124]

today from JFK http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/0166.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/017-6.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/018-6.jpg beautiful Dorchester bay http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/019-8.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/020-7.jpg

[armpitsOFmight]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2440/3979463240_48c338797d_b.jpg

[armpitsOFmight]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/3979506964_68999eafdd_b.jpg

[statler]

^^Nice. Looks like it could be a Hopper painting.

[Charlie_mta]

Armpitsof might,

Your photograph is fantastic. I took the liberty of altering it to remove the traffic signal poles. My apologies, but it is only for my own desktop backround:

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr354/Charliemta/s_boston-1.jpg?t=1255374501

[armpitsOFmight]

^^yeah that does make it look better! Did you use photoshop, gimp, or iPhoto? Did you also reduce the shadows?

[Charlie_mta]

I used only MS Paint. Glad you like it.

[armpitsOFmight]

http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr279/jrlevi01/DSC00310.jpg

[Shepard]

I used only MS Paint. Glad you like it.

<spits out coffee> WHOA. </spits out coffee>. How? Pixel by pixel?

[Boston02124]

nice pixs but that empty lawn looks more like a future constuction site than it dos'e a park

[armpitsOFmight]

I think from this angle the Greenway looks fine.

[armpitsOFmight]

Time
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr279/jrlevi01/DSC00332.jpg

Bench
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr279/jrlevi01/DSC00411.jpg

Alley
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr279/jrlevi01/DSC00425.jpg

Sky
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr279/jrlevi01/DSC00440.jpg

Boston is Bricks
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr279/jrlevi01/DSC00341.jpg

Urban Patterns
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr279/jrlevi01/UrbanPatterns.jpg

Urban Desert
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr279/jrlevi01/DSC00094.jpg

[Charlie_mta]

Charlie_mta:
"I used only MS Paint. Glad you like it."
Shepard:
"<spits out coffee> WHOA. </spits out coffee>. How? Pixel by pixel?"

It wasn't that difficult, due to the repitition from adjoining areas for copying and pasting. I have a talent for that exacting kind of work, being a civil engineer and an artist.

I just had to get those damned traffic signals out of the way to make it look a true period piece. It's on my desk top now. Armpitsofmight created that photo, and its a beauty.

[kz1000ps]

NEVER underestimate the power of mspaint.exe

[briv]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/4008066519_671142473e_o.jpg

[statler]

Wow. Seems surreal.

[czsz]

Christian Science Plaza landscape: like the Vatican crash-landed in Toronto.

[unterbau]

shorpy posted a great photo of North station today:

http://imgur.com/hITnB.jpg
click-through for full sizehttp://www.shorpy.com/node/6981

[kennedy]

THAT is North Station?! And now we have the new Garden shit?! Goddamnit Boston. That building is beautiful. I want it rebuilt. Now.

When I eventually get accepted to, study, and graduate from architecture school (of course, that's the plan right now,) I'm dedicating my practice to the research and design of these types of buildings. Classical architecture. Early 20th/Late 19th century architecture. Brick and stone. Thick walls. Details. And of course I'll have my own contemporary tastes, but there's no reason they can't be incorporated into that style.

Hopefully by the time I'm out of school, some of these buildings will still exist.

[Ron Newman]

That's the old old North Station, which was torn down to build the old Boston Garden in the late 1920s. The photo is at least a century old, as it predates construction of the Causeway Street elevated Green Line.

[cden4]

Now we are left with boring generic buildings in much of the area. Why did buildings in the early 20th century have so much architectural detail, while the buildings of today are so boring and cheap-looking? Even background apartment buildings had a lot of interest to them. Was the profit motive not as strong at the turn of the century? Was it really more expensive to include these details?

[briv]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/4011012759_96f9a2fa3a_o.jpg

[vanshnookenraggen]

/\ Awesome! /\

Where is that?

[briv]

Thanks. It's Northpoint in Cambridge.

[Corey]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/4011012759_96f9a2fa3a_o.jpg

Very nice, Briv!

[unterbau]

THAT is North Station?! And now we have the new Garden shit?! Goddamnit Boston. That building is beautiful. I want it rebuilt. Now.

When I eventually get accepted to, study, and graduate from architecture school (of course, that's the plan right now,) I'm dedicating my practice to the research and design of these types of buildings. Classical architecture. Early 20th/Late 19th century architecture. Brick and stone. Thick walls. Details. And of course I'll have my own contemporary tastes, but there's no reason they can't be incorporated into that style.

Hopefully by the time I'm out of school, some of these buildings will still exist.

Honestly, North Station is a pretty underwhelming structure.

[kz1000ps]

Great shot, Briv. It put me on the verge of liking that building.

Twofer Wednesday:

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4420/img1943n.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/722/img2194c.jpg

[jass]

Winchester (Whipple Hill Reservation Pond)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/jamesinclair/IMG_3382-1.jpg

[atlantaden]

Now we are left with boring generic buildings in much of the area. Why did buildings in the early 20th century have so much architectural detail, while the buildings of today are so boring and cheap-looking? Even background apartment buildings had a lot of interest to them. Was the profit motive not as strong at the turn of the century? Was it really more expensive to include these details?

How could the beautifully detailed cathederals and castles in medieval Europe and later during the Renaissance get built when money was so scarce??? Cheap labor...very cheap labor! Why did the textile mills and shoe factories leave New England for the South? Cheap labor!! Why do so many of our goods come from China and not made in the USA??? Yep, cheap labor.

[kz1000ps]

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8340/img2196i.jpg

[GMACK24]

Shooting a movie scene a few weeks ago near FP3. They transformed a former firehouse into an "Active" firehouse for the movie.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2647/3968452135_dd73e52900.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3968452135/

[Boston02124]

nice^ this morning http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/075-6.jpg

[czsz]

Sweet! I LOVE that blur. Can we get a nomination thread going for photo of the year?

Is that the Beacon Park yard that's slated to go?

[DZH22]

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/Boston%20Oct%2021%202009/IMG_3087.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/Boston%20Oct%2021%202009/IMG_3094.jpg

[vanshnookenraggen]

That is a very handsome skyline right there.

[stick n move]

being from boston i like to see that boston gets appreciation from new yorkers because you sir have the most amazing skyline on earth

[Boston02124]

Sweet! I LOVE that blur. Can we get a nomination thread going for photo of the year?

Is that the Beacon Park yard that's slated to go?
Thanks! yep thats Beacon yards more from that day
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/038-11.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/040-11.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/041-13.jpg

[DZH22]

^^^ Sweet view. I love the versatility of Boston's skyline.

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/Boston%20Oct%2021%202009/IMG_3111.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/Boston%20Oct%2021%202009/IMG_3081.jpg

[Shepard]

I wish I had taken this an hour or so earlier.

From halfway up the Pru.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4656/reflecting.jpg

[kz1000ps]

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8301/img2167x.jpg

[Boston02124]

today from Logan http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/087-3.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/092-3.jpg and from the pike west bound http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/0266.jpg

[kz1000ps]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9553/img2492q.jpg

[Ron Newman]

That photo could start a small discussion. I never saw this area before the tunnel was built, but the tunnel both facilitates and obstructs pedestrian circulation in the area. Facilitates, by connecting the Science Center plaza directly to the north gate of Harvard Yard, removing any intervening street traffic. Obstructs, by forcing all pedestrians to use this path and making it hard to walk any other direction (such as from Johnston Gate to the Harvard Epworth Church).

Anyone know where I can find photos of what this area looked like before the tunnel?

[Shepard]

Foliage city

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/7759/foliage2.jpg

[jass]

Central Boston:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/jamesinclair/IMG_3416-1.jpg

OK, its not all bad.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/jamesinclair/IMG_3420-1.jpg

[vanshnookenraggen]

Central Boston:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/jamesinclair/IMG_3416-1.jpg


Rochester is really pretty in the ... fall.


OK, its not all bad.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/jamesinclair/IMG_3420-1.jpg

This is such a beautiful bock, marred by the 4-lane highway that is Mass Ave. I really would have liked to have seen it before, when it was a posh residential street.

[Ron Newman]

I don't recognize the first photo -- where is it?

[saulblum]

I don't recognize the first photo -- where is it?

Looks like Melnea Cass Boulevard near 93.

[jass]

I don't recognize the first photo -- where is it?

Slightly to the left of this (thats mass ave on the right)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/jamesinclair/IMG_3415.jpg

[czsz]

"Melena Cass Boulevard" looks and sounds like something that should be in LA or Phoenix. It should be be totally redeveloped and renamed something classy or at least Boston-y ("Cassway"? "Cass Ave"?)

[Lurker]

Melena Cass was a very important woman in the city. She deserves a street named after her. The anti-urban light industrial joke of a master plan dating back to the I-695 and "Campus High-School" which became Madison Park H.S. needs to be shredded and replaced with something congruent with the original South End grid. Ideally, it should be another, albeit better planned as an avenue, Mass Ave.

[Boston02124]

Took this last nite now we're talking about it hmm? http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn80/boston02124/boston%20skyline/039-6.jpg