Boston in the Seventies - Page 11

czsz · 02-02-2011, 05:47 PM

"We Eccept Food Stamps"

Awesome.

Beton Brut · 02-02-2011, 08:31 PM

^ +1

Love the shots of Brookline Village. Even my horrible office building made the cut.

kz1000ps · 02-02-2011, 10:48 PM

I've never been able to decide whether I love or hate those globe trees.

Boston02124 · 02-03-2011, 08:51 AM

depends on how much bird shit was on them ,thats how I remember them covered in bird shit!

JohnAKeith · 02-03-2011, 11:03 AM

Apparently we celebrated the Fourth of July and Christmas on the same day back in the '70's? I can't tell what time of year it is from this photo.

There's not much you can draw in conclusion from this one photo. Yes, it's very busy and yes, every single person looks to be Caucasian. Compare this to today (well, not today, but maybe another day?).

Considering that Filene's is closed, that other shops are boarded up, that the downtown retail market has been further displaced into the suburbs, is it any wonder we consider DTX to be "underutilized"?

I'm not sure any of the types of people in that photo will be coming back to DTX. In the future, it will be business workers, kids from Roxbury and Dorchester, and college kids. And condo/apartment owners scuttling back into their homes at One Franklin.

datadyne007 · 02-03-2011, 11:29 AM

I'm pretty sure Filene's kept the flags up year round.

KentXie · 02-03-2011, 01:19 PM

That kid on the left is wearing a T-shirt. I would say that this is either early Spring or around Thanksgiving.

statler · 02-03-2011, 01:43 PM

I was thinking it was probably an unseasonably warm day in Nov/Dec.

Beton Brut · 02-03-2011, 02:34 PM

Then

Now (best I could do).

Ron Newman · 02-03-2011, 02:40 PM

Didn't the town of Brookline decide to remove that bridge? Why is it still there?

Beton Brut · 02-03-2011, 03:55 PM

I ask myself the question frequently, Ron. Significant work has and continues to take place on the building, but the bridge remains, in a disused and nonfunctional state. I asked a colleague in our facilities department some months ago, when the renovation and addition work began, and he didn't know either.

jass · 02-03-2011, 09:46 PM

Why is it not used?

02-02-2011, 05:47 PM	#201
czsz Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 5,966	Re: Boston in the Seventies "We Eccept Food Stamps" Awesome.

02-02-2011, 08:31 PM	#202
Beton Brut Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Orient Heights Posts: 3,133	Re: Boston in the Seventies ^ +1 Love the shots of Brookline Village. Even my horrible office building made the cut.

02-02-2011, 10:48 PM	#203
kz1000ps Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oak Square Posts: 4,761	Re: Boston in the Seventies I've never been able to decide whether I love or hate those globe trees. __________________ Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.

02-03-2011, 08:51 AM	#204
Boston02124 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dorchester/Boston Posts: 3,681	Re: Boston in the Seventies depends on how much bird shit was on them ,thats how I remember them covered in bird shit!

02-03-2011, 11:03 AM	#205
JohnAKeith Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 2,646	Re: Boston in the Seventies Apparently we celebrated the Fourth of July and Christmas on the same day back in the '70's? I can't tell what time of year it is from this photo. There's not much you can draw in conclusion from this one photo. Yes, it's very busy and yes, every single person looks to be Caucasian. Compare this to today (well, not today, but maybe another day?). Considering that Filene's is closed, that other shops are boarded up, that the downtown retail market has been further displaced into the suburbs, is it any wonder we consider DTX to be "underutilized"? I'm not sure any of the types of people in that photo will be coming back to DTX. In the future, it will be business workers, kids from Roxbury and Dorchester, and college kids. And condo/apartment owners scuttling back into their homes at One Franklin.

02-03-2011, 11:29 AM	#206
datadyne007 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 3,076	Re: Boston in the Seventies I'm pretty sure Filene's kept the flags up year round.

02-03-2011, 01:19 PM	#207
KentXie Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Charlestown Posts: 2,510	Re: Boston in the Seventies That kid on the left is wearing a T-shirt. I would say that this is either early Spring or around Thanksgiving.

02-03-2011, 01:43 PM	#208
statler Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Approaching a City Posts: 5,658	Re: Boston in the Seventies I was thinking it was probably an unseasonably warm day in Nov/Dec.

02-03-2011, 02:34 PM	#209
Beton Brut Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Orient Heights Posts: 3,133	Re: Boston in the Seventies Then Now (best I could do).

02-03-2011, 02:40 PM	#210
Ron Newman Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Davis Square, Somerville, MA Posts: 7,916	Re: Boston in the Seventies Didn't the town of Brookline decide to remove that bridge? Why is it still there?

02-03-2011, 03:55 PM	#211
Beton Brut Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Orient Heights Posts: 3,133	Re: Boston in the Seventies I ask myself the question frequently, Ron. Significant work has and continues to take place on the building, but the bridge remains, in a disused and nonfunctional state. I asked a colleague in our facilities department some months ago, when the renovation and addition work began, and he didn't know either.

02-03-2011, 09:46 PM	#212
jass Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,028	Re: Boston in the Seventies Why is it not used?

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