Description: Whittier Place sign and high-rise buildings of Charles River Park. Brick buildings in North End. Laundry hangs from clothesline out window. Drago's Italian Bakery storefront and pizza sign. Prince building near waterfront. Environs near Commercial Street. Lobsters sign. All-day parking $2.25. Victorian houses on Ashmont Hill. Complex roof with eyebrow window, turret, balustrade on widow's walk. Mansards. Decrepit facades in Codman Square. Liquor store on Washington Street. “We Can” Neighborhood Improvement Association. Blackstone Park in South End. Housing project. Elevated orange line structure (no trains) runs down middle of street. Attached brick townhouses on Union Park. Rehabilitation in progress; building permit displayed in window. Ornate dormer, white iron balcony. St. Germain street sign. Gentrification, condominium development.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/14/1979
Description: Storefronts on Massachusetts Avenue, Columbus Avenue and Tremont Street in South End. Charlie's Sandwich Shop, Jerry's Mini-Mart, Skippy White's Records, Uncle Ned's Money to Loan, Jack's Men's Shop, Big John's Shanty Lounge. Looking down line of traffic driving underneath elevated orange line structure. Man lying in dilapidated doorway. Pass by boarded up brownstones. Beauty salon, liquor stores, laundry, travel agency. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Boston office. Regional Urban Design Assistance Team (RUDAT) group on rooftop surveys expanse of South End buildings to make planning recommendations.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/09/1980