Ideal apartment for Celtics, Bruins fans
By adamg - 3/10/10 - 9:01 pm
Given all that's happpened over the past five decades between Leverett Circle and Causeway Street, it's kind of amazing that this West End holdover on 900 square feet of land at 42 Lomasney Way behind the Garden is not only still standing but still occupied. And it's mere steps away from the West End memorial wall that few people see, given how it forms part of the ramp from 93 to the circle (the engraving was so big I couldn't fit it all into a single shot - it ends "... of heaven"):
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Wow.
I always wondered about this building. I mean, how much rent can this guy be getting here? I assume people have offered over at least a million for this thing am I right?
Lomasney's Legacy
Nevermind the building.
Lomasney left one of the greatest political quotes ever-
"Never write if you can speak; never speak if you can nod; never nod if you can wink."
...and don't forget, it it
...and don't forget, if it wasn't for him, the Ward 8 cocktail never would have been created!
I love this building and have
I love this building and have always wondered about the owners/residents and the story behind it still being there.
Some years ago I did some
Some years ago I did some light research in an attempt to find out the story, and I came up almost completely empty. Rumors among long-time locals held that the property owner was mobbed up, and was somehow able to turn those connections into an exemption from the bulldozing of the West End, but that was obviously impossible to verify.
Wow!
I can't believe that building's still there! I actually went to a party at one of the apartments there, back in about 1974 or 75.
I walk by here almost every
I walk by here almost every day and it seems to me that the phrase written on that Big Dig wall would really piss me off if I were one of the thousands displaced when the BRA bulldozed the West End. The neighborhood IS in heaven. They killed it good. 42 Lamosney stands there like a tombstone.
And yeah, there has to be quite some story explaining how it escaped the dozers.
funny thing - as you approach
funny thing - as you approach the building in Google View, the big sign on the building suddenly changes.
Good catch
Changes as you approach, then back again after the dogleg.
Streetview is rolling out the
Streetview is rolling out the high def images in Boston, right now, only the intersections have it. It allows for fun time travel all around the city
Also see City's concrete response to cars wrecking greenspace
The street map view also illuminates the City's lack of response to cars wrecking that little greenspace.
You can see how a car, lacking permitting for a parking space, consistently parks there by driving up the sidewalk.
You can also see that in one image, there is a lovely landscaped grassy area. A series of cars and trucks regularly parked there last year (I witnessed Sheriffs employees parking there), completely wrecking the grass, leaving a messy rutted, destroyed area. Instead of just ticketing, towing, and charging for the damage, the City dropped hideous jersey barriers there instead.
It's this guy's property, he
It's this guy's property, he can do whatever he wants there.
Character House
Or, in this case, Character brownstone.
I was amused to see site plans posted when I was wandering around Vancouver. When they develop downtown buildings into a denser urban landscape, they save older buildings by moving them to the side, fixing them up, and giving them nice landscaping. These are listed on the site plans as "character houses" - usually stuff with some historic significance, or pre 1920.
I could be wrong
But I think it's office space now. I vaguely remember seeing a Verizon sign on the front door but I could be mistaken.
The city should encourage the
The city should encourage the construction of similar buildings on the vacant lots, parking lots, and new useless landscaped areas nearby.
I agree, boblothrope
What a shame that the city makes all these excuses for why there's a housing shortage, while they could be using vacant lots, parking lots, abandoned warehouses and vacant landscapes for the construction of additional housing, instead of driving longtime city residents out.
Skinny..
This building was owned by an Angiulo family bookie named Skinny Kazonis. No one knows where he is...witsec?
Skinny
Kazonis is mentioned in this 2004 Globe article about Lomasney Way:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/07/25/a_monument_to_sticking_around/
... his name hasn't appeared in the paper since then.
West End
Come visit the West End Museum across from this building and see more...
Listings show current owner
Listings show current owner to be Paul F Murphy