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Boston always under construction
By adamg on Tue, 06/16/2015 - 1:01pm
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.
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Construction of Monastery housing project
AKA Fidelis Way at Comm & Washington, Brighton, 1951.
Solar Clothes Dryers As A Landmark
Based on your answer, I'm guessing the picture was taken from the roof of the building at the corner on Jette Court. In the top right background of the picture, you can see some buildings with solar clothes dryers deployed on the roof. Those would be the buildings that face Washington Street:
TIL; A solar clothes dryer
Is just a regular old clothes line with a more pretentious name.
To Be Precise, It's A Combination Solar And Wind Powered Dryer
It will work with either energy source, but on days that are both sunny and windy, the synergy of both working together will dry clothes very quickly. In addition, the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight provides a beneficial sanitizing and freshening effect. I love my solar clothes dryer!
The start of the Big Dig
Outside Dewey Square in South Station, and get a load of all that Detroit Iron! No plastic, tom-toms or wi-fi there.
The Answer!
Thanks for playing, folks! This is indeed Fidelis Way and the Monastery Project. The date is April 1951.