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When Boston had more than one oyster house
By adamg on Tue, 07/08/2014 - 10:55am
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this photo. See it larger.
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scollay sq
Looking down Cornhill toward Fanueil Hall, Sears Block on right, Crawford House on far left (with awnings) Quincy House tower in the distance (on Brattle), subway under construction so I'm going to say 1897
Precisely what I said
That's almost exactly what I tweeted, except I said 1898 for the year.
We need to turn this into a bet. Winner gets a jar of genuine Tremont Subway subway dust, containing particles from 1896 through 2014.
Hopefully you're right
because I'm sure there is already plenty of said dust somewhere among my belongings
Is That Adam's Restaurant?
Nice Photoshop Job
I didn't notice until I looked at the full linked photo.
A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words, Even More When You Edit The Text
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Scollay Square, late 19th
Scollay Square, late 19th century. The Sears crescent is at right, and Chapman house at left.
Corner of Court Street and Cornhill Street
Near City Hall, with the building with the steaming kettle on the right in the foreground. Rest is all gone.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.359364,-71.059556,3a,75y,77.37h,88.8t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sQJAP0F90wsUmmr4cTgyV2g!2e0
I just love....
.. these old photos.
Giveaway
The sign on the building at the far right does say "Tremont Street"
I see a bustling street
All those dirty people, businesses, streetcars and bicyclists sullying our city. Time for some street widening, building bulldozing, and desolate concrete plaza making.
We'll fix all the problems with our city by getting rid of all the people and building a monument to governmental hubris. That'll teach 'em.
Get rid of the cyclist too
Obviously creating havoc.
Building at extreme right
The building at the extreme right, with the Tremont Street sign on it, is still there. The storefront has been remodeled, but the upper floors are the same.
The Steaming Kettle sign used to be on another nearby building and was moved to its present location in 1967.
OMG that looks sooooo disgusting!
Like everything is old and dirty and stuff! Ewwww...and where's,like, the Starbucks and forever21?!
Love the
snake oil ad. "Nervine". Calm's your nerves.
The Answer
Thanks for playing folks! This is looking east from Tremont Street into Scollay Sq, on August 26, 1897.