Photos
Snow emergency in East Boston
By adamg - 2/3/13 - 8:16 pm
Roving UHub photographer Rose captured the scene this afternoon on Webster Street in East Boston, where storm-ravaged residents were forced into desperate measures.
When holidays collide
By adamg - 2/3/13 - 8:04 pm
At the Dedham Stop & Shop, Passover faces off against Valentine's Day.
We won't see a game like that ever again
By adamg - 2/3/13 - 5:09 pmThe caption on Leslie Jones's photo from Nov. 26, 1952:
Joe Sheehan, B.C. High, straight arms Sid Goldstein of Roxbury Memorial on way to Eaglets 18-6 win.
Roxbury Memorial High School closed in 1960 (its Townsend Street building is now home to Boston Latin Academy).
In addition to this photo, the BPL has posted tons of football photos by Jones.
Posted under this Creative Commons license.
Has anybody on a local team done something to deserve a kiss off?
By adamg - 2/1/13 - 10:25 amMatt Karolian wonders why there was a pile of Hershey's Kisses dumped on Arlington Street this morning. You may recall what happened in Copley Square after the Super Bowl last year.
Blue Line mystery photo
By adamg - 1/31/13 - 1:33 pmWave at the space station
By adamg - 1/31/13 - 12:19 pmCommander Chris Hadfield, way up there on the International Space Station, photographed the Boston area the other night, "glowing under a trace of fog." See it larger.
Via BostInno.
The building at the fork in the road
By adamg - 1/30/13 - 12:27 pmWhen and where? From the Boston City Archives, natch. See it larger.
Happy Ceiling Collapse Day
By adamg - 1/29/13 - 1:52 pmFirst the ceiling comes down at the Forest Hills commuter-rail stop, then, as Lori Magno alerts us, the ceiling comes down at the Downtown Crossing Boston Sports Club.
Not much call for sandwiches in the Common at night in the middle of a snowstorm
By adamg - 1/29/13 - 12:04 amArturo Gossage walked around the Common tonight.
Copyright Arturo Gossage. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Corner building
By adamg - 1/28/13 - 12:03 pmAnother mystery building from the folks at the Boston City Archives. Can you figure out when and where the photo was taken? See it larger.
On Jamaica Pond
By adamg - 1/27/13 - 7:55 pm
We spent a some time on the north side of Jamaica Pond today, watching the geese (and some ducks and one seagull) flocked around the one remaining patch of open water on the pond (what looks like open water near the boathouse in the photos below is actually ice):
City at night
By adamg - 1/27/13 - 1:20 pmScott Eisen shows what you can do with a good telephoto lens and a long exposure at night while looking toward downtown and the Back Bay.
Copyright Scott Eisen. Posted by permission.
Coal, wood, lime, cement &c.
By adamg - 1/24/13 - 12:36 pmWhen and where was this photo in the collection of the Boston City Archives taken? See it larger.
Ninjas stealthily raced along the Charles, then enjoyed a drink, hopefully warm
By adamg - 1/24/13 - 10:43 amArturo Gossage photographed some of the participants in last night's Boston Ninja Race.
Copyright Arturo Gossage. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Brr: Fire and ice in old Boston
By adamg - 1/23/13 - 9:51 pmLeslie Jones (of course) took this photo of Engine 8 outside a major winter fire at North Station in the 1920s (the caption says approximately 1920; the Globe archives shows a four-alarm fire on Jan. 17, 1925).
Winter fire on wharf near North Station in 1919. Winter fire at Haymarket in 1954. 199 Boston fire photos - including a number of the aftermath of the Cocoanut Grove fire.
Posted under this Creative Commons license.
A message for drivers this morning
By adamg - 1/21/13 - 1:49 pmTom Hynes photographed routes 18 and 3 in Weymouth this morning.
After the robbery, they changed the locks
By adamg - 1/17/13 - 1:15 amLeslie Jones photographed a worker changing a lock at the Brink's warehouse in the North End following the $2.7-million robbery on Jan. 17, 1950. It turned out that part of the gang's two years of preparation involved secretly replacing several locks at the warehouse beforehand to make their entry easier.
The warehouse still stands today, as a parking garage at 600 Commercial St.
- FBI review of the robbery
- The Brink's Job - the Peter Falk movie.
Photo from the BPL's Leslie Jones collection. Posted under this Creative Commons license.
Before the snow started to melt
By adamg - 1/17/13 - 12:59 amPhotographynatalia photographed Park and Tremont streets this morning. Melissa Gibson watched an Orange Line train pull into Sullivan Square:
When Boston still had elevated tracks
By adamg - 1/16/13 - 12:03 pmThe folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can figure out when and where this photo was taken. See it larger.
When horsies ruled the earth
By adamg - 1/14/13 - 12:56 pmThe folks at the Boston City Archives challenge you to say where and when this Boston photo was taken. See it larger (and in stereoscope mode).
Oh, Sav-Mor, you always know just what to say
By adamg - 1/13/13 - 1:46 pmMike Cole at NESN shows that Sav-Mor Liquors in Somerville still has its finger on the zeitgeist.
Feeling blue
By adamg - 1/12/13 - 12:38 amDavid Schachner photographed the entrance to 33 Arch St. the other night.
Copyright David Schachner. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Good morning
By adamg - 1/11/13 - 8:17 amPeople up at the crack of dawn this morning got to see a beautiful sunrise. Gregory Schlisson watched the sun come up over the Saugus River while on a Rockport Line train into town.
Some MIT kids were busy overnight
By adamg - 1/11/13 - 8:15 am
A roving UHub photographer captured the scene this morning at the Great Dome, where Pacman hopes to gobble up the energy pills while avoiding Blinky.





















