Urban ghosts
By adamg - Mon, 05/09/2005 - 10:43pm.
Boston is full of ghosts, reminders of the city's past that often go completely unnnoticed - unless you take the time to look. Take the photo above, showing the outline of a building that no longer exists on Oxford Street in Chinatown. It's right on Stuart Street, but how many people ever notice it?
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What is the green thing at
What is the green thing at the bottom of the first photo? It looks like a forgotten piece of Central Artery ramp, but I don't think this is the right location for it.
It's just the side of the roof ...
Of the Rainbow Cafe.
A Cambridge ghost
If you stand on the north side of Church Street in Cambridge, across from Soho Jewelry and the Breast Cancer mural, look up at the top of the blank brick wall. You'll see a faded painted advertisement that reads:
UNIVERSITY
THEATRE
CONTINUOUS 1:30-11 PM
(University Theatre is an older name for what's now the Harvard Square Theatre.)
Great pics, Adam.
Great pics, Adam.
Not all torn down to make way for cars..
The car lot in the foreground of the second photo is actually the result of improperly stored welding supplies. About fifteen years ago an explosion and resulting fire destroyed the Chinatown building that used to stand in that space. The whole thing was especially memorable since the building was not only used for welding supply storage, but also functioned as a day care center. Thankfully the accident happened at night.
Nice pictures
Nice pictures, Adam---Good to see that someone else has an interest in the forgotten things in our city.
If you liked the pictures you saw here, then check out Forgotten Boston, a website which will chronical a mulitude of forgotten things in the city. Some of the sites you got pictures of will be on there as well. Picture taking began in March and the site will be updated with new sections periodically. This site is a spinoff of Forgotten NY, a similar website run by Kevin Walsh in NYC.
Look for Forgotten Boston by the end of June or so, at
www.forgotten-boston.com
Or check out Forgotten NY now at www.forgotten-ny.com
For more info, e-mail