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Time to break out the swimsuits
By adamg on Fri, 05/31/2013 - 7:58am
With triple-H conditions forecast through the weekend, it might be time for a trip to Revere Beach, as Leslie Jones took in 1919. But you might want to get there early - it can get crowded, as he showed in 1937:
From the BPL's collection of Revere Beach photos. Posted under this Creative Commons license.
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love the
1919 photobomb!
and the
derp
Revere Beach Revelers
This year, Revere Beach's waters have stellar grades, per a report talked about in the Metro the other day. If you've always wished for a usable beach conveniently located next to rapid transit, this is your year to finally take it all in.
The cleanliness of the sand, however, remains debatable. And the quality of people at the beach still remains at a solid D- grade. Also, you should be weary after large storms due to Lynn's serious CSO problems.
Okay, now that we got that out of the way, surfs up!
CSO = Combined Sewage Event
for the uninitiated:
"A Combined Sewage Event (CSO), is the unintended discharge of large quantities of raw sewage into lakes and oceans during rain events. When storm water enters the sewers, the capacity of the sewer system may be exceeded and the excess water will be discharged directly to a waterbody (rivers, streams, estuaries, and coastal waters). "
Oh, Man
Nothing so enticing as sitting in wet sand while wearing wool.
Suldog
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And don't forget, many of
And don't forget, many of those bathing suits are "borrowed".
If I lived in that time, I'd skip the beach.
Wow
Revere Beach has changed, and not for the better!
tramps
they need to cover up!
Woman today
wear less than that to Church.
It looks like the T!
It always seems when we see photos of local beaches from this era, they are absolutely packed. Were beaches really that popular back then? It doesn't really look all that comfortable.
no federal highway system, no AC
On a day like today, what would you do if getting more than 20 miles outside the city were a major excursion, and temps inside were in the 80/90s?
It was a really big deal
A lot of transportation infrastructure was created basically for the purpose of shuttling people to the beaches and back. Not just the BRB&L. Think about the subways in Brooklyn. Heck, Robert Moses got his start building parks and beaches, and then pulled in highway construction monies solely on the basis of providing access to those parks and beaches from the city. That's why they're called "parkways."
Perhaps it's because...
they always seem to be taken at high tide, which seems to be the case in the '37 photo but not the '19.