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Hanging out on Beacon Hill

By adamg on Fri, 04/05/2024 - 3:58pm
Man leaning against window of Pioneer Food on Beacon Hill

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Nishan Bichajian photographed this man sometime between 1954 and 1959 as part of anMIT project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation called Perceptual Form of the City, focused on urban planning, in particular how individuals navigate large cities.

The same storefront in 2022:

Neighborhoods: 
Beacon Hill
Topics: 
History
Free tagging: 
Myrtle Street
South Russell Street


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Comments

By Lee on Fri, 04/05/2024 - 4:10pm.

… leave our building without being accompanied by an adult I went to this shop with my older cousin on an errand for my mother.
The shopkeeper was not the man pictured. He was a jolly fellow who was normally always very pleasant to my mother and nice to me.
But that afternoon when my cousin and I showed up, he told us very gruffly not to touch anything and glowered at us like we were dangerous street urchins. One of my first experiences with adult hypocrisy.

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By u-hub-fan on Fri, 04/05/2024 - 5:30pm.

without directly involving a vehicle.

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By Rwgfy on Fri, 04/05/2024 - 7:11pm.

Looks like a good candidate for the Potemkin storefronts program.

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By Bob Leponge on Fri, 04/05/2024 - 11:16pm.

It’s an occupied apartment, you nitwit.

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By Don't Panic on Tue, 04/09/2024 - 9:02am.

Is it part of a duplex apartment @Bob Leponge? I mean like can you get to it from the apartment above like it's a second floor.

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By The Frying Pan of Reality on Sat, 04/06/2024 - 6:40am.

It looks like something Edward Hopper would have painted.

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