ART
ARCHITECTURE
& HISTORY
in the Public Realm
Haymarket
Cultural Landmarks

Photographer
Peter Vanderwarker
Dates
  • Founded, 1830
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Description
ABOUT THE HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS
Everything around it changes, but the street market remains. AIl the buildings on the right side of the older photo (made about 1950) are gone in the new photo (made in 1987). They were demolished for the Central Artery. Some of the buildings on the left side underwent almost equally radical surgery in the 1930s and 1940s when their upper stories were chopped off by owners who wished to reduce assessments. In both photos we are looking down Blackstone Str...
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Location
Haymarket
Blackstone Street & North Street
Boston, MA 02109
United States

Nearby Items
Central Artery at Dock Square11 feet
Central Artery Proposal370 feet
Blackstone Block600 feet
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway608 feet
Union Oyster House615 feet
Quincy Market642 feet
Union Street671 feet