ABOUT THE HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS
Cross Street doesn't cross much anymore. Back in 1933, when the older of these photos was made, Cross Street was under construction. It was a gash through the solidly built North End, brutally lopping off whole chunks of solid warehouse buildings. In the photo, Cross Street begins at the bottom, at the comer of Commercial Street, and it ends at the top, at Hanover Street. As construction continued, the new street drove onward through the buildings on the...