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ABOUT THE HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS
This pair of photos tells much about the fate of the American city. All over the country, tightly knit city streets are being replaced by impersonal, isolated towers that are set in a barren tundra of asphalt and grass, as the city is suburbanized from within. It's hard to believe we're looking at the same scene in both photos, hard to believe, too, that we're only a couple of blocks from the urbanity of Charles Street, on Beacon Hill. The lively corner...
This pair of photos tells much about the fate of the American city. All over the country, tightly knit city streets are being replaced by impersonal, isolated towers that are set in a barren tundra of asphalt and grass, as the city is suburbanized from within. It's hard to believe we're looking at the same scene in both photos, hard to believe, too, that we're only a couple of blocks from the urbanity of Charles Street, on Beacon Hill. The lively corner...
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Location
Martha Rd & Charles St
Boston, MA 02114
United States
Boston, MA 02114
United States
Nearby Items
| Charles River Dam | 0.2 miles |  | ||
| Bulfinch Building at Massachusetts General Hospital | 0.3 miles | | ||
| Museum of Science | 0.3 miles | | ||
| Leonard Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge | 0.4 miles | | ||
| 5 Beacons for the Lost Half-Mile | 0.4 miles | | ||
| The Sports Museum | 0.4 miles | | ||
| Currents | 0.4 miles | |
