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Construction sites nothing new in Boston
By adamg on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 1:14pm
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.
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The Hennigan School
200 Heath Street, Jamaica Plain.
The photo was taken when it was under construction, but that fact is true even if my location is wrong.
Definitely Hennigan. This
Definitely Hennigan. This picture might as well have been taken from my living room
Bromley Heath Housing?
Bromley Heath Housing?
Yeah, that's my guess too
Looks like the Fort Hill water tower in the background.
Mildred C. Hailey Apartments
https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/News/Bromley-Heath-Development-Gets-Ren...
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
My backyard after they start
My backyard after they start on my Title 5 septic replacement this Fall...
The Hennigan?
The placement looks like the current site of the Hennigan school/community center
Definitely Hennigan School
Heath Street JP looking east. The 3-story white house (center right of photo) on the corner of Schiller and Heath is still there.
Not the Bromley-Heath, but close
Bromley-Heath is visible in the distance in the photo. This shows the construction of the Hennigan School on Heath Street.
RCC?
Just a guess.....
Corner of St. James St. and
Corner of St. James St. and Washington St in Roxbury
The Answer
Thanks for playing, folks! Those of you who guessed the construction of the Hennigan School are correct. The photo was taken on October 22, 1970