A horse and wires in old Boston

By adamg on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 1:36pm

The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. The other side of the building.

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Cleveland Cirlcle

By [email protected] on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 2:59pm.

Riverside train runs behind this relic. It may now be the ubiquitous condo artifact of Boston

The old pumping station, now Waterworks Museum?

By Ron Newman on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 5:26pm.

I don't think this is that. Doesn't look very similar today.

The Sam Adams Brewery

By anon on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 3:28pm.

The Sam Adams Brewery entrance to their office and parking lot through their gate entrance on Porter Street in JP.

Heath St

By Allah on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 3:38pm.

Looks like building at end of Heath St by Brewery,pickle factor now lofts

City yard hancock street

By anon on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 3:45pm.

City yard hancock street Dorchester

This is a stumper

By Waquiot on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 3:57pm.

But going by the overall look of the area, I'm going with the greater Fort Point area.

That said, it also resembles the Baker Chocolate area, but I don't see why a city agency would be photographing that.

Fire station or brewery?

By MrZip on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 4:40pm.

Just guessing, the reverse "WORTH" sign on the top of the building to the rear could be a good clue.

I don’t see a “W.”

By Kristen Coughlin on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 11:58am.

Couldn’t it also be “North”?

Sign in background

By Charles Bahne on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 4:49pm.

The building at far right has a sign on the roof -- visible letters appear to be ...WORTH... (in mirror image). Might be a clue.

Also, looking carefully at the two pictures, i think the second one is not the back of the building at the first photo. Rather, the photographer for the 2nd photo is standing in the driveway, in front of the large "garage door", and is looking to our left. At extreme right in the 2nd photo are the arched windows and the vines that you see to the left of that large door in the 1st photo. And just to the left of those arched windows in the 2nd photo are a window and a door in a second building -- which match the window and door in the building at extreme left of the 1st photo.