Vintage High Res Pictures Discussion

Thanks, these are great.

You're very welcome .

Rowe's Wharf station looking north by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Rowe's Wharf station looking south by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Park Street station by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Huntington Avenue at Opera Place by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Beacon Street at Saint Mary's Street by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

First steel to be removed from Atlantic Avenue El, Commercial Street by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr


Haymarket Square entrance of building, stairway by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Science Park station by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Charles Street at Cambridge Street by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

North Station by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Canal Street progress view, south from Causeway Street by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Huntington Avenue by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Sullivan Square station progress by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Newsstand at Sullivan Square terminal, north side track by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Sullivan Square station by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Commonwealth Avenue, Brighton by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Day Square, East Boston, progress of track construction by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Alford Street bridge by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Forest Hills station by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

South Street, Jamaica Plain, near Rosemary Street by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Preston Street track to Squantum by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Mill Street, Dorchester, progress view by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

South Street, Dorchester by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Preston Street, westerly progress view by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Dorchester Avenue north of Fields Corner by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Progress view, Broadway, South Boston by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

East Broadway, South Boston, progress view by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

East Broadway, South Boston, progress view by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

Fourth Street, South Boston by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

West Broadway by City of Boston Archives, on Flickr

As seen above, the Boston City Archives uploaded some more vintages shots.

Enjoy.

Great shots as usual - thanx for posting them.
Interesting trackage on Beacon at St. Mary Street. They still retained a surface connection. Was the Squantum trackage the connection to the airfield?

Interesting trackage on Beacon at St. Mary Street. They still retained a surface connection.

I wonder if that is from right after the opening of the tunnel and the street trackage is a remnant of a shoe-fly built during construction.
Just a guess.

Stephen

Yes, that is almost certainly the case.

Not a picture, but it this thread was the closest in relevancy.
Vintage postcard.

That almost looks like what New Haven station looks like today.

Funny enough, the new terminal is much closer to that in looks and space.

Here is another cool postcard.

Old Salem Station postcard.

Has anyone ever heard of this 1888 proposed route between North Station and NYC? I stumbled on this 1888 map at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... _route.jpg

Here is am excerpt from the map. The red line running through western Brookline and East Cambridge is the proposed route. Anyone know the history of this?

New York and Boston Rapid Transit Company - a short lived scheme to create a "rapid transit" line (i.e, an express railroad intended for passenger service with little freight, not the modern meaning). Would have gone through Willimantic, paralleled the New Haven towards NYC, and ran down the west side of Central Park to 59th Street. Never even started construction, so there's no remains to be found.