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  • Forgotten BostonOut of Town

    ACORN STREET, Beacon Hill

    by Kevin Walsh May 3, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh May 3, 2018 1 comment

    I wish I could do more traveling than I do. In 2005, I began an initiative called Forgotten Boston with the aid of firefighter and Boston resident Sean Colby, in…

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  • Forgotten BostonOne ShotsOut of TownSigns

    ROXBURY CROSSING “T”, Boston

    by Kevin Walsh December 21, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh December 21, 2015 4 comments

    I’ve always preferred Boston’s “T” route maps to the MTA’s in New York (though apparently the locals disagree with my assessment). One one large surface, you have a line map,…

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  • Forgotten Boston

    BOSTON’S ANCIENT LAMPPOSTS

    by Kevin Walsh June 24, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh June 24, 2015 1 comment

    By Sean Colby and Kevin Walsh Boston once had an ornamental-type light pole with a fluted base that was used for streetlights. Although no longer used for actual streetlights, many…

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  • Forgotten Boston

    BOSTON’S SUBSTATIONS AND MANHOLES

    by Kevin Walsh June 24, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh June 24, 2015 4 comments

    By Sean Colby and Kevin Walsh Electricity for commercial use first got its start in Boston in the mid-1880’s with the creation of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston.…

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  • AlleysForgotten Boston

    NORTH END ALLEYS, Part 2

    by Kevin Walsh May 28, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh May 28, 2015 0 comment

    By Sean Colby and Kevin Walsh Continued from Part 1   Baker’s Alley is located off of North Street, near North Square. It sits to the right of the Limoncello Restaurant…

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    NORTH END ALLEYS

    by Kevin Walsh May 28, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh May 28, 2015 1 comment

    By Sean Colby and Kevin Walsh Boston’s North End is the “Little Italy” section of town. The predominantly Italian community known for its pizza, pastries, and cappuccino is full of…

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  • AlleysForgotten Boston

    DOWNTOWN ALLEYS

    by Kevin Walsh May 28, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh May 28, 2015 3 comments

    By Sean Colby and Kevin Walsh Though the downtown area has lost an entire entertainment district (Scollay Square) in the past 50 years, and a raft of byways and mazes…

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  • AlleysForgotten Boston

    ALLEYS OF CREEK SQUARE

    by Kevin Walsh May 28, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh May 28, 2015 0 comment

    By Sean Colby and Kevin Walsh Wedged between Government Center and the North End, along Congress Street near the old Union Oyster House, you will find a labyrinth of tangled,…

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  • AlleysForgotten Boston

    BACK BAY ALLEYS

    by Kevin Walsh May 28, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh May 28, 2015 5 comments

    By Sean Colby and Kevin Walsh Back Bay was created by filling in swamp lands that attached to the Charles River, a process which began in 1857 and was completed…

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