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Originally Posted by Beaudry
The best thing to do to understand the reduction would be to go down to DBS and pull their permit history. The City Assessor's website says the wedding chapel is 1895 and its neighbor the-former-Goodwill as 1899, so, original buildings.
Until you have all the details, here's a little something --
1958:
 huntington
1965:
 huntington |
Beaudry - Thank you! I knew someone would come up with information. The two photos you posted were great and satisfy my curiosity. I won’t dig into exact dates.
I discovered the Bradbury Building when I was a teenager in the 1960s and probably saw both of these buildings but don’t remember them. I’ve observed that these two and dozens of older buildings downtown had their parapet walls removed. The Bradbury’s parapet has not been restored and I would sure like to see it replicated. It would make the roofline more finished.
There are dozens of now nondescript one-story buildings downtown with brick side and back walls. I wonder what their histories are.
ER - Maybe you could post a link on the information about the "fair" in the Boston Dry Goods building.
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