View Towards
Brookline Boulevard - 1906.
Then and Now
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Here is a fascinating view looking northwest towards Brookline Boulevard. You can see Queensboro Avenue coming down from the Boulevard and Woodbourne Avenue behind the child on the right. Obviously the land developers had not been quite so active yet as there is a noticable lack of homes. This picture is from 1906, before the development boom. Of those structures that had been built, notice the one at the top right, near the corner of Queensboro and Chelton Avenues, the four-story structure that we see every day as we make our way up the hill to the Boulevard. Also notice the large frame house on Woodbourne, it's still there today. |
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Here is nearly the same view looking northwest towards Brookline Boulevard. You can barely see Queensboro Avenue coming down from the boulevard, as residential development and the growth of the trees has progressed quite nicely. Brookline surely has grown quite a bit in the last century. If you look closely on the right you can see the old frame home still standing on Woodbourne, surrounded by newer homes. There are a couple others. Can you find them? |