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Category: Demolished Buildings

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N side Clayton looking E from SW corner Barclay is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   asphalt street, fire escape, fire hydrant, street light, street parked cars
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WEST side BOSTON looking N from SE corner South Orange Ave*

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

*Originally mislabeled as EAST side BOSTON looking N from SE corner South Orange Ave
(Prince merges into Boston at South Orange Ave)

Tagged   arrow savings, fire hydrant, parked cards, row of buildings, utility pole
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W side Bedford looking N from Springfield Ave

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   appliance store, brick road, fire escape, street parked cars, utility pole
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N side Springfield Ave looking W from SE corner Howard

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   1 hour service, appliances, credit clothing, Dee's cleaners, dry cleaners, furniture store, manhole cover, no right turn, Richard's, row of businesses, traffic light
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Public School, W side Quitman looking S from NE corner Spruce

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   building, school, street parked cars, traffic light, tree, utility pole
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W side Clayton St looking S from NE corner West Kinney

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   asphalt street, fire hydrant, street parked cars, tree
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N side Hampden looking E from SE corner Boston is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   asphalt street, road of houses, street parked cars, tree
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W side Quitman St looking S from NE corner West Kinney

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   fire hydrant, row of houses, street parked cars, trees, utility poles
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N side Springfield Ave looking W from SE corner 105 Springfield is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   cutlery, furniture store, Jackson furniture, Metsky, Newman furniture
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N side Springfield looking W from SE corner Livingston

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   cantor furniture, corner bar, Franklin liquors, liquor store, No right turn sign, post office mailbox, street light, traffic light
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E side Barclay looking N from SW corner Rose St is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   fire hydramt, parked cars, row of houses, sidewalk, trees, utility pole
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W side Quitman Place looking N from SE corner West Kinney

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   alleyway, parked car, trees, wire fence
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E side Avon Place looking N from NW corner Avon Ave is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   Gem windows, parked cars, row of houses, tree, truck
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W side Monmouth looking S from NE corner Montgomery is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   row of buildings, street parked cars, trees
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Bethany Baptist Church, #121 West Market opposite Boston

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   asphalt street, baptist church, Bethany, parked cars
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W side West St looking S from NE corner West Kinney is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   Hi-spots, liquor store, people walking, street parked cars, traffic light, utility poles
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W side Broome looking N from SE corner Montgomery

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   corner store, fire escape, no parking sign, parked cars, utility pole
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E side Somerset looking N from SW corner Spruce

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   ivy covered house, Kellar's, parked cars, pharmacy, row of cars, school, traffic light
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W side Richmond looking S from SE corner West Market St

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   brick building, man walking, parked cars, row of buildings, truck, utility pole
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W side Broome looking N from SE corner West Kinney

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   parked cars, post office mailbox, row of businesses, store fronts, u.s mail
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W side Boston looking S from NE corner 13th Ave

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   asphalt stret, parked cars, sidewalk, utility pole
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S side West Kinney from opposite Quitman St looking W

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   fire escape, parking sign, row of cars, street parked cars, utility pole
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S side Spruce looking W from NE corner Quitman

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bushes, row of houses, street parked cars, traffic light, tree
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W side Somerset looking S from NE corner Waverly

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   corner store, fight cancer sign, fire hydrant, street parked cars, utility pole

N side South Orange Ave looking W from #26

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, South Orange Avenue, University Heights

Tagged   #35, fire escape, Geller restaurant supplies, parked cars, store front
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W side Prince looking N from SE corner Springfield

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   man walking, people walking, row of businesses, street parked cars
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N side Rose St looking E from SW corner Avon Place is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   asphalt street, parked car, row of buildings, tree, utility poles
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E side Somerset looking N from NW corner Avon Ave

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   foodland, parked cars, sidewalk, store front, trees, utility pole
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E side Somerset looking N from SW corner Waverly

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   parked cars, row of buildings, sidewalk, utility pole
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W side Boyd looking S from SE corner Springfield

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   fire escape, fire hydrant, moskowitz bros, no parking sign, parked car, Spaghetti sign
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N side Rose St looking E from SW corner Barclay is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   corner store, handy dandy food store, parked cars, pepsi, row of houses, tree
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W side Boston looking N from Milton St

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   brick road, fire escape, row of houses, street parked cars, utility pole
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S side Waverly Ave looking W from NE corner Somerset St

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   corner store, fire escape, liquor store, row of buildings, street parked cars
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S side Springfield looking W from Sayre St

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   fire escape, Kitchen cabinet signs, S. Bernstein, street light, street parked cars
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W side Sayre looking N from West Kinney & Sayre

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   fire escape, one way, speed sign, street parked cars, traffic light, truck, utility pole
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W side Richmond looking N from SE corner South Orange Ave

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, South Orange Avenue, University Heights

Tagged   bar, man walking, parked cars, tree, Wilson billboard
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N side Springfield looking W from SW corner Boyd

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   fire escape, Krupp's Toys, Royal House Home Furnishers
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W side Boston looking S from SE corner West Market St is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   brick road, parked cars, row of buildings, truck
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W side BOSTON looking N from SE corner South Orange Ave is now the middle of this superblock.*

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, South Orange Avenue

*Originally mislabeled as W side PRINCE looking N from SE corner South Orange Ave
(Prince merges onto Boston at South Orange Ave)

Tagged   American Fish Co, fire escape, row of buildings, street parked cars
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Bethany First Born Church of the Living God, #25 Prince

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   church, men walking, multi level building
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N side Spruce looking E from SW corner Somerset

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   drugstore, Kellar's, luncheonette, pharmacy, row of businesses, Tom Lee's, traffic light
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W side Broome looking N from SE corner Court

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   Clothes sign, liquor store, parked cars, sidewalk, store front, utility poles
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N side South Orange Ave looking W from SE corner Howard

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, South Orange Avenue, University Heights

Tagged   corner store, man walking, parked car, row of houses, trees
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W side Monmouth from S from NE corner Spruce no longer exists as a street and is now the middle of this housing project.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   friedman's liquor store, man walking, street light, street parked cars, utility pole
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Old house at #154 Barclay St

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   asphalt street, old house, tree, wire fence
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S side Montgomery looking S from NE corner West St is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   esso, Johnnie's bar and grill, row of buildings, street parked cars, utility pole, woman walking
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W side Monmouth looking S from NE corner Waverly is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   fire escape, for rent sign, row of buildings, street parked cars
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Saint Paul’s Baptist Church at 9 Charlton St is now the middle of this superblock.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   asphalt street, baptist church, St. Paul's, wooden fence
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W side Livingston looking N from #36

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   no parking sign, street parked cars, tree, utility pole, warehouse
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Junction Springfield & South Orange Ave looking E

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, Downtown, South Orange Avenue, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   cars, Julie's bridal shop, La Moderna, street light, The Star Co, tree
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