View From Parker Hill. Brookline Hills in the background. At the extreme left in the center of the photo are the two matching apartment buildings that are located at 165 Pond Ave. (front) and 19 Villa Lane (rear). The large black gasometer tank of the Boston Consolidated Gas Co. is in the middle left and the small white house in front of it is located at 19 Villa Lane.

Viewed from Parker Hill.
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This film was created by the Brookline Redevelopment Authority to promote the replacement of the neighborhood known as “The Farm”. The film shows both exterior and interior scenes intended as a counterpoint to the new housing units of the Brookline Housing Authority, notably the one on nearby High Street built in 1948-49, designed by Richmond & Goldberg.
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Most of the center of the photo was razed in the early 1960s as part of an urban renewal program. The core area was known as "The Farm".

Razed for the Brook House complex.

Juniper St. looking north toward Morss Ave. The brick structure was the stable for the horses of the West End Street Railway Co. The second floor openings are for hay.
[Source: Leo Sullivan]

Occupied at the time of this photo by the Brookline Riding Academy at #2 and #4 Walnut St, this building was first erected in 1875 by the Metropolitan Railway Co. to house the horse-drawn cars servicing the Brookline-Roxbury Crossing-Tremont House line. It was closed as a car house in December, 1894, with the move to new electrified routes, and demolished in 1918.
[Source: Leo Sullivan]

#2 Walnut St, the car house of the West End Street Railway Co. The building was first erected in 1875 by the Metropolitan Railway Co. to house the horse-drawn cars servicing the Brookline-Roxbury Crossing-Tremont House line. It was closed as a car house in December, 1894, with the move to new electrified routes, and demolished in 1937.
[Source: Leo Sullivan]

Lower Washington St. is to the left.
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Looking north from Juniper St. at the boarding houses of 14, 16, 18, 20 Morss Ave.
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Villa Lane going north is on the left. On the right is the vacant lot on the northeast corner of Villa Lane and Morss Ave., formerly 46 Morss Ave, followed by 48 Morss Ave. and a partial view of the side of 185 Pond Ave.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

First dwelling south of Lower Washington St., address TBD.
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Looking west toward Allerton St. from the northwest corner with Pond Ave. On the right, the side of 58 Allerton St., later the house of famed singer Roland Hayes, is viewed. On the left is the rear of 4 Hawthorn Rd., both houses are still standing.

The gardens were part of a town-wide program to enhance the learning experience of students. As with the Lincoln and Sewall schools, the gardens were planted on land loaned by private landowners. In this case, the land was loaned by the Brookline Riverdale Land Association.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking toward Pond Ave., Allerton St. is on the right. The gardens were part of a town-wide program to enhance the learning experience of students. As with the Lincoln and Sewall schools, the gardens were planted on land loaned by private landowners. In this case, the land was loaned by the Brookline Riverdale Land Association.

In a serendipitous coincidence, the photo includes the only known view of a street-sprinkling wagon being filled with water. The cart was operated by Chester W. Reed who had a contract with the town to water the dirt roads. The water-feeder pole can be viewed by the middle section of the wagon.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Brookline Village is in the distance in the right half. Morss Ave. is entering Pond Ave. on the left. The large round holding tank of the Brookline Gas Light Co. is visible center right.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Left to right: 177, 173, 165
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Morss Ave. on the left going to Lower Washington St.
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[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

25 Villa Lane is to the right and 28 Walter Ave. is in the rear. Villa Lane was a two-block street originating at Lower Washington St. and running parallel to Pond Ave., one block to the west. It was part of the area known as “The Farm” that was almost entirely populated by people of Irish descent. It was completely leveled for today’s Brook House apartment complex.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]