Damage to the right front end of the car on the trolley tracks is noted. From right to left on the northwest corner:

• [top row, left] Shows Ayr Rd. for the proposed zoning change that would allow stores to be erected and the existing apartment buildings torn down. The owner’s complaint was that the noise from the existing stores on the Boston side of Ayr. Rd made her apartments difficult to rent. It was voted down.
• 1634A Beacon St. – The Studio, beauty shop.
• 1636 Beacon St. – William Segal, realtor
• [middle row, center] Add the extensions shown to Bonad Rd. and Russet Rd.
• 1638 Beacon St. – Colvin’s Bakery
• 1640 Beacon St. – The Beaconsfield, Tailor and Furrier
• 1640A Beacon St. Barber Shop, unidentified, recently operated as the barbershop of John A. Seufert
• 1642 Beacon St.
• 1642A Beacon St.
• 1644 Beacon St. – Sargent Inc., record shop
• 1644A Beacon St.
• 1646 Beacon St. – R & H Cleansers and Dyers
• 1646A Beacon St. – Laundereze, laundromat which opened in November 1949
• 1648 Beacon St. – Rex Grill

Image Courtesy the Brookline Preservation Department