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Boylston St., 1912 (Unconfimred)
Boylston St., 1912 (Unconfimred)
These houses are most likely on the north side of Boylston St. just west of the Village Square and are being moved back for the widening of Boylston St. Houses approved in May 1912 for relocation were numbers 75, 91, 95, 99, 107, 109 Boylston St.

(ID) 001
(Envelope ID) P-5-8
(Envelope Description) School St. ?
(Notes) Broken in two pieces; not archived
William Robert Murphy Collection
President Ken Liss Blogs on Brookline Past & Present
Brookline Record Stores: From Edison's Phonograph to Village Vinyl

In 2024, I sold my collection of a few hundred vinyl record albums to Jonathan Sandler of Village Vinyl & Hi-Fi in Coolidge Corner. They were mostly jazz albums I'd bought in the 1970s and 1980s, including quite a few older albums I'd picked up in used record bins during those pre-CD years.

The covers of the album, as well as the music on them, carried a lot of sentimental value for me. But I hadn't actually owned a turntable for years, and I was glad that, in addition to providing me some extra cash, the music would find new owners/listeners, especially amid a growing appreciation for vinyl.


I also gave Jonat...