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Upcoming Event: The Annual Fall Program
Hidden Histories of Brookline's Green Spaces: Parks, Places, and People
Co-sponsored by the Brookline GreenSpace Alliance and the Brookline Historical Society
Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 06:00 pm - 08:00 pm
Learn about three Brookline parks and other green spaces with rich but often overlooked histories. Speakers from the Friends of the Old Burying Ground, the Friends of Hall’s Pond, and the Friends of Larz Anderson Park will share recent research and fascinating stories of these green spaces.
Hunneman Hall, 2nd floor, Brookline Public Library 361 Washington Street, Brookline Join us for light refreshments and informal conversation at 6:00 PM. The program will begin at 6:30 PM.  The Old Burying Ground  Hall's Pond, 1977  Temple of Love, Larz Anderson Park (courtesy, Trip Advisor) Our Latest Archive Additions
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Contagious Hospital, Newton St.
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.
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