From Postcard

From Gleason's Magazine.

Viewed from Parker Hill.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

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".

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.

Looking from Harvard Sq. south on Washington St. viewed from the top of the third Town Hall.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

One of a series of four photos taken from the top of the third Town Hall. In the far distance is Boston's Parker Hill and, at its foot, the long row of brick apartments along Huntington Ave. In the center of the photo is Harvard Sq. with the awning-covered storefronts on the east side of Washington St. visible to the right.

The 1903 improvements to the National Bank building, center left, are not yet in place.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

One of a series of four photos taken from the top of the third Town Hall. Harvard St. goes from left to right. In the upper right is Boston's Parker Hill and, at its foot, the long row of brick apartments along Huntington Ave. Center right is the corner of the National Bank building in Harvard Square.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

One of a series of four photos taken from the top of the third Town Hall. The unifying element of this photo is the path of Harvard St. It runs from the 4 o’clock position on the right (alongside St. Mary’s Church) to the 10 o’clock position on the left (the brick building at 152-158 Harvard St.) where it curves upwards to the steeple of the Harvard Congregational Church at the top of the photo.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Foreground, left to right, all on Prospect St:
:::The southeast corner of the police station and courthouse
:::The old 1844 town hall, now the police station
:::The southwest corner of the old Pierce Grammar School, built in 1855, sections of which remain as part of the current Pierce Historical Building

Center, left to right:
::: Washington St. looking north
::: South side of the library
::: The construction of the 1901 replacement Pierce Grammar School being built facing School St. on the site of the old 1856 high school
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

High School (photo lower left); Beacon St. (photo left to right)

Looking north.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking east on Boylston St. from the corner of Cypress St. (photo, lower left)

FayFoto ID: A91-0915; URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20395794
[Source: Northeastern University]

Chestnut St. runs along the bottom with High St. in the middle going north towards the Village.

FayFoto ID: A91-0915A; URL:http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20395789
[Source: Northeastern University]

Looking east toward Brookline Village. In the lower left corner is Walnut St. with Oakland Rd. going to the right toward "The Point" neighborhood.

FayFoto ID: A12-1285; URL:http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20394881
[Source: Northeastern University]

Looking south at Lower Washington St. going from left to right. The core area south of Lower Washington St., known as "The Farm", was razed in the early 1960s as part of an urban renewal program run by the Brookline Redevelopment Authority. The core area north of Lower Washington St. (lower section of the photo), known as "The Marsh", was razed bit by bit from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s as part of “The Marsh Urban Renewal Project” run by the Authority.

FayFoto ID: A91-0913; URL:http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20395787
[Source: Northeastern University]

Only a few of the structures remain today, all located in the lower section of the photo.

FayFoto ID: A67-0333; URL:http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20395346
[Source: Northeastern University]

Looking south toward Brookline Village. The First Presbyterian Church on the right burned down 12/31/1960.

FayFoto ID: A67-0339; URL:http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20395352
[Source: Northeastern University]

Looking northeast from Corey Hill this is a rare photo of some of the older farms and estates around north Harvard St. Harvard St. bisects the photo from left to right. Below Harvard St., center left, is Kenwood St. and center right is Columbia St., both newly created. Above Harvard St., in the center of the photo, is the large house on the estate of James F. Ayer. Bordering the estate on the right, is Thorndike St. The open land in the center of the photo was the farm of David Sullivan Coolidge whose house can be viewed on Harvard St.

45/47 Kenwood St., built in 1903, is the final house in the photo on the north side of the street. #50, built in 1904, is not yet present.
[Source: Iowa State]

• [Lower Left] The curve of Beacon St. as it goes around the reservoir
• [Lower Right] The railroad way roughly representing the border between Brighton and Brookline now used by the MBTA “D” line
• [Upper Left] Brighton
• [Middle] Beacon St. running from left to right
• [Upper Center] Corey Hill
• [Far Right] Large white house on Chestnut Hill Ave.

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]