Looking north from Fisher Hill at the partially-completed Beaconsfield Terraces, a residential complex, "An Experiment in Domestic Economy" that foreshadowed today’s condominiums. People owned their units but shared ownership of a 6-acre park, stables, a playhouse (known as the Casino), tennis courts, a playground, and a central heating plant. A bell system connected the houses to the stables so that people could call for their horse and carriage. From left to right:

• The rear of the Richter Terrace townhouses on the southeast corner of Dean Rd. and Beacon St., built 1889, still standing
• The “Casino” (indistinct)
• The boiler house (small square building in the center)
• The house of Eugene Knapp who built the complex (barely visible behind the boiler house)
• The stables and garage (large square building with sloping roof in the center)
• The long line of the rear of the townhouses on Tappan St.

[Courtesy of the Digital Commonwealth (CC BY-NC-ND). From the Brookline Photograph Collection published by the Public Library of Brookline]