Filed under: Back In The Days, Inspiration, Photography | Tags: 1980's, Back In The Day, Boston, Forest Hills, Jamaica Plain, MBTA, Old-School
Before Boston’s MBTA Orange Line went into the trench in 1987 it was (arguably) a beautiful elevated trainline. Forest Hills station would become my “ground zero”. Here are some pics from the late 70’s/ early 80’s, but looking very similar to the Forest Hills I knew going to school in 1986-1987…
West elevation Forest Hills station – looking East across site of former New Haven Railroad station.
View underneath Forest Hill station along the surface platform looking North.
View of upper level platform at Forest Hills station – looking North.
Interior view Forest Hills station showing the intermediate level stair platform which is suspended from the main structure.
View of concrete covered portion of elevated Mainline Structure (Section F-6) – looking Northeast along Washington Street at intersection of Arborway. Arborway overpass crosses overhead at left. In the background is the start of Section F-5. Arborway yard is at the center in the background.
View of elevated Mainline structure – looking North – along Washington Street at juncture of Section F-5 and Section F-6 (the concrete enclosed portion of structure). Remaining stub of the former incline that led down to the Arborway storage yards is at the right.
*All pics and descriptions taken from here.
Filed under: Photography | Tags: Back In The Day, Boston, Cash, Charles River, Coz, Dudley, Egleston, Elevated, Elevated Subway, Forest Hills, Graffiti, Green St., Green Street, History, Jamaica Plain, MBTA, Old-School, Orange Line, Remember When, Roxbury, Subway, Trains
Some pics that bring me back.. Boston’s elevated Orange Line.
MBTA Orange Line at Forest Hills Station (my old home base)
Inbound train at Green St., looking south
Green St., looking inbound
Egleston Station, my stop for school
Goin over the Mystic River
In the South End. You can see the sign for St Vincent de Paul in the background.
Elevated Orange Line in Roxbury. Check out Skippy Whites, best spot for vinyl back in the day.
Pulling out of Forest Hills Station, looking from the bus yard.
The elevated Orange Line tracks (R.I.P.) being removed, looking north from Forest Hills.
The above pics are taken from NYCsubway.org. Those are just some of my favorite pics, mainly because they are of my old stomping ground. Check out more old school MBTA flics on their website.
Coz getting up in 1986 (est). Mass, Tale, and Spell tags also up. (* above 2 pics stolen from the web, forgot where)
the old train route, 1979 MBTA map
The actual ride, Forest Hills to Dudley
part 2 of the ride
..and don’t forget their appearance at the end of the St. Elsewhere tv show’s intro.
Filed under: Photography | Tags: Art of Graffiti Removal, Beautiful Decay, Bike Rack, Bike Racks, Boston, Brooklyn, Caype, Forest Hills, Free Caype, Graffiti, Greenpoint, Marriot, New York, NY, NYC, Obama, Photography, Photos, Street Art, Times Square, Williamsburg
Some random pictures from the past month..
SoHo wall, “Tyranny Is Dead…. Obama Yes!”. Let’s hope it’s true. Time will tell.
Beautiful..
..decay.
If you feel it.. spray it.
Proposed new NYC bike rack. Looks pretty skateable/bmxable!
Sparky
I’m not sure if I get this, but it looks like someone put a huge $6.99 price tag on this throwup. If that’s what’s going on , that is THE SHIT! Haha..
the Marriot, Times Square
inside Alphabeta
“Sometimes”. Dope handstyle.
Don Juan Grocery (L.E.S.)
Spotted in Greenpoint.
Seen in Boston. Graffiti meets The Art Of Graffiti Removal. I like.
Free Caype. 2 months down.
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