Remember Jamaica Plain?

While finally getting around to reading The Scarlet Letter last week, I came upon a thought-provoking passage. Do I need a spoiler aler...

I came upon this poem by Robert Frost, and thought how perfectly it described the la te great Stony brook. " The brook was thrown , De...

Boston Public Library Flickr group, Leslie Jones, photographer.(click on image for larger view). Egleston Theatre, 1924, corner of Wa...

Lenox Motor Car, 1911. Lenox Car advertisement. Lenox Motor Car Company, Washington street, 1914. To my surprise, I...

The O'Neil sisters, April 22, 1946. Mrs O'Neil, daughters and grandkids, April 13, 1963. Three O'Neil sisters return to parade w...

It took over forty years, but they finally got rid of the Forest Hills elevated line. There were multiple efforts to take down the elevated ...

Eliot School, Arbor Day tulip tree on left (photo by Charlie Rosenberg). The schoolboy tulip tree, shown at its full height (photo by Charli...

Curling on Jamaica Pond, 1890s. Saturday, June 2, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, there will be a Walk Around the Pond fundraiser for the Jamaica P...

Perkins street and the Jamaicaway, 1905. [ Update: a reader has informed me that the correct name of the property is Jamaicaway Tower and To...

Jamaica Pond at the top. South, Walk Hill and Back (now Morton and the Arborway) streets meet near the Dedham Turnpike and the 'J' i...