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Street Photography: Seaverns Avenue Edition

By Chris Helms on May 22, 2015

Sofija Sibinovic, a volunteer with JP-based Massmouth.org, a non-profit that promotes story-telling, paces in front of the City Feed window on Centre Street while taking a smoke break and talking on her phone.

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Throwback Thursday Photo of the Day: Casey and the El

By Chris Helms on May 21, 2015

As a train travels towards downtown Boston along the Boston Elevated Railway at Forest Hills, a portion of the new Monsignor William J. Casey Overpass (Morton St.) is being constructed above. A commuter train on the former Boston & Providence Railroad route can be seen between the columns at the lower left. Notice the Metropolitan Police traffic booth on the sidewalk to the right. The booth was used by police who directed traffic during the morning and evening rush hours. Courtesy of Anthony Sammarco.

As a train travels towards downtown Boston along the Boston Elevated Railway at Forest Hills, a portion of the new Monsignor William J. Casey Overpass (Morton St.) is being constructed above. A commuter train on the former Boston & Providence Railroad route can be seen between the columns at the lower left. Notice the Metropolitan Police traffic booth on the sidewalk to the right. The booth was used by police who directed traffic during the morning and evening rush hours. Courtesy of Anthony Sammarco, via the JP Historical Society.

For our Photo of the Day on Thursdays, we highlight an image of old JP from the online archives of the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. This week, naturally, it’s a view during construction of the Casey Overpass back in the 1950s.

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New Coat of Paint

By Chris Helms on May 20, 2015

Jon Gummer of Olde Tudor Painting puts a fresh coat on the Centre Street City Feed on Wednesday, May 20, 2015.


Jon Gummer of Olde Tudor Painting puts a fresh coat on the Centre Street City Feed on Wednesday, May 20, 2015.

If the outside of the Centre Street City Feed seemed spiffier Wednesday, here’s why: It got a fresh coat of color from Jon Gummer of JP’s Olde Tudor Painting.

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Hammer Time

By Chris Helms on May 18, 2015

Sure, it takes heavy machinery to tear down the Casey Overpass. But it also takes a surprising amount of sheer human muscle, as seen in this photo of a Barletta Heavy Division worker hammering on the flyover on Saturday, May 16, 2015.

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Orange Streak at Green

By Chris Helms on April 24, 2015

Untitled photo by William Brokhof, taken at Green Street Station.

Untitled photo by William Brokhof, taken at Green Street Station.

Other works by Jamaica Plain photographer Will Brokhof are on display at James’s Gate. Brokhof tells Jamaica Plain News he’ll donate a few of them for next Sunday’s Art4Music fundraiser, which benefits the Jamaica Plain Music Festival.

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