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The Parker House Hotel Keeps Reinventing Itself
The 1890 photo just catches the corner of the Parker House Hotel on the Tremont Street side. Unfortunately, most photos throughout...

Arthur Hamlin
Sep 11, 20212 min read
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A Church for a King
The King's Chapel is one of the most famous structures in Boston. It is one of the oldest surviving structure and is on the Freedom...

Arthur Hamlin
Aug 31, 20211 min read
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The Niles Block is Dead, Long Live the Niles Building!
The 1890 photo of Boston from the State House roof does not show the Niles Block, it is obscured by a building on the south side of...

Arthur Hamlin
Aug 30, 20211 min read
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Today's building is obscured is history
Usually, the buildings added to the site are well known, or at least were at some point in history. But today's building, the Ames Block,...

Arthur Hamlin
Aug 28, 20211 min read
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Historic Boston Explorer has a Heartbeat Again
When I started this website, I had hoped to complete it quickly, but the task was far bigger than I imagined and my free time was far...

Arthur Hamlin
Aug 26, 20211 min read
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