I love, love, LOVE this week’s challenge topic! It allows me to share a bit of my “backstory,” a 21st century scratch on the wall about my urban roots.
A brief word re: the pictures below: NONE of them are my own. I discovered a wonderful photographer via Flickr, whose many shots so perfectly captured the urban environment, I had difficulty selecting the “best” ones!
Let’s begin!
I grew up in Everett, a working-class, blue-collar city adjacent to Boston. Our street, Fremont Ave, was situated near the top of Lawrence St., in a section known as Hospital Hill. From any backporch on the odd-numbered side of the street, you could see the entire Boston Skyline, the Shipyards, and Logan Airport. On exceptionally clear days, a tiny corner of Revere Beach was even visible!
Fremont Avenue is comprised of two-family homes. For 17 years my family rented in two different flats on this street. The yellow house in the photo below shows the second apartment we called home; we lived on the second floor. If you look between the houses, you’ll notice a bit of the urban skyline through the haze. 🙂
Now let me zoom out, so you get a feel for the densely settled urban area that is Metropolitan Boston North:
Mouse over the center of the above picture….When you see the word Whidden, you’re above my old house! 🙂
Wave and say Hi! 😉
Until next time…….
🙂 🙂
Again many thanks to Scleroplex for the great pictures!
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small house/BIG GARDEN 
Ah, Boston, my hometown!
In what part of the city were you born? 🙂
I was born in Jamaica Plain, lived there until I was 9, then we moved to West Roxbury. I lived in West Roxbury first with my parents then in various apartments into my early 30’s!
I’ve never been to Boston, but maybe someday. New England’s the only part of the country I haven’t seen much (except for one trip to Maine).
I know you’d love New England. If you get up that way, I suggest seeing Portland, ME as well as Providence..don’t limit yourself to just Boston.
When we lived in central MA., Providence and Boston were equi-distant, so we spent a fair amount of time exploring what was unknown to us in R.I. It’s a teeny tiny state with A LOT to offer!
fantastic pictures. A bit of nostalgia!
Imagine my shock to find one of Scott’s house! I think the photographer must’ve shot it from the “bridge” connecting the hospital bldgs, yeah?
Cool shots. I love Boston. 😉
Boston is a FUN city, no question! Great places to walk (and eat!) throughout! I really miss the bakeries…so many different ethnic places!
Last photo is simply amazing 🙂
I wrote to the photographer inquiring from where he took it! If I hear back, I plan on updating the post!
That would be wonderful 🙂
I’m waving !! What a great post, to take alook back. I like urban too – I spent many years in big cities and they have such a distinct feel and buzz about them.
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