Friday, June 27, 2025

Brookline's Fisher Hill Reservoirs

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Mention “the reservoir” to people in Brookline today and they will probably think of one of two bodies of water: the Chestnut Hill Reservoir...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

The Pierce School the Municipal Triangle, Part 1

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The map below shows the triangle formed by Harvard Street, Washington Street, and School Street in Brookline Village. It is the location of ...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Spring Walking Tours of Brookline History

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This spring's series of Brookline history walking tours kicks off this Sunday at 9 am with 165 Years of Shopping in Coolidge Corner . Co...
Sunday, March 16, 2025

Brookline's Oldest Restaurant (Or Is It?)

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Three years ago, I wrote a blog post about Brookline's oldest restaurant, the Busy Bee, which opened on Beacon Street just east of Carlt...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Amateur Photography in 19th Century Brookline

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The May 6, 1882 edition of the Brookline Chronicle included a list of 33 books recently added to the collection at the Brookline Library. Th...
Thursday, September 5, 2024

Brookline Photographers: The Early Years

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In the early days of photography, Brookline people who wanted to have their picture taken traveled into Boston. For example, Mary Wild, in a...
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Thursday, August 22, 2024

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!

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I'm always going down rabbit holes, never knowing where any one thread of Brookline history is going to take me.  My latest expedition b...