Quincy (Kwin' zee), Massachusetts, City of Presidents and Birthplace of the American Dream
Monday, March 08, 2010
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This is one of Quincy's many school conversions that took place in the 1980s. Many schools were sold off when severe tax-cutting measures were voted into law; we have had to build 2 new schools since then . . . there may be a lesson here, children. Academy Place served as the Adams Elementary School, which was built 90 years ago.
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Summer Attraction
This tiger swallowtail butterfly was a delight to see pollinating the phlox bed along my driveway.
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This beautiful Gothic and Tudor Revival style building was built in 1891 as a school for children of the granite workers in West Quincy; it ...
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This tiger swallowtail butterfly was a delight to see pollinating the phlox bed along my driveway.
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The administration building is all that remains of Quincy City Hospital. It will be renovated and incorporated into a multi-family 465-unit...
3 comments:
I love the idea of repurposing old buildings.
What a nice old building. It would have been very sad not to utilize it!!!
Do you happen to know anything about the former school on Burgin Parkway, now Sunnylea Condos?
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