Alterations???

This storefront does not lend a prosperous look to downtown Wollaston and has looked like this for a many years.  At the very least, it could use some alterations to those windows.  I am sure some local artists could add interesting murals to the windows to make it a little more welcoming to the community.  Here is a picture of this building from 6 years ago.  I wonder why this has been vacant for so long?

Central Conversion

The conversion of the old Central Middle School into 46 condo units is well underway.

Fleeting Clouds

The Intercontinental Hotel in Boston has an ever-changing glass surface that is fun to photograph.
Happy Monochrome Monday!

Over the Knoll

 I like the view of the State Street Office Park building from Pope Paul Park.  Happy Monochrome Monday!

Light On The Horizon

Boston Scientific and Marina Bay are bathed in sunlight across the Neponset River.

River View

View of State Street Office area from Neponset River.

Travel Tuesday: Concord, New Hampshire

This is our Nation's oldest State House (1819) in which the Legislature still occupies it's original chambers. 

House of Representatives chamber

Senate Chamber

Johnny Depp Was Here

This apartment building at 6 Gilson Road was recently turned into Whitey Bulger's 16-year hideaway in Southern California for the film, "Black Mass," which will be released in 2015. Johnny Depp stars as Whitey Bulger, the Boston-Irish crime boss and leader of the Winter Hill gang.  (The apartment building was built in 1963, for my Thursday Old House followers.)

Travel Tuesday: Oahu, Hawaii

"With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot" are lyrics from the song, "Big Yellow Taxi"  that singer, songwriter, Joni Mitchell recorded in 1970.  Thanks to QDP follower, Andy,  for reminding me last Thursday of this great song.  I researched the lyrics and learned that the "pink hotel" in this song is most likely the Royal Hawaiian in Honolulu. The romantic and legendary "Pink Palace", was built in 1927 is the landmark hotel on Waikiki Beach.  I captured this picture but didn't realize it's history and connection to Joni's hit song. 

Travel Tuesday: Springfield, Massachusetts

The U.S. Federal Courthouse in Springfield, Massachusetts, designed by the renowned Moshe Safdie, was completed in 2008 for $53 million dollars.  I would like to photograph this modern ediface at dusk.

Flag & Facade Remain

The beautiful but charred neoclassical facade of the Quincy Masonic Temple is all that remains after a multiple-alarm fire gutted it on Monday.  It was built in 1926, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  So many good memories were made here: my own go back to meeting Santa at White Brothers Milk Company Christmas parties that were held here.  I also attended DeMolay installations here for my sons, the popular dinner theater events and the antique shows.  The interior was as amazing as the exterior.   To see previous QDP posts of the Masonic Temple, please click HERE, HERE, and HERE. 

Thursday is "This Old Building" Day

 Today I am sharing a building facade from "Granite Town" also known at St. George in New Brunswick, Canada.  I thought it appropriate seeing as we call ourselves "Granite City."

St. George's granite industry began in 1862, (later than Quincy's).   "St. George red and black" was quarried and transformed in their local sheds for more than 60 years.  It was used in buildings and cemeteries across North America.   

St. George supplied columns and stone for the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Boston as well as the American Museum of Natural History in New York and Ottawa's Parliament Building, to name a few. 

Blossoms & Brick

Springtime view of the Munroe Building looking north on Hancock Street

Thursday is "This Old House" Day

Today's building is located at 118 Beacon Street in Boston.  I wonder whether Quincy granite was used on its 1907 facade.  The pink magnolia blossoms look so beautiful against the gray stone.

Travel Tuesday: Boston

I didn't travel very far for today's picture of Boston's InterContinental Hotel on Atlantic Avenue.  This is a fun building to photograph with so many lines and angles; I like how it looks in monochrome.

In Between Land & Sky

This view of State Street office building in North Quincy, is taken from across the Neponset River at Pope Paul Park.  I think Frank Lloyd Wright would like this setting.

Happy Skywatch Friday!

Outdoor Venue, 2012

Bank of America Pavilion is one of Boston's favorite summertime theater venues, seating 5,000 people and located along Boston's waterfront.   I will be one of the proud parents attending my son's graduation ceremony here today and the weather forecast looks delightful for the event.

The whole waterfront area in South Boston is undergoing transformation with development of a convention center, trade center, hotels, restaurants, bars, museums, piers, condos, walkways and more.  You wouldn't know we were in a recession by seeing all the commerce in the area.

Out With The Bad . . .

Happy Monochrome Monday!  On the highway heading north towards downtown Boston is this very industrial looking building.  It is actually the ventilation system controlling the air quality for 3.6 miles of tunnels in Boston.

"Upon This Rock..."

Built in 1844, from great blocks of Quincy granite, is the former Church of Saints Peter & Paul in South Boston. Gridley J.F. Bryant, son of the famed railroad pioneer, was the architect on this Gothic revival church. This was the first Roman Catholic Church in South Boston; it was closed in 1995, and turned into condos.

Grid Work

I treated this image of a State Street Office building in North Quincy, to some post processing to add some visual interest.