Let's play Attention to Detail! We give you a close-up clue and you have to figure out where you've seen it around Boston.
Today's clue is a bracket. Wikipedia explains that in architecture a bracket is, "… a structural or decorative member. It can be made of wood, stone, plaster, metal, or other mediums. It projects from a wall, usually to carry weight and sometimes to … strengthen an angle."
Here are some hints about this one:
- You'll find it in the Fenway
- It is at a major intersection
- The building looks very much like it did when it was built in 1904.
- The aroma of great pizza may be in the air nearby.
Ready? Click through or scroll down past this great book about Boston for the answer.
- The stone bracket in the clue is on 73 Hemenway Street.
- This was built as luxury housing in 1904.
- It later became the site of Boston’s Trade High School for Girls, as you can see in this photo from the City Archives above and below.
- The archives have references to classes in sewing, practical nursing, and dental programs.
- Good Old Boston has an interesting piece on High Schools of Yore.
- Since 1987, the building has been the Fensgate Cooperative, a 46-unit mixed-income, limited-equity co-op.
- Oh, and that pizza aroma would be coming from Woody's Grill and Tap across the street.
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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: Bracket photos © 2017 Penny Cherubino. Historic photos from the Boston City Archives.
Adapted for BostonZest from one of our Attention to Detail Newspaper columns.
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