{"id":1473,"date":"2014-10-23T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2014-10-23T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T10:10:00","slug":"where-is-this-lion-fun-with-historic-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1473","title":{"rendered":"Where Is This Lion? Fun with Historic Photos!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This lion lives on a fairly busy street in Boston. Do you know where you'll find him? <\/p>\n

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Photo credit and links are below.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo credit and links are below.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Clues:<\/p>\n

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  1. Over the years this building was used for a lodging house, church, undertaker, stores, day nursery, and apartments.<\/li>\n
  2. In 1943, repairs were made to the buidling after a fire.<\/li>\n
  3. Today, the building houses seven condominium units.<\/li>\n
  4. Leslie Jones took these photos.<\/li>\n
  5. It's in the South End.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Update: 10\/25\/14:<\/strong> We received a review copy of Dirty Old Boston: Four Decades of a City in Transition<\/a>\"\" by Jim Botticelli, a great new book from Union Park Press and found the second photo on page 37. If you love these historic photos posts, you will love this book. <\/p>\n

    Here's a photo of the lion, today:<\/p>\n

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    Are you ready for an answer?<\/p>\n

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    This lion lives at 511 Columbus Avenue at the corner of Greenwich Park. <\/p>\n

    Here are the historic photos with their titles.<\/p>\n

    Both are: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection, and are used under this creative commons license.<\/a><\/p>\n

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    "South End kids pose on stone lion"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    "African-American boy with Stowe lion"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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