{"id":1518,"date":"2017-11-09T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2017-11-09T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T09:33:00","slug":"it-looked-like-this-in-1889-what-will-you-find-in-this-spot-today-lets-play-attention-to-detail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1518","title":{"rendered":"It Looked Like This in 1889. What Will You Find in This Spot Today? Let&#8217;s Play Attention to Detail!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b8d2b9c558970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2387498327_768875b103_o copy\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401b8d2b9c558970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b8d2b9c558970c-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"2387498327_768875b103_o copy\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#39;s play Attention to Detail! We give you a clue, in this case a photo of the scene in 1889, and you have to figure out where you&#39;ve seen it around Boston. And, in this case, what&#39;s in that spot today?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some hints:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This photo was taken because there was a major construction project underway nearby.&#0160;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This spot is near some of Boston&#39;s most important architectural gems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1889 this building had lots of convenient transportation nearby.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Some people call this spot South End, others call it Back Bay.&#0160;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready? Click through or scroll down past this great book about Boston for the answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><iframe frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=bostonzestcom-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1934598127&amp;asins=1934598127&amp;linkId=a7fc0341cc96e9a04da8c35edbfb7568&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\"><\/iframe>&#0160;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c92f57d5970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CHE_2750\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c92f57d5970b img-responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c92f57d5970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"CHE_2750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The building shown in the circa 1889 photo once stood at Huntington Avenue and Blagden Street where Trinity Place stands today. Trinity Place was completed in 2000 and designed by the architectural firm of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbtarchitects.com\/\">Childs Bertman Tseckares Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401bb09d27eed970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2387498327_768875b103_o\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401bb09d27eed970d img-responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401bb09d27eed970d-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"2387498327_768875b103_o\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Boston Public Library was under construction next door. Here&#39;s&#0160;another photo showing the edge of that work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c92f593d970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1898 Blagden\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c92f593d970b img-responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c92f593d970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"1898 Blagden\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In addition to the street cars running through Copley Square, there were rail lines ending in this area.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one or another item as&#0160;a gift? Remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=bostonzestcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">to click over to Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" \/> from here to support this site!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"250\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=amazonhomepage_2017&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=617e75549efc8dfedf6ca034a7f5ef88&amp;t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;tracking_id=bostonzestcom-20\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"300\"><\/iframe>&#0160;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Words: Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino<br \/>Photography: \u00a9 2017 Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino<\/p>\n<p>Adapted for BostonZest from one of our Attention to Detail Newspaper columns.&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people call this spot South End, others call it Back Bay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1854,1855,1160],"tags":[1166,43,1860,1859,1856,1858,32,194,1861,1857],"class_list":["post-1518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-attention-to-detail","category-history","tag-back-bay","tag-boston","tag-clues","tag-hints","tag-it-looked-like-this-in-1889","tag-lets-play-attention-to-detail","tag-ma","tag-south-end","tag-transportation","tag-what-will-you-find-in-this-spot-today"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It Looked Like This in 1889. 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