Snapshot: Allston, 2/24/11

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2.25.2011

The other day I took my new camera (a dinky but doable Sony Cybershot) out for a stroll through the old neighborhood. What I love about Allston is it’s unique urban fabric – there are layers of streetcar suburb mingling with dense urban dwellings, an aging industrial backdrop, and a truly dynamic demographic make-up beyond being a student ghetto. Though many twenty-somethings do come to Allston to retire and walking down Harvard Ave may give you Portlandia deja-vu, it’s not a homogenous hipster population. Giant castles with Benz’s parked out front line one street that runs perpindicular to another with a series of what look like sinking three deckers still covered in Halloween decor. That church steeple in the Ringer Park picture above is actually the Palestine Cultural Center and Mosque, with large Victorians on one side and a 5 story brick-cube apartment on the other. It’s a very active and adaptive part of the city. Almost no buildings serve the function you’d expect them to, as old churches are adapted into concert halls and day care, and mechanic shops become band spaces, while graffiti is welcome and tasteful in the context Allston presents.

This is my first photoblog- I’m still learning how to use the sight and take quality pictures. But this is my snapshot of Allston on one of the few decent days this February.

Trail, Gordon Street

Homes on Ringer Park

Princeton Castle Castle facade

Cool facade, cool porch

Mailbox, Harvard ave. My favorite Saint. Linden st Ski-slope house Off Linden Street Respect Lindale Harvard Ave

Getting invasive Porch Swing Crazy skylights

How did that tree grow there? What is this?

Neighbors "Horror Business" closed recently Sky was almost blue Share this: Facebook X Like Loading…

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One response to “Snapshot: Allston, 2/24/11”

rheannabellomo

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February 25, 2011

Paul you have some really great shots here–keep it up! “Sky was almost blue,” the second to last photo is my favorite. I also really like the one of the tree in the alley, the one that’s featured on the homepage right now. Keep shooting. Practice makes you better!

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