Cifelli’s Quality Fuel & Car is just 4 miles off of Route 1, and they definitely have a sign that would make The Sign of the Month! When you drive by, this really gets your attention, as it shows their gas price for unleaded being $9.99 per gallon. Also, it says that the Car Wash […]
Wollaston Beach, on Quincy Bay in Quincy, Massachusetts, is the largest public beach in Boston Harbor with around 2.3 miles of shoreline. The northern end of the beach is a Native American Historical site, Moswetuset Hummock, where the original Moswetuset Sac’hem or Chief had a tribal council. Quincy Shore Drive, which runs parallel to the […]
The Elmora Theatre opened on February 15, 1927 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. It was called “The Theatre Beautiful” in early advertisements and was primarily a live playhouse when it opened. The Kirkham Players, a local acting company, performed in most of the plays shown at the Elmora. However, on June 11, 1928, a little over […]
Originally planned to be built in Waltham, The Oriental Theatre opened on October 24, 1930 in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It was designed in the atmospheric style, where the ceiling resembled the night sky surrounded by a town, by the Boston based architectural firm Krokyn, Browne, and Rosenstein. They recreated notable Chinese structures, […]
St. Alphonsus Hall opened on February 19, 1900 and is in the Mission Hill neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. It was named after Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, the founder of the Redemptionist order and was built as part of the Mission Church Complex, which consisted of a grammar school, a convent, a mission school, and the […]
In 1911, Boston Mayor John Fitzgerald began plans for a free zoo in Franklin Park. The Franklin Park Zoo opened to the public in late 1912 and was a great success, with millions of people visiting it each year. It differed from most zoos, as there were no front gates, and they spread the exhibits […]
The George Robert White Schoolboy Stadium, known as White Stadium, is in the Playstead section of Franklin Park in Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1945 with $2 million ($32 million when adjusted for inflation) from the George Robert White Fund. George Robert White was an American Philanthropist who left a trust of $5,000,000 to […]
The final leg in our gas station road trip was the Raceway in South Brunswick! While it wasn’t the stand-out of our trip, it did have a variety of unique features you don’t typically see in a gas station this far north. With a singularly desolate atmosphere, and almost cinematically mismatched asphalt, this gas station […]
Optimism can be elusive, unless you’re listening to this song. Gratitude and good fortune sleep together inside the soul. Whether listening to this tune during a gloomy day full of disappointment, or during a stroll on a glorious Spring morning, you’ll feel awakened into thankfulness before we reach the Coda. Sometime during the recording and […]
Rosebud American Kitchen & Bar is an historic diner in the Somerville area of Massachusetts, although while the exterior remains mostly the same as when it was founded as the Rosebud Diner in 1941, the interior of the car was gutted and renovated by the current owner in 2013. The result is a sort of […]
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