Here’s are two great photos of the Route 9 – Route 128 interchange from 1952.
That spot, just around the corner from my house, looks wildly different today. It will look even more different tomorrow.
That interchange is the last step in the decade long 128 Add-a-Lane project, which has been inching its way northward in recent years and has finally reached Route 9 in recent months.
(thanks to Maureen Reilly-Meagher for forwarding the photos and thanks to Arcadia Press for publishing them).
I think I see Bob in the distance on his bicycle…
I think I see Bob in the distance on his bicycle…
and this is what that same stretch of Route 9 near Hemlock Gorge looked like until 1932 (then known as the Worcester Turnpike)
and this is what that same stretch of Route 9 near Hemlock Gorge looked like until 1932 (then known as the Worcester Turnpike)
@Adam – Nice one!
@Adam – Nice one!
Is it depressing to anyone else when you see public transportation that has since been ripped up, as we can see in Adam’s photo from 1932?
Is it depressing to anyone else when you see public transportation that has since been ripped up, as we can see in Adam’s photo from 1932?
@bryan Yes.
@bryan Yes.
Especially interesting for those of us who live nearby is the northeast riverbank which shows what looks like a possible beach and a much different topography rising up to Quino and Rte 9.When stuck in traffic on Rte 9 I fantasize about reintroducing a people mover to the median.great pic.
Especially interesting for those of us who live nearby is the northeast riverbank which shows what looks like a possible beach and a much different topography rising up to Quino and Rte 9.When stuck in traffic on Rte 9 I fantasize about reintroducing a people mover to the median.great pic.
Here’s my back to the future fantasy:
http://bikenewton.org/when-newton-was-like-the-netherlands-for-biking/norumbega_park_bike_yard_1907/
Here’s my back to the future fantasy:
http://bikenewton.org/when-newton-was-like-the-netherlands-for-biking/norumbega_park_bike_yard_1907/
@Nathan Phillips – I think we should stage a dramatic re-creation of that photo.
@Nathan Phillips – I think we should stage a dramatic re-creation of that photo.
Jerry, let’s do it! If anyone could instigate a group photo of the Tour de Newton bikes & riders, its you 🙂
(by the way click on that photo to see “where to invade next”)
Jerry, let’s do it! If anyone could instigate a group photo of the Tour de Newton bikes & riders, its you 🙂
(by the way click on that photo to see “where to invade next”)
I can’t prove it conclusively, but some of the reports from the late 19th and early 20th century suggest that part of the Quinebequin Golf Club may have been located at what is now the 128/Rte 9 intersection. Public records do document that the old stone building at Hemlock Gorge was used as a club meeting place and storage area. Automobiles have destroyed and yes dehumanized so much of the natural beauty of this part of Newton. Hemlock Gorge is still a great hiking experience, but go there before 6 AM on a sunny, commuter free Sunday morning if you want to experience the quiet calm of what it used to feel like.
I can’t prove it conclusively, but some of the reports from the late 19th and early 20th century suggest that part of the Quinebequin Golf Club may have been located at what is now the 128/Rte 9 intersection. Public records do document that the old stone building at Hemlock Gorge was used as a club meeting place and storage area. Automobiles have destroyed and yes dehumanized so much of the natural beauty of this part of Newton. Hemlock Gorge is still a great hiking experience, but go there before 6 AM on a sunny, commuter free Sunday morning if you want to experience the quiet calm of what it used to feel like.
On Saturday April 30, the Stone Building will be the site of the free lunch for volunteers in the Hemlock Gorge Cleanup starting at 9;00 A.M. at the meadow in Needham opposite the Mill Falls complex in Newton. Come to get gear and instructions from 9 to 10 to earn your lunch at noon by the Stone Building.
City Councilor Brian Yates
President, Friend of Hemlock Gorge
On Saturday April 30, the Stone Building will be the site of the free lunch for volunteers in the Hemlock Gorge Cleanup starting at 9;00 A.M. at the meadow in Needham opposite the Mill Falls complex in Newton. Come to get gear and instructions from 9 to 10 to earn your lunch at noon by the Stone Building.
City Councilor Brian Yates
President, Friend of Hemlock Gorge