Boston.com ran a series of photos yesterday entitled, “Boston’s South End through the years”.
Here are a couple of “then and now” photos. I would have done more but it started to get dark.
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Tremont Street 1974 & 2010
In this photo, you can see how some things have changed, quite a bit. The corner market (at Tremont and West Canton streets) has changed from “Aguada Market” (aguada: ‘watered-down’ or, in this case, ’small’ market) to Casa Cuong (629 Tremont Street).
The “Real Estate Mortgages” shop is now OKW – custom clothing for women (631 Tremont). The shop next door, “Furniture Movers” is now the South End Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage branch (633 Tremont).
“Longs”, which looks like a pawn shop (and, perhaps, is the precursor to the “Long & Gordon” real estate company, which now owns those two buildings, I believe) is next door; this is now (minus the jut-out) a dentist’s office (635 Tremont).
Current day, there’s a frame shop next to that (637 Tremont).
Nicoles Pizza is now located next door to that (639 Tremont). In the 1990’s, Nicoles was located at 627 Tremont Street, now the location of the Starbucks Coffee shop (as well as my current location).
Shawmut Ave 1974 & 2010 (at least, my best guess of where the original photo was taken)
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John Keith is the publisher of 'the Life of a City' website. He is a long-time Boston resident who lives in the South End. He has been a writer, real estate agent, and candidate for public office, during his career. Next up: scallop fisherman. 
