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Korday Studio/Globe File
An aerial photo taken in 1957 of the New York Streets area two years after the demolition began.
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Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library
A map of Boston in 1852 shows the location of the New York Streets.
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Digital Treasures in Central and Western Massachusetts Digital Library Project
The New York Streets neighborhood was built next to the terminal for what became the Boston & Albany Railroad.
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Globe File/1954
Troy Street, one of the New York Streets, before the area was demolished. Troy Street later became Traveler Street.
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Charles Dixon/Globe File/1955
Rubble of demolished buildings in 1955. The area was redeveloped as a light industrial zone.
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Globe File/1956
Demolition of New York streets in progress in 1956. From left to right, Troy, Rochester, Genesee, Oswego, Oneida, and Seneca streets.
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Warren Patriquin/Globe File 1972
The Boston Herald-Traveler building occupied land that was formerly part of the New York Streets area.
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ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS
Current plans for the now-vacated Boston Herald site call for four new structures containing 475 apartments and shops and restaurants.








