Thursday, July 9, 2009

Summer Street

Summer Street with the facade of the old Filene's building on the left, Macy's Dept. Store on the right. In the foreground left is a fruit vendor the city moved when Filenes was going to be converted to a high rise mixed use condo/retail development; since that is on hold the green grocer is back on Summer Street. Walking a few blocks down Summer Street will bring you to South Station.

9 comments:

Steffe July 9, 2009 4:26 PM  

A bit surprising with the fruit stand, but why not, I will have some water melon please.

Harriet July 9, 2009 4:42 PM  

Thanks for filling us in on what is/was planned for the Filene's building. Great photo.

brattcat July 9, 2009 7:52 PM  

Such a wonderful urban shot with the fruit and the flowers and the brick streets and the buildings vanishing into the bleached sky.

Jacob July 9, 2009 9:41 PM  

In the mid-70s I paid a visit to Filene's...

So sorry to hear about its demise.

Super photo, Clueless...rainy days make for good photography and this is colorful, composed very well, and tack sharp!

Kcalpesh July 10, 2009 12:50 AM  

Looks very much like one of our Mumbai streets.. Nice shots! Only difference... this one's much cleaner... :-)

Malyss July 10, 2009 4:55 AM  

I like the mood of this picture: it just rained, so the weather is pleasant.It's a pedestrian area.The clock tells us the time. The mix between the tall modern buildings and the fruit vendor is interesting.
But flags remind us where we are:
A very unusual view of american life (I speak as European..Ü)

joo July 10, 2009 7:45 AM  

I like this ssummer street scene, fruit look delicious and pretty:)
Lovely shot.

Lois July 10, 2009 10:18 AM  

The watermelons look good to me too! I also like all those flags.

honza03 July 11, 2009 2:36 PM  

So it is raining even in Summer street. Pardon me but this summer behaves somewhat weird. Wish you sun! At least for Sunday :)

To what shall I compare this life of ours?
Even before I can say it is like a lightning flash or a dewdrop,
it is no more. -Gibon Sengai (1750-1837)

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