Here is a link to an amazing photoset from the National Archives of photos by Michael Phillip Manheim of the Neptune Street section of East Boston. The photos were done as part of the Ducumerica Project in 1973 for the Environmental Protection Agency to document the noise pollution problem in the neighborhood. The photos are amazing in that they literally document a neighborhood that no longer exists. It has since been completely swallowed up by the airport. One little piece of Neptune street still exits and the last remaining home on the street was just recently demolished by Massport. Lovell Street is now completely part of the airport. In 1967, the airport swallowed up Wood Island Park which was a waterfront park designed by Frederick Law Olmstead in the 1890s. Thankfully, Massport has been forced to give a little bit of what it’s taken back to the city and has created both Piers Park and the Bremen Street Park.
