STILL ILLUMINATING
Bardwell Street
Burroughs Street
Eliot Street
Meehan Place
Parley Ave.
Paul Gore Terrace
Regent Cir.
Spring Park Ave.
St. Joseph Street
Union Ave.

Close up of the lamp at the corner of Burroughs and Pond streets. Photos and text © Copyright 1999-2006 Rik Ahlberg.
In the 1890s, gas lamps were the latest
technology for lighting Boston’s streets.

These are some of the photos I’ve
taken to document the gas lamps
that survived a century of change
on the streets of Jamaica Plain.

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