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TheLamestUsername t1_ja6aulh wrote
Reply to Does anyone know why there are so many street names with Scottish origin near Cleveland circle? by 3720-To-One
https://www.boston.gov/historic-district/aberdeen-architectural-conservation-district
Behold the Aberdeen Historic District!
The neighborhood derived its name from the Aberdeen Land Company, which was founded in 1890. The company’s stock was held by twenty five investors, mostly Boston area financiers, merchants, and manufacturers. It was chartered to operate until 1915, for the express purpose of developing the area residentially. One of its largest stockholders was Henry M. Whitney, the transportation mogul who had developed Beacon Street. Others included G.T.W. Braman, President of the Boston Water Power Company; Noah W. Jordan, President and Chairman of the Board of the American Loan & Trust Company; and Isaac T. Burr, President of the Bank of North America. Two of the largest stockholders, incidentally, were Brighton men, George A. Wilson and Benjamin F. Ricker. As prior owners of land in the area, they probably traded their acreage for Aberdeen Land Company stock.
While there were other land companies that held property in the neighborhood, one being Henry Whitney's own West End Land Company, there seems little question that its present design, its street patterns and place names are a legacy of the Aberdeen Land Company.
The company was named for a Scottish county and many of the streets in Aberdeen likewise bear Anglo-Scottish names: Lanark, Sutherland, Kinross, Orkney, Strathmore, Radnor, Windsor, and Warwick, among others. How are we to account for this nomenclature? The British Empire was at the height of its prestige in the 1890s; also, the works of the immensely popular novelist Sir Walter Scott had given a special aura of romanticism to things Scottish. These Anglo-Scottish shire names carried just the right hint of the prestige and exclusiveness that Aberdeen’s projectors wished to attach to their emergent elite neighborhood.
Ok-Koala-9380 t1_ja6aijt wrote
Reply to comment by chewified in fabric masks by cucumberwatermelon
You are most definitely not a liberal. Jan 6 happened, you being idle bye and not fighting the good fight makes you a fascist and a domestic terrorist.
bostonguy2004 t1_ja6ahom wrote
Reply to Moving from Metrowest area to Boston by inspircatible
Safety reasons? Like you're wondering if the place you're moving is low on crime?
f0rtytw0 t1_ja6af0s wrote
Reply to comment by willzyx01 in Costco@Dedham: senior citizen tells driver that she needs to remove the snow from her car by HugePens
Toss those muffins in the blender with the hand sanitizer and you got yourself a party
BradMarchandsNose t1_ja6aco5 wrote
Reply to comment by dathorese in Moving truck from Tampa with Bucs logo and “equipment truck” on side spotted downtown. Just someone moving or Brady memorabilia moving back to the Boston area? by NYC-BOS
I’ve flown on one of the JetBlue Celtics planes so I’m now a Celtics player
Himekat t1_ja6a6zw wrote
Reply to comment by muppet_reject in What is the closest thing you’ve had delivered out of sheer refusal to leave the house by Previous-Aspect-3171
Yup! I’ve also seen Panera and Applebee’s deliveries in the lobby, which are almost equally bad (although not quite literally 50 feet away).
I can only hope that there are good reasons for the McD’s deliveries. Maybe someone sent it to a friend/family member? Or it was somehow cheaper to get it delivered than to purchase it for pickup? I dunno.
bostonguy2004 t1_ja6a5z9 wrote
Reply to Overnight stay in Beverly? by SensitiveArtist69
Yeah, the whole Greater Boston area is extremely expensive, so not surprised.
Where are you traveling from? You might be able to find something cheaper in Lawrence, or Southeastern New Hampshire.
PapayaJuice t1_ja69vr9 wrote
Reply to What is the closest thing you’ve had delivered out of sheer refusal to leave the house by Previous-Aspect-3171
I was sick as a DOG for over a week and all I wanted was a medium iced blueberry coffee with oat milk. Ended up paying about $20 for that damn coffee to be delivered to me less than a block from my front stoop.
reveazure t1_ja69s7r wrote
The abundance of hearts in cultural iconography seems to be growing in inverse proportion to the amount of fucks anyone actually has to give about anyone else.
UpInTheCut t1_ja69irv wrote
You can gift wrap a shit to look like a heart, but honestly... it's still a piece of shit..
disco_t0ast t1_ja6997o wrote
fuzzypickles34 t1_ja692ci wrote
Reply to comment by harriedhag in What is the closest thing you’ve had delivered out of sheer refusal to leave the house by Previous-Aspect-3171
How did you get a free DD membership? I got a free grubhub one through Amazon prime.
Middle-Example6618 t1_ja691rq wrote
Reply to What is the closest thing you’ve had delivered out of sheer refusal to leave the house by Previous-Aspect-3171
I ran out of coffee at 6PM, store is maybe 5 minutes away. I had six bags of coffee delivered by 5 AM the next day, instead. Its a good thing all my ancestors were cremated, or they would be rolling over.
wintersicyblast t1_ja690f9 wrote
Reply to comment by Common_Screen9450 in PCP recommendation in Cambridge/ Boston (or nearby cities) by georgporg
My PCP is also out of Atrius health/Harvard Vanguard. Wellesley center
pchaderton t1_ja68sz6 wrote
Reply to What is the closest thing you’ve had delivered out of sheer refusal to leave the house by Previous-Aspect-3171
A breakfast sandwich and coffee from a sandwich shop on property, no more than a minute walk away. I had a bad hangover and didn't want to deal with the sun and thought "Yeah this'll be an easy tip for someone". The delivery driver got lost, went to a completely wrong store two towns over, and had to call me to give them directions to the correct store. The order arrived, finally, an hour and a half late. The end result was the delivery driver took and delivered the wrong sandwich, wrong name on the bag and everything, and I didn't even get a coffee.
I later found out the place had their own personal website I could order pickup from, so now I order from that and walk there. Hangover be damned.
giantsalad OP t1_ja68orc wrote
Reply to comment by SparkDBowles in Dog bitten at McKinney Park in Brighton on Feb 25 by giantsalad
It does. But, since our dog typically goes to daycare I don't want to do anything that would get them in trouble either.
chubbybronco t1_ja68oi8 wrote
Reply to comment by Revolutionary-Edge98 in What is the closest thing you’ve had delivered out of sheer refusal to leave the house by Previous-Aspect-3171
Too drunk to walk? Then take your scooter like everyone else.
agu-g t1_ja68l8o wrote
Reply to Does anyone know why there are so many street names with Scottish origin near Cleveland circle? by 3720-To-One
CRAZY guess, Scottish people long ago?
chewified t1_ja68dah wrote
Reply to comment by Ok-Koala-9380 in fabric masks by cucumberwatermelon
Might be liberal that doesn't mean I'm actively wishing for people with different opinions than me to fall deathly ill. Maybe check your compass
Jimmyking4ever t1_ja687na wrote
Reply to comment by rickjames_experience in I keep seeing this spray painted in boston anyone know what it is spose to mean/represent? by EnvironmentalCable69
Some kid who watches too much Inuyasha or hello kitty?
mingosxiv t1_ja6869k wrote
Reply to comment by TheGodDamnDevil in I keep seeing this spray painted in boston anyone know what it is spose to mean/represent? by EnvironmentalCable69
nobody here actually likes it here except for the townies
Jimmyking4ever t1_ja67zdz wrote
inspircatible t1_ja67l9y wrote
TheGodDamnDevil t1_ja67g20 wrote
Reply to comment by mingosxiv in I keep seeing this spray painted in boston anyone know what it is spose to mean/represent? by EnvironmentalCable69
You think you're so hot just because your town's name comes first alphabetically. Makes me sick.
Cameron_james t1_ja6b1s9 wrote
Reply to Overnight stay in Beverly? by SensitiveArtist69
There's not much tourism in Beverly for a hotel. There's a Hampton Inn in Peabody for about $100-$125 a night.
Endicott College in Beverly has a hotel that is $100 for March 1st.