Oak Square's YMCA

Once upon a time in Oak Square, in October of 1943 to be exact,  Smith's Market  stood at this very location.

A gas station followed, and was razed for the YMCA.



I wish I could go back, just for a day and photograph everything  my eyes desired, share it with you, wouldn't that be wonderful ! ?

Oh I think it would be grand to walk the streets of an earlier time in space.

Walk on dirty instead of concrete, less people, less cars, more space.



I'm so very appreciative of the archives from the Brighton Allston Historical Society, it would be great to have had a couple more perspectives, the image in the link is facing west to Washington St.,  one of the roads to Newton Watertown,  and the Mass. Pike,  which  was not yet craved out in 1943,

it was perhaps a thought in a mind or two.



I'm not a spring chicken by any means, still,  I must keep in mind that the Cameras of 1943 weren't wasn't as easy peasy as todays cameras.



The digital age makes it so inexpensive to shoot to one's heart's content, this I'm extremely grateful !

What a crock

Insulation should be Cheap

How did we get this belief? Homes are definitely not cheap. Energy is no longer cheap and won't be for at least 50 years.
 Why do we expect the very things that control and contain this energy in our homes and buildings to be cheap?

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Hmm interesting concept -  so just because homes are expensive (not in every state bubb) insulation should be expensive as well, come on folks, it's fiberglass, Styrofoam, aluminum & bubble paper or paper pulp being blown into the attic and floors.