The Boston History Project: Sullivan Square Charlestown with Anthony Sammarco

Great work. Only thing I thought you could have put in was the other 2 dairys United farmers and whitings

Ahhhhh, I remember a car load of freckle faced townies teens speeding by hanging out of their car yelling racial slurs at my cousin and I over by BCC in the late 90s. I live in Charlestown now :(

lol, then people built the assembly square~~ Avalon changed factories into apartments...

Where my townies at!!

Very nice. No discussion of Sullivan Sq. station can be complete, though, without mentioning the Sun Spot lunch counter located on the train platform.

I don't really see a "thriving" neighbourhood in the wake of demolition but more a generic traffic island.

I REMEMBER IT ALL. 8 YEARS OLD. THANKS ANTHONY. 1952

Bunker Hill Monument?
USS Constitution?

I use to take the El out of Sully to get to Thompson Sq and then walk back to the CR Edwards Jr High. That was from 70-74. I was 10-14 years old then. We would take the El all over back then for 10 cents. Then you'd grab a transfer to either catch a bus or another trolley or train from North Station to go where ever. Sometimes we'd grab the blue line to Orient Heights to go fishing. Sometimes we'd take it to the end of a line just to go for a ride. We knew it was time to turn around when we got to Franklin :) - Always enjoyed riding the El into North Station though because you could smell the fresh bread being baked at the factory there. Also to Haymarket to get veggies and meats with my grandfather. North Station was a busy stop with the Boston Garden right there. We'd go to Park St just to go up those super long escalators and then slide down the rails in between them. Great memories playing around on the Elevated.

I would take a bus from Medford into Old Sullivan Square, I’ll never forget the bus went in the side of the Station and up the ramp to the right into old Sullivan Square, and get on the El and go into North Station and go into the old Boston Garden and watch the old Boston Braves hockey team. I can still hear the wheels squealing going around the corner from Washington Street Onto Causeway Street. Great times. I did all this at 10 years old with no worries at all.

Cool! My mother, two aunts and myself have all worked at Schraffts at one point!

I worked for $35 per day in the old graphics arts building on a Polaroid assembly line back in 1990 to by milk and diapers for my first born child🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️

Great series, I drove a semi for years, one of my stops was a printing company right at the intersection your near, it was a very tight loading dock, and of course the cars kept coming, very busy all the time, but my specialty was backing into tight spots, I'd wait for a break and boom, slide it right in first shot, I don't boast usually but I'd backed into crazy situations before, some of the reviewers would watch me because they'd day no one else does it in quick first shot, usually they gotta get a guy out there to hold up traffic, holding up traffic was my nemesis , I'm retired now but reminds me of those days. Thanks for old man memories. Good luck to all🙏

Then the monkeys took...

Spicc., aknods

I lived on Main St across from Stickney & Poor spice company in the late 40s.
The Bunker Hill parade went down to Sullivan Square in front of my home.
There was a creamery next store.
I went to the B.F. Tweed school for two years - about seven kids in my kindergarten class.
It was easy to get filthy playing outside - no grass in sight.
It was fun to stand on the wooden crosswalk and have the B. & M. trains go underneath when going to see my aunt in Somerville.
One day a long steel girder from the overpass at Sullivan Square fell down and you could see it from Main St.
Later when I was older and living in Medford and working in Boston, I would walk to Medford square near Carrolls Diner and I could take the West Medford or the Winter Hill bus to Sullivan Square.
Another aunt worked at Schrafts and would always have a box of "seconds".
Once a year at Schrafts there would be a fair.
Both my parents were Townies.
Pardon my spelling.

My stop

Say Whaddah bout the Prison

Revere Sugar was there long before Domino!