Boston MBTA PCCs of Comm. Ave. Green Line

"Auto Row + The B-Line"
An MSTS1 Original Short Movie.
Animated / Illustrated - Copyright 2011
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Boston PCC Streetcars along the old "Auto Row"- Commonwealth Avenue B-Line, shown variably in the era of the 1960's through 1970's. (a little early-80's too..)

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[hollagetit21]

lame ass video for real

[MSTS1]

@hollagetit21 - Thanks douche bag!...

[lmferg]

Great job. I lived in the area from 1976 until 1998, Blakes had the best breakfast, better than T Anthonys. Interesting to see the present Star Market as an auto dealer. By the late 70s, this auto mile was in transition. I didn't know there was a Howard Johnsons at The BU Bridge.

[MSTS1]

@lmferg -Thanks! I too spent a lot of time in that area, from the early 80's to late 90's.

Had many lunches at Blake's in the 80's, and sometimes at Steve's which was just a few doors down. Commonwealth Chevy at 1065 Comm. Ave. later became another car dealer- Oste Chevy / Suburu - until it was totally rebuilt in '94-95 into Star Market, and nowadays, Shaws-Star Market. The HJ @ BU Bridge was shown in a photo I've seen of the Mass Pike construction under Comm. Ave., circa 1960, I think.

[MSTS1]

@dpjaexp - Well thank you so much for that. Nice to know that it is appreciated, for sure.

Have a great New Year too..

[dpjaexp]

@MSTS1 It's just the greatest. Enjoying it over and over. Wishing you and your loved ones happy New Year, and thanking you, again, for your great vids. Sometimes I watch them before I go to sleep, they're so soothing.

[MSTS1]

@dpjaexp - I just spent the last year making this and one other transit movie. It was so much design work that I have mostly taken the summer off to rest, and had no plans to do another transit movie for a while. I want to get back to my television animations. But at some point I might try another one of these, we'll see.. They are just so time-consuming to make..

[MSTS1]

@dpjaexp - I'm glad I was able to capture your memories in this movie. Having spent a lot of time in this area in the 80's and 90's, I watched it transition out of a car mecca into mostly a BU campus. Particularly in the 90's, often around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays when the students went home on break, I'd think about how the area looked in the past with so many 60's-style car dealerships, and wanted to do movie about that. Finally got to it this year.

[dpjaexp]

I remember as a child that whenever Channel 5 would sign on, there was an animation they would show with kids playing, and two PCCs passed in front of the Museum of Fine Arts or something. Streetcars make Boston living so much easier and accessible to everyone, across all ages and abilities, and when JP lost the Arborway Line, it was like having its guts ripped out. Our elderly and handicapped deserve a one seat ride into Boston, the streetcars must return. Art like yours can help to teach!

[dpjaexp]

This was a total mind-body-spirit experience for me. Without revealing too much, I am a guy who remembers everything in this creation. I was born in the sixties and lived in the area until the late seventies. I'm a PCC fanatic, my cousin lived on Commonwealth Avenue, my dad went to the Armory for his National Guard Service, my grandma worked at BU and used to get off the streetcar at Blandford. Maybe you could create some art like this for the Arborway Line restoration committee to help us.