Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1879
Gallivan Boulevard Neponset Circle aerial photo 1956
This is before the expressway was constructed and before the Staples and Walgreens buildings were put in. You can see the old bridge to Quincy and the Neponset Drive-In Theater. I think the long white building at the left was a car wash but not in quite in the same location as the car wash building at Neponset Circle today. On the near side of Gallivan Boulevard, you can see a building with a spire. That was Dunn’s Grille and later Linda’s Restaurant, which was remodeled to become Bickford’s but has now been replaced by the Verizon store. The building next door is now AutoZone, I think.
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