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Word: wharf (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...such a view is by no means universally held. Another long-time denizen of the pier protested vigorously when we suggested that T Wharf once had the reputation of being a center for Bohemians. "That depends on what you mean by Bohemian," she said. "Sure, we used to do some funny things. Like once we all got dressed up in fancy costumes and walked from the Wharf clear up to Scollay into a Hayes-Bick. But they wouldn't serve us. Well, then, when the Megansett Junior Tea Room was out at number 22-23 on the Wharf, we used...

Author: By Michael S. Gruen, | Title: On the Waterfront | 2/28/1961 | See Source »

...fishermen took over the Wharf and constructed the present long yellow loft as their headquarters. When built, the second and third story rooms of the loft probably extended 75 feet to accommodate sails and masts. But after 1914, when Fish Pier was built, fishermen gradually moved to South Boston, leaving the T Wharf building for anyone who could use a cheaply constructed, commercially obsolescent loft...

Author: By Michael S. Gruen, | Title: On the Waterfront | 2/28/1961 | See Source »

...fishing newcomers weren't hard to find. Miss Amy Dalrymple was the first to discover the Wharf's potential for residential purposes, but she was soon followed by dozens of Bostonians eager for a window on the sea. The 75-foot-long rooms were divided into 25 by 50 foot spaces, especially useful as studios and flats for artists, writers, and Bohemian seekers of the unusual...

Author: By Michael S. Gruen, | Title: On the Waterfront | 2/28/1961 | See Source »

Today, residents are engaged in the more sober business of trying to save their Wharf from progress. Not more than a month ago, Quincy Market Cold Storage & Warehouse Company, owner of the loft, notified tenants to depart by July 1. After that, the company plans to demolish the building and close access to the wharf for safety reasons...

Author: By Michael S. Gruen, | Title: On the Waterfront | 2/28/1961 | See Source »

...problem, according to Quincy's chief engineer, Theodore Love, is that the wharf's wooden substructure is gradually rotting away near the water level where the air reaches it. Furthermore, over almost a hundred years, the whole wharf has been sinking into the soft mud on which the cribbing rests, so that sections of it are annually flooded...

Author: By Michael S. Gruen, | Title: On the Waterfront | 2/28/1961 | See Source »

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