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Virgin Atlantic braking after touching down runway 22L.

West Springfield Street in the South End.

The street name reminds me that, back in the 70s, there used to be a girl who walked up and down Boylston Street near the Pru, asking people for "bus fare" home to West Springfield, presumably the town about a 100 miles west of Boston. The third or fourth time she came up to me (over several months) I asked if she was "still trying to get home." But maybe she lived here, before gentrification and not even a mile from the Pru, and just used the name in her scam.

This was meant to be a simple reminder shot -- the name of the street in the previous shot. But the steeple and spire of the New Hope Baptist Church give it an interest of its own.

A barber shop behind wrought iron on Tremont Street. (It has a "barbers needed" sign in its window, in case anyone's looking for a job.)

Boston, Massachusetts