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Boston: Then and now

 
Jen Ryan / Boston.com
File/ Boston Globe
Show only Jan. 11, 1928
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By Jen Ryan, Boston.com correspondent
From Fenway Park to the Back Bay to the Boston Common, Boston is filled with historic landmarks and neighborhoods that attract thousands of tourists and locals each year.

As you read through this feature, drag the scroller in the middle of the photo back and forth to see how some of Boston's landmarks and neighborhoods have -- or haven't -- changed.

At left, the fountain on the Boston Common and its backdrop of Park Street station and the Park Street Church have remained static through the years. Pedestrians walking the Common see the same sights that a pedestrian would have seen in 1928.
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