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Many of the buildings in this area have a medallion like this reading "B. W. Co." and the date. I found out that this stands for the Boston Wharf Company that built many of these buildings and which still owns them today.

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Here's a loading dock that got converted into a storefront,

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These loading docks were bricked up.

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Another loading dock converted into a storefront.

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A door for a coal scuttle?

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Here's the oldest medallion I saw - 1894

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One of the newer medallion dates - 1987- on a parking garage.

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An old fire house. The sign the Boston Fire Museum, but it doesn't appear to be open.

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That's an old building on the right and a new building on the left, but they blend together rather nicely.

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These old signs are still visible.

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More traces of old signs on the walls of this McDonald's.

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My office is in this block.

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In my building, the ceilings are high and are supported by these huge 15-inch square wooden beams. This one is right outside my cubicle.

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This huge old beam, on the way down to the cafeteria, is even bigger.