40 years ago - Boston became a 2 newspaper town

[A Joseph Ross]

On 6/19/2012 7:58 PM, Anthony Abruzzese wrote:

> Those street numbers are closer together than you might think. They 
> aren't separated by city blocks.
>
> The old WHDH studios were next door to BC High, at the bottom of the 
> inbound ramp up to Kosciusko (sp?) Circle. The Globe is on the the 
> other side of Morrissey Blvd, between the bottom of the outbound ramp 
> and the turn around/entrance  for Umass/Boston and the Kennedy library.
>
> In the mid-70s, some people used  to walk from the T to UMB, though 
> most used the shuttle. You could see each building from the other 
> quite easily since the area wasn't as built up as it is now.

Then it sounds like WHDH was indeed across the street from the Globe, if 
not directly across, pretty close.  I still think that when that much 
money is involved, adult businessmen are more interested in the 
financials than in going "nya, nya" to a rival.  But if the financials 
worked out, and the site was across from the Globe, that may well have 
been icing on the cake for that location.

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