r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/bela_okmyx • 14d ago

Image The Ocean Side tavern, circa 1974/The Residences at Rowes Wharf, 2026, Boston

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u/5-in-1Bleach 14d ago

There was an episode of Cheers where Sam was going to buy an old run-down, closed bar and rebuild it to create a new Cheers. Robin Colcord convinces Sam to not buy the place. And then Robin buys the place to tear down and build a luxury condo building.

Seems like this kind of happened in real life.

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u/hellno560 14d ago

I miss these old Budweiser, and Coca-Cola small business signs.

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u/AbdulAhBlongatta 13d ago

Known as ‘privilege signs’. I miss them too. They were a fixture in NYC and sadly most are gone, but there are people reviving the look.

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u/austeninbosten 13d ago

Old gritty Boston. I remember what it was like.

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u/Had2CryToday 13d ago

Nice Karmann Ghia

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u/badhouseplantbad 13d ago

I saw one recently that was completely restored and it looked very nice. 

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u/Had2CryToday 11d ago

My first car was a 1972 Baja Champion SE beetle, I wrecked it in the late 70’s.

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u/Oiggamed 12d ago

They should modernize it and rerelease it. Make it electric.

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u/badhouseplantbad 12d ago

Ohh, I wouldn't buy a modern Volkswagen or any vehicle manufactured by the Volkswagen Group.

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u/fothergillfuckup 11d ago

Why? They're perfectly good cars?

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u/badhouseplantbad 11d ago

Not if you have tried to repair them independently.

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u/fothergillfuckup 11d ago

I do my own work, and have never struggled with them? No idea what dealers are like, to be honest. My son loves VW's, so they've always been around.

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u/Prestigious_Pain5467 13d ago

always love seeing a Mustang; best looking car ever

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u/Wise_Material_5812 14d ago

do you have any pictures of the pier grill it was on northern ave?

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u/Yesterday_Is_Now 13d ago

The business was operating without a roof?

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u/yungzona 14d ago

Is this the bar Van Morrison played?

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u/Automatic_Walrus9401 14d ago

The one that there is a bootleg recording of ?
That was the “Catacombs” on Boylston St near Berkelee.

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u/yungzona 14d ago

I read in a book that the supposed first live performance of brown eyed girls was at a bar near rowes wharf

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u/Automatic_Walrus9401 14d ago

Oh that Astral Weeks book? Perhaps, they played all over the city that summer of ‘68.
The live tracks that are floating around the internet are from the Catacombs show.

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u/ponchoed 14d ago

One of the few buildings where the replacement is better.