Drive through Dorchester, Massachusetts on October 6, 1983

Dorchester, boston, 1980's, South Boston, Boston history

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

It’s crazy recognizing a few places EVEN people I used to know. What a wonderful time capsule! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!

[@pab4435]

Straight cap

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

@@pab4435 how’s that cap? lol Some people who lived there back then still live here today..

[@CS-np2oo]

I was 6 living on Morton street, going to Roosevelt Elementary in Hyde Park. My Aunt had JUST bought her house in Fields Corner off Geneva Ave. This brings back STRONG memories for me. My mom had just bought a VCR and we'd rent movies from this place down in Ashmont across from the T. On Saturdays we'd take the bus to Ashmont. Take the train to Downtown crossing I'd run wild in Filienes Basement. Proud to be born and raised in Boston. Now I'm in Texas, but Boston will ALWAYS be home.

[@Alecsweet3057]

Omg . At this time 1983 I was 5 years old, I'm pretty sure I was living at fendale Ave in Dorchester,. Wow. I love seeing videos like this to see what actually is no longer there anymore today is the year 2023 It just blows my mind that back then I used to say to myself where would I be in 40 years. Bam!!!!!! Here I am now... And just to see all things it's not there anymore. And remember going they're as a kid or even a teenager. If he grew up in Dorchester ma babbby

[@dhmccarriston]

What a great capture.. Thank you!

[@ryancondon3140]

Wow this video makes me feel right at home, Dorchester was actually Dorchester

[@robertreeves450]

Waking Mass

[@RobotSavetheworld]

This was taken the year after I was born, and I grew up in the area near the end of the video, right where Adams turns onto Gallivan. The Eire pub is still there!

[@sandrasoares3311]

Thanks for your help today and I hope you are having fun with your amazing work Go boston !!!!!!! Your fan sandy and have a great day!!

[@lokobekon2186]

I love this, this is so great !

[@wickedwonka9155]

And somewhere in this neighborhood, 4 boys were about to start practicing for a new boy band called New Kids On The Block.

[@DJBostonParker6151]

I was 7 living on 41 Wilson Street.. then we moved to Georgia at this same exact time in October.. 😢I miss Boston

[@karlschneider9479]

Where in Georgia Savannah is one of my favorite cities to love in.

[@karlschneider9479]

To visit*

[@tomtalley2192]

Lived in JP back then. Used to go to the Irish Rover in Fields Corner, and my first girlfriend lived right off Adams Street not far from the Erie.

[@scottstout3309]

October sixth my birthday I turned 16 back then

[@stefanfful]

Mine too! I was 19.

[@scottstout3309]

@@stefanfful The Good ole days

[@patricequinn7733]

Many people would be shocked to see that Ashmont Hill,Melville Ave and Cedar Grove are part of Dorchester.Those sections are beautiful? What was shown in this video is what many think of when they think of Dorchester.

[@hisdness1]

I lived in that red building 0:22 when I was a child!

[@tedted4002]

I miss that neighborhood,,, Florida St/ Templeton st (Tempi) lots of memories from there.

[@MiLLz830]

Wow crazy I recognize everything 😂

[@joemullaley6531]

i was 3 yrs old living on branton st a few blocks away from adams corner

[@classygary]

Aaaaaaaah Boston Your My Home . What memories I use to operate a woodworking shop out of the old “Baker Chocolate Factory in Dot Lower Mills and for a time worked also in my late teens rehabbing old triple decors all the way to and on Columbia Rd in the hood. I’ve since been all around this world several times .

[@Dpm87]

this is great!

[@veahknowsbest9954]

wow, i live here now...

[@DeekaynotDk]

@Cheese Burger damn I left like a year ago, still visit tho

[@fishking10]

I was 3 days old here in Dorchester

[@MrAlcataldo]

Quite different today that is 40 years ago !

[@wickedwonka9155]

And somewhere in that neighborhood, there were 5 (well, 4, Joe is from Jamaica Plains) young boys who had no idea that in 5 years time, the stars in their eyes would become real.

[@mikealessi7006]

I was 17 and had a jim Morrison hairdo. I lived near fields corner. If I wasn't fist fighting I was doing drugs.

[@josebro352]

Cool. Seriously.

[@katherinelikesstuff]

aw, my birthday. i was three years old :)

[@scottstout3309]

I turned 16 great day 🎉

[@stefanfful]

Triple deckers all look like they were in better shape! Miss those days.

[@shawnebradley6542]

Born here, still here👌🏾/// B's. If one got hit by one of those cars back in the day, it would be dam near a zero % survival rate 😂 Funny how when u see yellow construction truck/Snap truck here they still same of today 😂 Who'd think back then to film to put it up in the future? A bright mind.

[@user-uo7fw5bo1o]

I grew up on the South Shore but at this time I was working my first full time job out of college down in Florida and I had come back in January 1985. Dorchester was so different then before the gentrification. Granted it was run down, a bit poorer, a some blight in some areas but it wasn't hideously expensive like it is today. The people in this video seemed to be enjoying themselves, and the young white men there were engaged in athletic pursuits or just hanging out. And everyone was so fit and trim compared to now!

[@philiplow6016]

Savin Hill MBTA Station. The Daily. McKenna Restaurant.

[@EL-kf8nq]

CeCe’s subs on Park Street in Fields Corner. Frkkn delicious!!!!!

[@michaelmakes1225]

Adams street

[@shawncahill8519]

We lived on train street we lived on Bowdoin Street

[@NabilSoubai-bx5wr]

في تلك الزمان كانت الحياة حلوة

[@lisayoung333]

We live on Centre St.

[@karlschneider9479]

Dorchester has gone under some drastic changes in the past 40 years.

[@RottenPopReviews]

Can I use a small clip from this video in a clip show? I will credit you.

[@shawncahill8519]

Wow it's really nice to see the old neighborhood Park Street Fields corner the old dumping grounds we got we got to see some dot rats

[@slydEvil35]

Not a single R was pronounced during this video Also cars have really come a long way. Everything you see is so boxy and oversized

[@wheelie642]

Before the invention of camera stabilization.

[@ariver7491]

And people thought that things were bad back then. Look at us in 2021.

[@noremacmada]

Does anyone know what OFD means?

[@noremacmada]

What does OFD stand for?

[@karelltulod3079]

October 6 1983

[@Classy4514]

Has anyone heard of Mt Calvary holy Church in Dorchester I use to go to that church back in 80s 90s is it still there?

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

Yep the Roxbury side!

[@Classy4514]

@@MsTinkerbelle87 Wiow thanks for responding

[@Classy4514]

@@MsTinkerbelle87 I'm from Richmond VA I miss coming there Boston was such a fun city.

[@sostdm617]

@@Classy4514 yes it's still here that church is old school

[@Classy4514]

@@MsTinkerbelle87 Wow I always wanted to make Boston my home I love that city I spent my summers at that church is it closed?

[@TBone2000Man]

Was Dorchester ruff back then what is it like now days

[@antoniopac7360]

You think that’s rough? 😂

[@notmyname9625]

Boston in general was rough back then. Dorchester is honestly still considered a bad area by most people but most people also don’t realize that its the biggest section of boston there are nice neighborhoods in dorchester too. R u thinking of moving there?

[@notmyname9625]

@@antoniopac7360 he was asking a question

[@antoniopac7360]

@@notmyname9625 no he wasn’t.

[@notmyname9625]

@@antoniopac7360 idk im pretty sure ur wrong

[@Peace4luv4life]

Omg

[@josephdavidlindberg2626]

Joey Lindberg wat up marky

[@kenswireart88]

How many people agree that in the future with a I we'll be able to go back in time

[@redyfernandez1259]

Crazy to think half the people on the comments weren’t even alive then less populated

[@dejonc6z]

Was it really like the movies? Did they really dislike blacks? History is soo interesting!

[@DTHPLYZ]

In your about section Alec... You called us worthless and weak!

[@trillflaco]

yeah and if it triggers you then im sorry to say but you are

[@josephdavidlindberg2626]

Maky

[@apseudonym]

hmmm 🤔🤔🤔

[@classygary]

🤧 ❄️ ⛄️ 💵 😅

[@classygary]

Ashmont Paaaaki… all ya needed was a fake i.d.,

[@joetousley8024]

Bruh

[@jackiemoon1492]

No shit 😄

[@HelloooThere]

What’s so special about it? Looks dumpy

[@classygary]

Close knit .

[@ronijoseph8527]

And the purpose of this video is??

[@caveman385]

I'm from Scotland and I'm an observer that loves geography, social history and the past i.e. the 80's and I kinda had a sneaking suspicion there might be a chance and Irish pub would make an appearance in the video. Good old Mass. Haha

[@SM-oj6sg]

That pub is still there too ! That area is called Adams Corner, one of the few areas to hold onto it’s character.