Construction of the Southwest Corridor rail lines and park in Jamaica Plain in the early 1980s. This view is looking from Everett St. towards Jamaica Plain High School. A catastrophic rain created this flood, just before the main drainage hookup was completed.

Photograph courtesy of Will and Sharlene Cochrane.

Higher resolution copies of images in this gallery can be found at:
http://www.archive.org/details/1980sPhotographsGreenSt.AmorySt.EverettSt.JamaicaPlain

Photographs taken in 2012 of some of houses in this area can be seen here

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