Looking south on Hyde Park Ave at Forest Hills. The Minton Block is shown on the left and the Morton Block is shown on the right. Thomas F. Minton was a successful contractor and land developer who laid out Skinner Hill in Roslindale, Forest Grove (Peter Parley Road, Park Lane), and the Weld Estate (Tower, Woodlawn, and Weld Hill Streets) in Jamaica Plain. He later developed the Parker Estate and laid out Brookside Avenue, Cable, Marmion, and Minton Streets. Photogaph courtesy of David Rooney.
