SOUTH BOSTON — Bill Brett stopped by the former Gate of Heaven school in South Boston to take a few photographs of the old building before final demolition is completed. The school will be replaced with a parking lot where the spaces will be rented to fund the maintenance and operation of the nearby church. This has been a long process. The school campus, which previously included a gym that was redeveloped as condos about…

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BOSTON — This stunning image of firefighters from the Boston Fire Department is from Bill Brett’s files that he helped unearth for the city’s archives for a project many years ago. Shown in this photograph is of the firehouse on Huntington Avenue at the corner of Ruggles Street and Huntington Avenue. The crew shown is of Engine 37 and Ladder company 26 — the same crews that today w occupy the station near Longwood and…

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