Elevated Green Line Photo Exhibit At West End Museum

Opened on June 1, 1912, the Causeway Street Elevated Railway was one of the last sections of raised tracks constructed in Boston as part of the nation’s first subway system. By the time it was destroyed in 2004, only a short section of elevated railway at the Lechmere MBTA station remained.

Before the El Came Down: Photographs by John Woolf features vibrant digital photographs of the El taken on a single night just weeks before its demolition. The photos highlight the architecture of the El and North Station platform, as well as how those structures fit in among other neighborhood features and shops, such as Empire Photo, which has also since closed.