Windmill House

“Given the primitive condition of the street, one would have difficulty believing that this was… in a suburb only six miles west of Boston.”

(p. 83, Arlington: Twentieth Century Reflections, Richard A. Duffy, Arcadia Publishing, 2003 reprinting.)

The front entrance to an Oldham Road residence on July 21, 2010.

Brigham’s

The smashed front window of the Brigham's restaurant on Mill Street. The location was boarded up on November 13, 2009 by Middlesex County Sheriff's Deputies after the year-old owner, Deal Metrics, failed to pay rent. Taken on August 9, 2010.

Uncle Sam

The statue of Arlington(Menotomy)-born Samuel Wilson, the inspiration for American symbol Uncle Sam. The sculpture to the left shows his hometowns through the years, from Menotomy to Mason, NH to Troy, NY. July 3, 2010.