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Remember Jamaica Plain’s First Pharmacy?

By Chris Helms on May 15, 2014
Remember Jamaica Plain’s First Pharmacy?Bill Sullivan, Roy Ciapciak, and John Donovan in the C.B. Rogers Pharmacy at 701 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain circa 1965. Photo courtesy of Sally Donovan.
Bill Sullivan, Roy Ciapciak, and John Donovan in the C.B. Rogers Pharmacy at 701 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain circa 1965. Photo courtesy of Sally Donovan.
Bill Sullivan, Roy Ciapciak, and John Donovan in the C.B. Rogers Pharmacy at 701 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain circa 1965. Photo courtesy of Sally Donovan.

Each weekday we post a random image from around the neighborhood. For Throwback Thursdays, we delve into the photo archive of the JP Historical Society. Here is the staff of C.B. Rogers Pharmacy at 701 Centre St., circa 1965. The building now houses Bukhara and Cobwebs Antiques.

Mayor Touts Small Biz Programs at il Panino in Jackson SquareLakis Vlahoulis of il Panino Cafe and Grill, right, gestures to Victoria Amador of Tremendous Maid, Rosana Rivera of Latino Beauty Salon and Mayor Marty Walsh.

Mayor Touts Small Biz Programs at il Panino in Jackson Square

By Chris Helms on May 13, 2014

Domino’s Pizza can sell two pies for $10. A neighborhood shop like Il Panino Cafe & Grill can’t match that economy of scale.

Twenty-two Legs in Hyde Square

By Chris Helms on May 13, 2014

Each weekday we post a random image from around the neighborhood. This dogwalker, photographed appropriately enough in front of Tails and the dog-friendly Behan, got away before I could get his name, but he said he loves his job.

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