The Orange Line

Chinatown to Jamaica Plain

The old elevated section of Boston’s Orange Line, built in 1901, ran from Boston’s Chinatown Station to the area known as Jamaica Plain. The people who lived along the route did not have to worry about rising rents where no one else wanted to live. It was a thriving working-class and low-income community.

In 1985 sections of the Orange Line were scheduled to be demolished and rerouted threatening change in these communities. Photographer Jack Lueders-Booth captured the area’s residents in his photo series Chinatown to Jamaica Plain, and his 2022 book The Orange Line, before these changes came to pass.

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The Orange Line

Chinatown to Jamaica Plain

The old elevated section of Boston’s Orange Line, built in 1901, ran from Boston’s Chinatown Station to the area known as Jamaica Plain. The people who lived along the route did not have to worry about rising rents where no one else wanted to live. It was a thriving working-class and low-income community.

In 1985 sections of the Orange Line were scheduled to be demolished and rerouted threatening change in these communities. Photographer Jack Lueders-Booth captured the area’s residents in his photo series Chinatown to Jamaica Plain, and his 2022 book The Orange Line, before these changes came to pass.

#JackLuedersBooth #boston #jamaicaplain #theorangeline #communities #photography #photographer #bwphotography #bwphoto #changingcommunities #oldboston #schwarzweiss #schwarzweissfotografie #fotografia #fotografie #photobook #photoseries #negroyblanco #noirblanc