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Week of 23 April 1999 Vol. II, No. 32 BU Yesterday The crowds heading down Commonwealth Avenue to the Red Sox home opener last week prompted us to pull out this 60-year-old aerial photograph of the neighborhood around Fenway Park. Seen in the spring of 1939, Boston University's Charles River Campus was just starting to take shape with the 685-705 Commonwealth Avenue block (1). Most of the nearby buildings are still standing and have been adapted for use by BU, such as the auto-parts warehouse (2) that now houses the College of Communication, and Temple Israel (3), now Morse Auditorium. Other landmarks are the BU Bookstore (4), Beacon Street (5), Brookline Avenue (6), Boylston Street (7), and Mountfort Street (8). Photo by Aerial Photos International