Here’s a collection of some of the sights and events taking place in and around Boston from 1970 to 1979. Below, images of the blizzard of 1978, a victory parade for the Bruins after they won the 1970 Stanley Cup, enforcement and opposition to school segregation by busing, a Celtics game in Boston Garden, urban renewals and restorations, a St. Patrick’s Day parade in South Boston, anti-war protests, charm-school lessons, and much more.
Boston in the 1970s
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An aerial view showing construction work taking place at Boston's Quincy Market in 1974. Quincy Market was incorporated into the new Faneuil Hall Marketplace, which opened in 1976. #
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The John Hancock Tower, seen with plywood window fillers, in Boston's Back Bay in 1974. The blue reflective windows that were initially installed started failing shortly after they were put in place, many falling away from the building and crashing to the streets below. Eventually all of the windows—more than 10,000—were replaced with new glass. #
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Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis looks over a model of the new State Transportation Building that will be built in the Park Plaza theater district, on August 22, 1978, in Boston. #
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A surprised Bobby Orr (center) finds himself being hugged by an avid fan who leapt into his arms during a victory parade for the Boston Bruins in downtown Boston, after the Bruins won the Stanley Cup with a win over the St. Louis Blues in 1970. Looking on are teammates John Adams (left), Don Marcotte, and Bill Speer. #
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National Guardsmen are put through riot training in Boston's Commonwealth Armory on October 18, 1974. Massachusetts Governor Francis W. Sargent called up the Guard to quell school violence, following orders to desegregate schools by busing students to other districts. However, by this time, the city had been relatively calm and the Guard remained in the armories. #
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Thousands of white students boycotted classes and joined their parents in a noisy, three-and-a-half-mile protest march through South Boston on October 4, 1974, the 16th day of a court-ordered plan to integrate Boston's public schools by busing. #
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Police clear an area around Boston's South Boston High School after Black students arrived for classes at the predominantly white school on September 12, 1974. Thousands of Boston schoolchildren refused to enter court-ordered desegregated school on the first day of classes. #
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The second week of the second phase of integration of the Boston school system began on September 15, 1975, with security somewhat relaxed and no trouble reported. Here, students grasp hands through a window as their bus pulls up in front of Charlestown High School. #
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Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox swings and watches the flight of his ball against the Baltimore Orioles during a Major League Baseball game at Boston's Fenway Park, circa 1978. #
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Cars and trucks sit stuck on Route 128, near Dedham, Massachusetts, on February 9, 1978, after the blizzard of 1978 struck. Drivers could only wait as Army and civilian plows and tow trucks approached. #
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Edward M. Kennedy gestures while answering a question after his speech to a local advertising club in Boston on May 2, 1970. The Massachusetts senator criticized President Richard Nixon's Cambodian policy and said the United States was facing "a very dark hour" because the president's policies would bring "nothing but an increased level of violence and expansion of the war." #
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