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Week of 26 February 1999 Vol. II, No. 25 BU Yesterday Changes were already in the works when the first of these photographs looking north on Saint Mary's Street was taken in 1962. The rubble to the right is the remains of an apartment building demolished in preparation for the construction of the Mass Turnpike Extension. That briefly vacant lot gives us a clear view of the Beckwith Elevator Company, demolished in turn to make way for the Photonics Center (1997). Other changes in the 37 years that separate the two scenes are (from left) the School of Law tower, the installation of the Fraunhofer Resource Center in what used to be Merry's Garage, and the Hyatt Regency Hotel (1976) behind Marsh. The Saint Mary's bridge is twice as long as it was in the earlier view, spanning two railroad tracks and six lanes of traffic. BU Photo Services / Kalman Zabarsky