Iconic Doyle's. Leitz Summicron 35mm V4

My wonderful dentist jumped ship from the practice where she had been for several years, and let it be known where she would be moving... 
I decided to follow her: a fabulous dentist is hard to find, especially one with whom one can exchange recipes, and travel destinations - and jokes.  It turns out that the new office is just up the street from one of Boston's landmarks:  Doyle's Cafe in Jamaica Plain.
A couple of years back, before The Plague, I had read an article in the local paper that Doyle's was closing.  As I drove past the abandoned premises yesterday after leaving the dental office, I took note of the situation and decided to return today to take some photographs before the old building is torn down to make way for yet more condos.  Doyle's was a special place for me, from my earliest days in Boston back in the early 1980s. Back then, the original pub, a small, dark, windowless place, was on the street corner.  But in 1988, so Wikipedia reminds me, a separate dining room was opened next door and the two parts joined.  The new, "family friendly" room was dedicated by Senator of Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy, younger brother of JFK, and was named for their maternal grandfather, John Fitzgerald.
Here's what I wrote in September 2019:
“I heard this week that the famous Irish pub, Doyle's, down on Washington Street in Jamaica Plain, is to close after 137 years. Doyle's is to many a place where Boston's politicians gather to launch campaigns, check in with their constituents, speechify, and raise a glass of Guinness on St. Patrick's Day. The place was one of my formative experiences in Boston, as I used to go there with friends and New England Conservatory classmates back in the mid-80s. In those days before any of us owned cars, we would take the charming E Line trolley down through Jamaica Plain, alighting at the intersection of Carolina and South Streets, and walk the few blocks down the hill to Doyle's. The fare offered, even today, is not for those seeking to lower cholesterol or reduce glucose and sodium levels. But, boy, did those burgers, fat, hand-cut fries and potato skins slathered with sour cream and bacon bits, taste good. You just can't beat the combination of salt, grease and Guinness!”
The light was perfect today, and I was happy with the record I captured.  Back in the Fall of 1985, I photographed Doyle's, as it was then, nestling in the shadow of the Elevated Orange Line.  The old photographs are in the Extras.  Every time a train went by overhead, all the light fixtures would sway, and the pressed tin ceiling panels creak.  But we were concerned only with the conversation, and the Guinness and the potato skins. 
The Elevated line is long gone, and Washington Street has become quite gentrified.  And soon the old Doyle's will be but a fond memory, although there are plans to include the old facade in a bigger development.