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The monthly Boston Recorder Society meetings take place in the Painters and Allied Trades Building, 25 Colgate Road in Roslindale, MA.
Colgate Road is 1 block long, running west from Washington St. and dead-ending at the Arboretum. The building is on the right, with a good-sized parking lot. You can also park on the street.
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From the Fenway /Kenmore Square area, take the Jamaicaway past Jamaica Pond. Keep left after the pond rotary. At the next rotary, at the intersection of Centre Street, take the Arborway (Route 203) past the entrance to the Arnold Arboretum. Just before going over an overpass, bear right onto the exit for Forest Hills. Turn right at the bottom of ramp onto Washington Street.
ALTERNATIVELY Do you fear the Fenway and Kenmore Square and the crazy speeders on the Jamaicaway? Take heart! You can still get to our meetings. Go out Huntington Avenue past Symphony Hall, the New England Conservatory, Northeastern, and the Museum of Fine Arts. Continue straight until the trolley tracks veer left, just before the Jamaicaway overpass. Bear left, following the trolley tracks, onto South Huntingdon. Continue straight until you see the Monument dead ahead. Then bear left again onto South Street, passing the Loring-Greenough House. Continue straight until you go under the Route 203 overpass. You are now on Washington Street.
IN EITHER CASE, once you are on Washington Street you will pass three lights, all very close together. Between the lights, you?ll see the Forest Hills T Station on your left. The third light is Ukraine Way, which crosses over the rail tracks. After Ukraine Way, look for (but don't take) the fourth right, Mahler Road. Turn right onto Colgate Road, the next right after Mahler. The sign is hard to see! If you see Archdale Road, you've gone too far.
Colgate Road is a short dead-end street. The Painters and Allied Trades Building and parking lot are on the right.
There are many alternatives, but this is the most straightforward way: from 95/128 on the west side of greater Boston, take Exit 20 to get onto Route 9 East toward Boston. Follow Route 9 (Boylston Street) past the Chestnut Hill Mall all the way to Brookline Village. After the traffic light at Cypress Street, watch for Von Huene’s Early Music Shop on the left. Pass the traffic light at Harvard Street just beyond. The Jamaicaway overpass is straight ahead. Either take the ramp up onto the Jamaicaway, or go under the overpass and bear right onto South Huntingdon. Follow the “Directions from the North” above.
From 95/128 on the south side of greater Boston, take Exit 15 A to get onto Route 1A North toward Dedham. In the middle of Dedham, just before the Dedham Mall, bear right onto Washington Street. If you miss the turn, you can get onto Washington by going through the Mall parking lot. After following Washington Street 4 miles, watch on the left for Archdale Road. Beyond Archdale, take the next left onto Colgate Road. The sign for Colgate can be hard to see. If you see Mahler Road, you've gone too far.
Take the Orange Line to Forest Hills, the last stop. Exit the toll booth and turn right out the doors (do not take stairs). This takes you to a bus turn-out, off Washington Street. Turn left and walk 2/3 of a mile down Washington Street to Colgate Road. Or, take any of the Washington Street buses towards Roslindale: buses 30, 34, 34E, 35, 36, 37, 40, or 51. Get off at Archdale Road and walk back one block to Colgate.