brookline charm, boston charm, hardwood floors, nice molding.at that price. >> there's the interior. or is this number two? no. the first one there. 1915 beacon in brookline. looks very nice. look at the fireplace area in the bedroom. and -- moving on to our second listing pt. 21 lawton street. a listing for $1.1 million. $4,500 in taxes. four bedrooms, three baths. brick construction. term about this one. >> this is really, you know, an excellent representation of the mid-market segment. a nice tradeup home after you've gone through the starter condo. younger families are very attracted to brookline because of what's a really great school system. this is a place you could grow into. 2,600 square feet. four bedrooms, three baths. parking. nice actual yard. really the best part about this property, kind of abnormal outdoor space for its urban setting and really is -- it's a lot of bang for the buck for for at $1,1. >> and 68 naples in brookline. 2.975. 6,400 square -- ooh. that's a nice one. >> awesome house. considering that you can get this kin

if you want to go, take brookline for example, downtown boston to brookline would take you two hours by horse and carriage. people out here, very few people lived out here except for the extremely wealthy and their private carriages and sort of that was the way life was back then. if he did not have a private carriage and you lived downtown on one of those sort of streets that was developed very early, that was it. the same thing was true for new york. in new york city everybody lived in the fourth as part of downtown new york city. crammed into the finnell of the island of manhattan, and was only when college began to speed up an electric talley came along and other means of moving people around started to come along that in paper able to move out and without of the city. at first it was a mile, two miles, then for miles and eventually six miles. the city began to expand and grow and that was critical to get people further out from the downtown area where they were living. that was a big moment in the second half of the 19th century that happen with expansion of cities. the book sor

whitney lived in brookline and he is essentially single-handedly responsible for what you see now on beacon st.. he is the man who saw the vision of a constraint street becoming what it is today with tracks down the middle, trees lining those tracks boulevards on both sides of the street, of the tracks and he sort of saw saw that and develop that and made a fortune off of it. he is also the man who first imposed the idea of building a tunnel underneath boston. in 1887 he went before the state legislature and propose what at the time was a radical idea, a tunnel under boston common. the idea was met with jeers and a lot of people said the common is sacred ground, don't touch that. and he sort of pushed it and he became a critical figure in how the subway came to be today. at the same time he was doing that his brother william whitney was getting involved in the transit system in new york city and the interesting thing about these brothers is that they were polar opposites. he was a slacker dropped out of school bounce around the country trying to find a direction and a job until he wa

if you wanted to get from downtown boston to brookline, it would take you two hours by horse carriage. so people out here, except for the extremely wealthy, and they had private carriages and that was the way life was back then. if you didn't have a private church and a card for yourself hold by a forthcoming live downtown one of those streets were was developed very early and the same was true for new york. and everyone lived in the furthest part of downtown new york city, crammed into the fingernail of the island of manhattan. only one they began to speed up and the electric trolley came along and other means of leaving people around started to come along but then people were able to move out and proud of the city. then it was 2 miles and then it was 4 miles and it became the city starting to expand and grow and that was critical to get people further out from the downtown area where they were living. so that was sort of a big moment in the second half of the 19th century that happened with the expansion of cities. in the book sort of developed from that moment on cities order to ex