From Dave Brigham:
This is the back of a rather nondescript building on the campus of Boston University. In the foreground is the Massachusetts Turnpike. The building, located at 730 Commonwealth Avenue, is often referred to as the Radio Shack building, as it was, until last year, the location of a store in that storied electronics chain that held special significance. The company opened its first store in 1921 on Brattle Street in Boston, according to this article. As the company grew, it opened its first headquarters in this location. Now, all that is left of that legacy is the very faint ghost sign you can see here.
*The headline for this post references a joke I heard many years ago. I don't recall who gets the credit, but the set-up was something along the lines of, I can't say the name of the store, and the punch line was, "But it rhymes with Radio Snack."
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