This undated photograph shows McLean Boulevard surrounded by trees. The only description given on the digital record is, “Looking south down McLean Boulevard.” Can you pinpoint this spot?
SOLVED!!
Another mystery solved on our Instagram page! Phoebe Moore suggested two things leading to the solution. One, she suggested looking into resurfacing projects or projects that involved the creation of railroad overpasses, and two, she pointed to the image in Street0477, which appears to be a companion photograph. That photograph also captures McLean, but facing north from Evelyn. In the image we see the same business sign and railroad crossing signs as in Street0476, suggesting they were taken at the same time in an effort to document upcoming construction.
An article in the Commercial Appeal, date November 23, 1936 discusses the construction of a “subway” under the N.C. & St. L. railroad, which crossed McLean between York and Evelyn. This 1925 map shows the spot being discussed in the article.
This places our photographer on McLean, just south of Central Avenue, near the coordinates 35.125975, -90.001521.