Looking East, previous to the construction of the new Hawthorne School (now located in the empty field at middle-left) as well as the apartment building at Pleasant, Portland and Albert Street (in the bottom right). To avoid confusion, this is one of two five corners in downtown Dartmouth, the other five corners is located down the street at Portland, Prince Albert and Canal.
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