Local landmarks you may have missed

River Speedway Administration Building, built in 1899, was once the center of operations of a long-vanished race track for horse-drawn buggies. The building is the last remaining original structure of a once sprawling recreational facility along the edge of the Charles River in Brighton that included a mile long horseracing track, a 1.75 mile stretch of parkway and two-mile long bike track.
Courtesy of the DCR Archives, Metropolitan Parks System Lantern Slide Collection
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By Matt Rocheleau, Town Correspondent, Charlie Vasiliades of the Brighton Allston Historical Society, and Emily Wolf of the Boston Landmarks Commission
River Speedway Administration Building, built in 1899, was once the center of operations of a long-vanished race track for horse-drawn buggies. The building is the last remaining original structure of a once sprawling recreational facility along the edge of the Charles River in Brighton that included a mile long horseracing track, a 1.75 mile stretch of parkway and two-mile long bike track.