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Tell us about the Third Nail
DannyB II:
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Joel:
Edited: Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Ursus:
--- Quote from: "DannyB II" ---Hey here is a idea why don't you ask why I even went there at 12 yrs old, it wasn't necessarily for treatment.
danny
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Okay, I'll bite. Why were you there at age 12?
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Btw, it was me who mentioned the Third Nail being in Roxbury or Jamaica Plain. That's 'cuz I came across references placing it in those spots. You countered that it was located in Brighton.
The source for putting it in Roxbury was potentially the most iffy, save that the guy specified the exact building: former police station. I found at least two references that mentioned a Jamaica Plain location and one of those was a pretty solid one.
Given that Roxbury and Jamaica Plain abut each other for a fair stretch, it's quite possible that someone might remember it as being in the other if the actual location was near the border. But Brighton abuts neither (although it's quite close).
It's my guess that the Third Nail may have moved at some point, or maintained at least two locations during some part of its existence. Any comments on that?
DannyB II:
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Ursus:
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--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---Btw, it was me who mentioned the Third Nail being in Roxbury or Jamaica Plain. That's 'cuz I came across references placing it in those spots. You countered that it was located in Brighton.
The source for putting it in Roxbury was potentially the most iffy, save that the guy specified the exact building: former police station. I found at least two references that mentioned a Jamaica Plain location and one of those was a pretty solid one.
Given that Roxbury and Jamaica Plain abut each other for a fair stretch, it's quite possible that someone might remember it as being in the other if the actual location was near the border. But Brighton abuts neither (although it's quite close).
It's my guess that the Third Nail may have moved at some point, or maintained at least two locations during some part of its existence. Any comments on that?
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It is not Brighton at all, my bad. But the suburb does start with a B, it is Brookline. Ursus I don't know who you were talking to but The Third Nail was not a old Police Station. There was not two houses. it was a super-modified 3/4 house TC, that took parolees all adult, women and men and some walk-ins, me.
I was strung out in 1982 and ask a old staff member from Daytop and Marathon house where I could get help and he mentioned Ray Law was running a house so off I went. Lasted 2 months, the criminals were running the house. Oh Roxbury is a pretty tuff town sorta like the So. Bronxs my friend.
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Yep, but where Roxbury borders with Jamaica Plain is not too bad, and parts of the north side are not so shabby either (provided you watch your back).
As you must know, Brookline and Jamaica Plain border one another, and Roxbury siddles up close in the northwest corner of that border.
From what I've read, this place started out in the early 1970s, allegedly the first "residential drug treatment program" in Massachusetts. Could also be that it was in a different location back then ... than in the time when you knew it. The fellow who founded it was an ex-con named Bill McCue.
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