Photo from Mike Shalhoup Collection There was a lot more lawn and a lot less building when the first phase of the Federal Aviation Agency's new Air Route Traffic Control Center opened in the early 1960s on Nashua's Northeastern Boulevard, where today it operates as the Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center.

There was a lot more lawn and a lot less building when the first phase of the Federal Aviation Agency’s new Air Route Traffic Control Center opened in the early 1960s on Nashua’s Northeastern Boulevard, where today it operates as the Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center. (Photo from the Mike Shalhoup Collection)