15 billion later…
September 2nd, 2007
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Above: What Surface Rd and Atlantic Ave looked like -circa 2001?, before that stretch of the elevated Central Artery was demolished (Big Dig). If you visited Boston before 2003, you will remember that loud, ugly, polluting green monster in the heart of the historic and businessContinue reading » | 15 billion later…
Cheap and fun
August 27th, 2007
Take yer bike out for a ride and head to the North End. Cross the Charlestown bridge, ride around City Square and Bunker Hill Monument, explore the Charlestown Navy Yard and hop on the Inner Harbor Ferry (bikes are allowed).
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WTF?
August 25th, 2007
Another luxurious high-performance green, energy efficiency building… Perfectly designed… Stylishly sophisticated… Sumptuously serviced… Gracefully indulged… Chef’s kitchens… Spa inspired baths… Hello?
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Wandering around the South End
August 24th, 2007
A few weeks ago I was shooting around in the South End and spotted a BVI photographer (barely seen in the top photo, but if you look closely, he’s off to the right) working on a façade so I took his photo, which made a neighbor a few doors down the street scratch her head in puzzlement. :D
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First Baptist Church of Boston
August 22nd, 2007
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One of Commonwealth Avenue Mall’s remarkable buildings, also known as the Brattle Square church, was H. H. Richardson’s first use of the style now known as Richardson Romanesque.
At the top of the tower is a frieze of sculpted figures representing baptism, communion, marriage and death, carved
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Charles River II
August 20th, 2007
Found these on Flickr and wanted to share them with you. See more awesome shots by listed crime here.
Next time you are in Boston, if you hear people talk about “Dirty Water,” this is why:
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Of trees and mushrooms
August 19th, 2007
Once upon a time in America, great leafy high-arching cathedrals of elms lined the streets of villages and cities from the Atlantic to the Rockies, casting a deep cool shade upon life’s turmoil. Phil McCombs
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Saint Cecilia Parish
August 17th, 2007
In the late 1800s the maids (”Irish working out girls”) and coachmen serving the Yankee aristocracy of the Back Bay section of Boston requested a church of their own. Saint Cecilia Parish was established in 1888 and the church was dedicated in 1894.
Click the above photo to go to their photo gallery page.The hidden gardens of Beacon Hill
August 14th, 2007
Many of the old houses of Beacon Hill have beautiful front gardens and even more enchanting walled backyards.
In the late 1920s, a group of neighbors created the Beacon Hill Garden Club. Among the founding members was Arthur Shurcliff, then presidentContinue reading » | The hidden gardens of Beacon Hill
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