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Title: Boston Common
Creator: Boston Landmarks Commission
Date: circa 1970
Source: Boston Landmarks Commission image collection, 5210.004
File name: 5210004_004_0399
Rights: Copyright City of Boston
Citation: Boston Landmarks Commission image collection, Collection 5210.004, City of Boston Archives, Boston
Boston Common (also known as "the Common") is a central public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is sometimes erroneously referred to as the "Boston Commons". Dating from 1634, it is the oldest city park in the United States. The Boston Common consists of 50 acres (20 ha) of land bounded by Tremont Street, Park Street, Beacon Street, Charles Street, and Boylston Street. The Common is part of the Emerald Necklace of parks and parkways that extend from the Common south to Franklin Park in Roxbury. A visitors' center for all of Boston is located on the Tremont Street side of the park.
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Boston Latin School - Exterior View 1, Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, School building photographs circa 1920-1960 (Collection # 0403.002), City of Boston Archives
Title: Boston Common
Creator: Boston Landmarks Commission
Date: circa 1970
Source: Boston Landmarks Commission image collection, 5210.004
File name: 5210004_004_0402
Rights: Copyright City of Boston
Citation: Boston Landmarks Commission image collection, Collection 5210.004, City of Boston Archives, Boston
Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken during the Lasell College, Newton, Massachusetts during Joan's 50th college reunion weekend.
In 1877, a new kind of boat was introduced to the waters of the lagoon. A foot propelled catamaran based on the bicycle principle. The swan idea came from the opera Lohengrin, in which Lohengrin, a knight of the Grail crosses a river in a boat drawn by a swan, to defend the innocence of his heroine, Princess Elsa.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston
Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the Northeastern United States. The city boundaries encompass an area of about 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to 4,941,632 people as of 2020, ranking as the eleventh-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Worcester, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the seventh-most populous in the United States.
Boston is one of the nation's oldest municipalities, founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from the English town of the same name. During the American Revolution and the nation's founding, Boston was the location of several key events, including the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the hanging of Paul Revere's lantern signal in Old North Church, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the siege of Boston. Following American independence from Great Britain, the city continued to play an important role as a port, manufacturing hub, and center for American education and culture. The city has expanded beyond the original peninsula through land reclamation and municipal annexation. Its rich history attracts many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone drawing more than 20 million visitors per year. Boston's many firsts include the United States' first public park (Boston Common, 1634), the first public school (Boston Latin School, 1635), the first subway system (Tremont Street subway, 1897), and the first large public library (Boston Public Library, 1848).
In the 21st century, Boston has emerged as a global leader in higher education and academic research. Greater Boston's many colleges and universities include Harvard University and MIT, both located in suburban Cambridge and both routinely included among the world's most highly ranked universities. The city is also a national leader in scientific research, law, medicine, engineering, and business. With nearly 5,000 startup companies, the city is considered a global pioneer in innovation and entrepreneurship. Boston's economic base also includes finance, professional and business services, biotechnology, information technology, and government activities. Households in the city claim the highest average rate of philanthropy in the United States. Boston businesses and institutions rank among the top in the country for environmental sustainability and new investment.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Market
Quincy Market is a historic building near Faneuil Hall in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It was constructed between 1824 and 1826 and named in honor of mayor Josiah Quincy, who organized its construction without any tax or debt. The market is a designated National Historic Landmark and a designated Boston Landmark in 1996, significant as one of the largest market complexes built in the United States in the first half of the 19th century. According to the National Park Service, some of Boston's early slave auctions took place near what is now Quincy Market.
As the central building of Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Quincy Market is often used metonymically for the entire development. By the mid-20th century it was badly in need of repair, and it was redeveloped into a public shopping and restaurant area in the early 1970s and re-opened in 1976. Today, this includes the original Quincy Market buildings, the later North Market and South Market buildings that flank the main Quincy Market, the historic Faneuil Hall lying at the west end, and two smaller curved buildings, added later to the eastern end.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Massachusetts) "ماساتشوستس" "麻萨诸塞州" "मैसाचुसेट्स" "マサチューセッツ" "매사추세츠 주" "Массачусетс"
(Boston) "بوسطن" "波士顿" "बोस्टन" "ボストン" "보스턴" "Бостон"
Boston Market Restaurant. May 2015 Pics by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube.
A walking tour on the Freedom Trail in Boston on an extremely cold and windy day. I wrote about it here: www.tootimidandsqueamish.com/2017/03/cold-old-boston-on-a...
Soldiers and Airmen of the Massachusetts National Guard muster on the Boston Common to receive orders for a coordinated response in support of civilian authorities in the wake of the marathon bombings here, April 15 2013. Some of the more than 400 Guardsmen on hand to keep portions of the route clear for runners were among the first to respond to the explosions in Boston. (U.S. Army photo by Cadet Matthew Feehan, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs)
Boston Marathon 2007
#7: Russian Lyubov Denisova—finishing in 7th place for women overall, in 2:38:00
#50: Californian Mary A. Akor—finishing in 11th place for women overall in 2:41:01
#61 Californian Christine H. Lundy—finishing in 12th place for women overall, in 2:41:14.
For the last five years, the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund has honored fallen service members by planting a “garden” of American flags in Boston Common.
Now on display on the westside slope by the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, each of the nearly 37,000 flags represents someone from Massachusetts who died since the Revolutionary War to the present. The moving visual reminds passersby on Memorial Day weekend of the essence of the holiday.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston
Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the Northeastern United States. The city boundaries encompass an area of about 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to 4,941,632 people as of 2020, ranking as the eleventh-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Worcester, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the seventh-most populous in the United States.
Boston is one of the nation's oldest municipalities, founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from the English town of the same name. During the American Revolution and the nation's founding, Boston was the location of several key events, including the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the hanging of Paul Revere's lantern signal in Old North Church, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the siege of Boston. Following American independence from Great Britain, the city continued to play an important role as a port, manufacturing hub, and center for American education and culture. The city has expanded beyond the original peninsula through land reclamation and municipal annexation. Its rich history attracts many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone drawing more than 20 million visitors per year. Boston's many firsts include the United States' first public park (Boston Common, 1634), the first public school (Boston Latin School, 1635), the first subway system (Tremont Street subway, 1897), and the first large public library (Boston Public Library, 1848).
In the 21st century, Boston has emerged as a global leader in higher education and academic research. Greater Boston's many colleges and universities include Harvard University and MIT, both located in suburban Cambridge and both routinely included among the world's most highly ranked universities. The city is also a national leader in scientific research, law, medicine, engineering, and business. With nearly 5,000 startup companies, the city is considered a global pioneer in innovation and entrepreneurship. Boston's economic base also includes finance, professional and business services, biotechnology, information technology, and government activities. Households in the city claim the highest average rate of philanthropy in the United States. Boston businesses and institutions rank among the top in the country for environmental sustainability and new investment.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copley_Square
Copley Square is a public square in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, bounded by Boylston Street, Clarendon Street, St. James Avenue, and Dartmouth Street. The square is named for painter John Singleton Copley. Prior to 1883 it was known as Art Square due to its many cultural institutions, some of which remain today.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Church_(Boston)
Trinity Church in the City of Boston, located in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. The congregation, currently standing at approximately 4,000 households, was founded in 1733.[2] Three services are offered each Sunday, and weekday services are offered once a week from September through June. Within the spectrum of worship styles in the Anglican tradition, Trinity Church has historically been considered a Broad Church parish.
In addition to worship, the parish is actively involved in service to the community, pastoral care, programs for children and teenagers, and Christian education for all ages. The church is home to several high-level choirs, including the Trinity Choir, Trinity Schola, Trinity Choristers, and Trinity Chamber Choir. The building, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is currently under study for becoming a Boston Landmark.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Massachusetts) "ماساتشوستس" "麻萨诸塞州" "मैसाचुसेट्स" "マサチューセッツ" "매사추세츠 주" "Массачусетс"
(Boston) "بوسطن" "波士顿" "बोस्टन" "ボストン" "보스턴" "Бостон"
Boston, Massachussetts, EUA.
Boston é a capital e a maior cidade do estado norte-americano de Massachusetts, e a sede do Condado de Suffolk.
Conta com cerca de 5,8 milhões de habitantes na sua área metropolitana, sendo a maior cidade da zona de Nova Inglaterra e uma cidade global possuidora de um extenso centro financeiro, comercial, industrial e universitário. Possui um sistema metropolitano (Metro de Boston) e o aeroporto internacional-Boston Logan International Airport{BOS}.
Fundada pelos ingleses em 1630, tornou-se o principal centro cultural da América Anglo-Saxônica. Os britânicos retiraram-se da cidade em 1776, depois de várias revoltas entre as quais a célebre Boston Tea Party. Durante os séculos XIX e XX tornou-se um centro industrial de grande importância, atraindo imigrantes de todo o mundo, em especial da Irlanda. A comunidade portuguesa na cidade é também bastante importante, nomeadamente a originária dos Açores. Boston possui uma comunidade brasileira expressiva. Muitos brasileiros que habitam a cidade provém do estado brasileiro de Minas Gerais. Boston é um dos principais pólos educacionais dos Estados Unidos, onde se destacam instituições de educação superior tais como as universidades de Harvard e MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Boston se destaca no cenário mundial pela ousada construção do chamado "Big Dig". Várias interestaduais foram transferidas de vias expressas de superfície para túneis de até dez pistas. Esse projeto durou cerca de 12 anos e foi completado em 2006.
Boston, Massachussetts, USA.
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had a population of 617,594 according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Boston is also the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called Greater Boston, home to 4.5 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the country. Greater Boston as a commuting region includes six Massachusetts counties: Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Plymouth, Worcester, northern Bristol County, all of Rhode Island and parts of New Hampshire; it is home to 7.6 million people, making it the fifth-largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States.
In 1630, Puritan colonists from England founded the city on the Shawmut Peninsula. During the late 18th century, Boston was the location of several major events during the American Revolution, including the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. Several early battles of the American Revolution, such as the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston, occurred within the city and surrounding areas. Through land reclamation and municipal annexation, Boston has expanded beyond the peninsula. After American independence was attained Boston became a major shipping port and manufacturing center, and its rich history now helps attract many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone attracting over 20 million every year. The city was the site of several firsts, including America's first public school, Boston Latin School (1635), and the first subway system in the United States (1897).
With many colleges and universities within the city and surrounding area, Boston is an international center of higher education and a center for medicine. The city's economy is also based on research, electronics, engineering, finance, and high technology—principally biotechnology. As a result, the city is a leading finance center, ranking 12th in the Z/Yen top 20 Global Financial Centers. The city was also ranked number one for innovation, both globally and in North America, for a variety of reasons. Boston has been experiencing gentrification, and has one of the highest costs of living in the United States, though it remains high on world livability rankings, ranking third in the US and 37th globally.
From this beautiful Chinese wedding I photographed in Boston this fall.
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(Boston, MA 5/8/23) Mayor Michelle Wu takes a photo following presentations from students at the Harvard Kennedy School. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox)
File name: 08_02_004841
Box label: J. W. Black photographs: Boston
Title: Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It
Alternative title: Bird's eye view of Boston, made by Samuel A. King and J. W. Black
Creator/Contributor: Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (photographer)
Date issued:
Date created: 1860-10-13
Physical description: 1 photographic print ; 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Genre: Photographic prints; Aerial photographs
Subjects: Cities & towns
Notes: Earliest extant aerial photograph taken in the United States from Samuel A. King's balloon while tethered over Boston Common.; Additional information: The first successful aerial photograph in America was taken in Boston on October 13, 1860. Two photographers made eight exposures from "The Queen of the Air," a balloon tethered 1200 feet above the city. Because of movement of the balloon and the use of "wet" plates, only one picture turned out well.; See: Taft, Robert. "Photography and the American scene," N. Y., 1938, pp. 186-188; Handwritten note on item verso: Original plate for this is in Museum of American Photograph in Philadelphia.
Provenance:
Statement of responsibility: J. W. Black
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
Downtown Boston viewed from Fan Pier Plaza. Really wished a I had a wider lens with me!
Please view large!
Photo taken in Boston, MA (USA).
Boston, Massachussetts, EUA.
Boston é a capital e a maior cidade do estado norte-americano de Massachusetts, e a sede do Condado de Suffolk.
Conta com cerca de 5,8 milhões de habitantes na sua área metropolitana, sendo a maior cidade da zona de Nova Inglaterra e uma cidade global possuidora de um extenso centro financeiro, comercial, industrial e universitário. Possui um sistema metropolitano (Metro de Boston) e o aeroporto internacional-Boston Logan International Airport{BOS}.
Fundada pelos ingleses em 1630, tornou-se o principal centro cultural da América Anglo-Saxônica. Os britânicos retiraram-se da cidade em 1776, depois de várias revoltas entre as quais a célebre Boston Tea Party. Durante os séculos XIX e XX tornou-se um centro industrial de grande importância, atraindo imigrantes de todo o mundo, em especial da Irlanda. A comunidade portuguesa na cidade é também bastante importante, nomeadamente a originária dos Açores. Boston possui uma comunidade brasileira expressiva. Muitos brasileiros que habitam a cidade provém do estado brasileiro de Minas Gerais. Boston é um dos principais pólos educacionais dos Estados Unidos, onde se destacam instituições de educação superior tais como as universidades de Harvard e MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Boston se destaca no cenário mundial pela ousada construção do chamado "Big Dig". Várias interestaduais foram transferidas de vias expressas de superfície para túneis de até dez pistas. Esse projeto durou cerca de 12 anos e foi completado em 2006.
Boston, Massachussetts, USA.
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had a population of 617,594 according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Boston is also the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called Greater Boston, home to 4.5 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the country. Greater Boston as a commuting region includes six Massachusetts counties: Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Plymouth, Worcester, northern Bristol County, all of Rhode Island and parts of New Hampshire; it is home to 7.6 million people, making it the fifth-largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States.
In 1630, Puritan colonists from England founded the city on the Shawmut Peninsula. During the late 18th century, Boston was the location of several major events during the American Revolution, including the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. Several early battles of the American Revolution, such as the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston, occurred within the city and surrounding areas. Through land reclamation and municipal annexation, Boston has expanded beyond the peninsula. After American independence was attained Boston became a major shipping port and manufacturing center, and its rich history now helps attract many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone attracting over 20 million every year. The city was the site of several firsts, including America's first public school, Boston Latin School (1635), and the first subway system in the United States (1897).
With many colleges and universities within the city and surrounding area, Boston is an international center of higher education and a center for medicine. The city's economy is also based on research, electronics, engineering, finance, and high technology—principally biotechnology. As a result, the city is a leading finance center, ranking 12th in the Z/Yen top 20 Global Financial Centers. The city was also ranked number one for innovation, both globally and in North America, for a variety of reasons. Boston has been experiencing gentrification, and has one of the highest costs of living in the United States, though it remains high on world livability rankings, ranking third in the US and 37th globally.
File name: 08_02_005001
Box label: Schools: Students & misc.
Title: Boston Public Schools - Evening Industrial School - drafting desk
Alternative title:
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Date issued:
Date created:
Physical description: 1 photographic print ; 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Genre: Photographic prints
Subjects: Schools; Drafting tables
Notes: Title from item, from additional material accompanying item, or from information provided by the Boston Public Library.; Additional information on item: Boston School System. Possibly [photographed] by H. B. Green, South Boston.
Provenance:
Statement of responsibility:
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
File name: 08_02_000213
Box label: Cemeteries
Title: Boston. Old Granary
Alternative title:
Creator/Contributor:
Date issued:
Date created: 1895-1932 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 photographic print ; 7 3/4 x 6 in.
Genre: Photographic prints
Subjects: Granary Burying Ground (Boston, Mass.); Cemeteries; Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Notes: Date stamp on verso: Aug 5, 1932
Provenance:
Statement of responsibility:
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
A landmark. But opinions differ as to whether it's a Landmark. Apparently it's not.
It's been ordered shut down during several hysterias of the past - energy conservation (1974, 1979), anti-Venezuelan stirrings (2006), eyesore (various dates). When Citgo itself decided to shut it down it must have come as a surprise to them that they ran into opposition from the local community, who had come to regard it as a landmark.
And I've gone through these phases too - when first I saw it, 25 years ago, I thought, 'pull it down'. But after a few years, let alone a few decades, of course it becomes part of the furniture.