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Boston skyline at night with yatchs and small ships cruising by the coast creating light streaks. The city of Champions and full of US history. One of the best cities in the world.
Inner Boston Harbor
April 25th, 2014
Since its discovery by John Smith in 1614, Boston Harbor has been an important port in American history. It was the site of the Boston Tea Party as well as almost continuous backfilling of the harbor until the 19th century. By 1660 almost all imports came to the greater Boston area and the New England coast through the waters of Boston Harbor. A rapid influx of people transformed Boston into a booming city. The health of the harbor quickly decreased as the population of Boston increased. As early as the late 19th century Boston citizens were advised not to swim in any portion of the Harbor. In the 1800s two of the first steam sewage stations were built (one in East Boston and one later on Deer Island). With these mandates the harbor was seeing small improvements, but raw sewage was still continuously pumped into the harbor. In 1919 the Metropolitan District Commission was created to oversee and regulate the quality of harbor water. However, not much improvement was seen and general public awareness of the poor quality of water was very low. In 1972 the Clean Water Act was passed in order to help promote increased national water quality.
Boston did not receive a clean water act waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency, leaving Boston with little incentive to increase water quality of the harbor. Since the mid-1970s organizations within the Boston community have battled for a cleaner Boston Harbor. More recently, the harbor was the site of the $4.5 billion Boston Harbor Project. Failures at Nut Island sewage treatment plant in Quincy and the companion Deer Island plant adjacent to Winthrop had far-reaching environmental and political effects. Fecal coliform bacteria levels forced frequent swimming prohibitions along the harbor beaches and the Charles River for many years. The city of Quincy sued the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) and the separate Boston Water and Sewer Commission in 1982 charging unchecked systemic pollution of the city’s waterfront. That suit was followed by one by the Conservation Law Foundation and finally by the United States government, resulting in the landmark court-ordered cleanup of Boston Harbor.
The lawsuits forced then Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis to propose separating the water and sewer treatment divisions from the MDC, resulting in the creation of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority in 1985. The slow progress of the cleanup became a key theme of the 1988 U.S. presidential election as George H.W. Bush defeated Dukakis partly through campaign speeches casting doubt on the governor’s environmental record, which Dukakis himself had claimed was better than that of Bush. The court ordered cleanup continued throughout the next two decades and is still ongoing.
Before the cleanup projects, the water was so polluted that The Standells released a song in 1966 called Dirty Water about the sorry state of the Charles River. The song is still popular with Red Sox fans and is played regularly at Fenway Park whenever the Sox win the game.
Since the writing of the song, the water quality in both the Harbor and the Charles River has significantly improved, and the projects have dramatically transformed Boston Harbor from one of the filthiest in the nation to one of the cleanest. Today Boston Harbor is safe for fishing and for swimming nearly every day, though there are still beach closings after even small rainstorms, caused by bacteria-laden storm water and the occasional combined sewer overflow.
Brewer Fountain Plaza on Boston Common surrounds a one-of-a-kind bronze casting of a sculpture created for the 1855 World’s Fair in Paris that was donated to Boston by Beacon Hill merchant Gardner Brewer. It was installed on the Common near Beacon Street in 1868 and moved to its current location near Tremont and Park Streets in 1917.
N605JB JetBlue Airways Airbus A320-232 (c/n 2368), Boston Logan 16th August 2018.
The aircraft carries the Boston Red Sox livery, in support of Boston's Baseball Team, the livery is entitled "Boston Strong"
This was originally a Boston Skyline photo of mine that I photoshopped into this after the events at the marathon.
This New Era 9Twenty Boston Red Sox hat is my prized possession. I've worn it almost every day throughout my stroke recovery, and I wore it to my first four baseball games since my stroke. I am a diehard Boston Red Sox fan and always will be. I like the two-tone hats. I have about 8 or 9 Red Sox hats. I have never been to Boston, but I hope to visit Fenway Park someday. I wear this Red Sox hat every day. I prefer to have my hat worn out looking. New Era 9Twenty hats are comfortable and high quality. I only get to see the Red Sox play on the road. I go to the Red Sox games at Angel Stadium and cheer them on. I always enjoy wearing a Boston Red Sox hat. I have about 11 Red Sox hats in total. Most of them look worn out, which I like. I always have faith in the Boston Red Sox. I will be a Boston Red Sox fan forever through the thick and thin. I might not be from Boston, but I will always be a diehard Red Sox fan. Out of all my Red Sox merchandise in my collection, this hat is my favorite. Go Red Sox!
Boston Marathon Finishing Line.
Finally got round to uploading my Boston and Massachusetts photos to my website (link below)
Thanks to all that pass by and leave a comment.
Justin
Another photo from The Boston Marathon. This girl was amazing. She was by herself, sitting on the barricade, cheering on runners so personally and sincerely. It was fun just to watch her for a while; she was so happy and committed to cheering.
"During times of personal pain I truly believe in my heart God never gave me anything I can't handle. I would like to personally thank Sister Mary Bernadette of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Mission for her kind words that meant so much to me." - John Joseph Quinlan
4/28/2016
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A lone person, in her BAA jacket, pauses at one of the two memorials to the victims of the 2013 Marathon Bombing.
Trying to capture the Zakim Bridge amidst the crazy Boston traffic!
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We visited the makeshift Boston Marathon memorial site this afternoon and I introduced Brian to Senator Warren.
"ONE Boston" I especially like the message on the extreme left, "life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them"
I took this photo the day after they caught the surviving Boston Marathon Bomber. Today he was found guilty of all charges and now faces the death penalty. That day my wife came in to my work about 10 minuets from the finish line she was going to take our son there to cheer the runners on rather than near heartbreak hill closer to were we lived. I told her she was crazy the crowds are to big there. She ended up not going to the finish line i thank God everyday. My heart goes out to those families.
Taken on Boston Marathon weekend, 2014, across from the race expo at Hynes Convention Center. Coincidentally, I have a backlog of images for posting semi-daily that presently put me about a year behind. Hence, the imagery from last year at this time.
KLAX (Los Angeles International Airport) - 20 OCT 2020
"JetBlue 2532" climbing out from RWY 25R en route to Salt Lake City International Airport (KSLC).
Production Site: Toulouse (TLS)
Test Registration: F-WWDO
Rollout: JAN 2005
First Flight: 17 JAN 2005
Delivery to jetBlue Airways: 10 FEB 2005 as N605JB
Aircraft Name: Blue Yorker (FEB 2005 - FEB 2012)
Hex Code: A7DA9C
Fleet Number: 605
Configuration: Y150
Engines: 2x IAE V2527-A5
Painted in "Boston Red Sox" special colors in FEB 2012
Aircraft Name: Boston Strong (APR 2015)
Re-configured "Y162" in JUL 2019
Stored at MZJ 13 APR - 12 JUL 2020
Good vs. Evil ~ 'A Sense of Purpose: Fighting For Our Lives' YouTube Movie Trailer - Actors John Joseph Quinlan as US Army Captain Jake Nixon & Tamara Woods as Diane Torres. A Jillian Bullock Film. Philadelphia Film Screening Summer 2017. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMyLz0tkHUc
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