I have taken many pictures of the Trinity Church in Boston’s Copley Square over the last 7 or 8 years. Recently I came across some pictures in Flickr from various sources and thought I’d make a little bit of a time line. You can see the city grow around the church. It is interesting see […]
Boston Then and Now: Copley Square
September 19, 2014 by
I've come across quite a few old pictures of Boston in areas where I've taken some pictures. Here's a look at Copley Square in the past compare to how it is now. THEN: The back of Trinity Church- 1877 – From Boston Public Library NOW: June 2014 The building looks remarkably the same. The biggest changes […]
Pictures: Fenway Park at Night
August 1, 2014 by
I got some pictures the other night of Fenway Park during a game from the Prudential Center Skywalk. Here's a few of them with links to larger versions so you can see more detail.
Boston Then and Now: The Boston Public Library
June 30, 2014 by
This is the first in a series of posts looking at different areas or places in Boston and how they looked in the past to what they look like today. For the past pictures I am using different archives (BPL, Boston City Archive, etc), and for the new versions I am visiting these places and […]
The Boston Musuem of Fine Arts Colorfully Lit Up at Night
April 10, 2014 by
The Boston MFA is having some colorful light show this week to highlight their new colorful quilts exhibit. It is pretty cool. Here's a few pictures of the front entrance which is lit up, and a couple of the back with the Indian Hunter and Pronghorn Antelope statutes. Click the picture for larger versions. […]
Recommended Stuff Spring 2014 Edition: Weather, Video Streaming, Cheap Books, Boston Booze…
March 16, 2014 by
Here's a few items that I seem to be telling people about quite a bit lately. You may want to check them out. Weather Underground – A Weather App That Doesn't Suck It seems like as each of the main weather apps we all use on our phones (The Weather Channel, Accuweahter, Yahoo! Weather) have been […]
Pictures: The Building of NYC’s Woolworth Building. The Tallest in the World in 1913
December 11, 2013 by
The Woolworth Building construction in 1918, it was the tallest building in the world at that time. Wikipedia describes the building's beginings: The Woolworth Building was constructed in neo-Gothic style by architect Cass Gilbert, who was commissioned by Frank Woolworth in 1910 to design the tallest building in the world[7] as the Woolworth Company's new […]
The 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing and World Series Sports Illustrated Covers
November 5, 2013 by
The April Sports Illustrated cover a few days after the Boston Marathon bombing The 3 police officers on the Fenway field with Papi
Henry Knox’s Famous 1775 Cannon Trek to Boston Went Through Waltham
October 5, 2013 by
I saw a couple of markers when driving through Waltham a few days ago and decided to walk over there today when I stopped at Walgreens. It ends up that this marker is part of series of markers that follow Henry Knox's trail from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in 1775. These are the guns that […]
Check Out the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation in Waltham
September 7, 2013 by
Last year I visited the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation in Waltham which is in one of the old mill buildings near Moody Street. Its a small museum, but interesting to folks who want to learn more about the area, the old watch factories, and printing machines. Here's the description from the museum's […]