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Archive for the 'Boston history' categoryKnow your history – Boston’s South EndConsidering a move to Boston? Do you know a lot about its history? If not, I suggest you make your way to the library. Or, to Amazon.com. Boston’s “busing crisis” unfolded during the mid-1970′s, following on the heals of tumultuous civil rights fights and race riots (none in Boston) of the mid-to-late 1960′s and misguided [...] Bay Village on Bay Street used to be … on the bayThe Globe has a cool article on an historic home for sale in Boston’s Bay Village. Jamie Mambro’s little piece of Boston history is on the block, something he calls “bittersweet” every time he talks of selling his home. The single-family, freestanding house at 1 Bay St. is a precious piece of the past in [...] I once knew a LongfellowApparently, it’s going to cost $250 million in state dollars* to reconstruct the Longfellow Bridge, which goes from Cambridge to Boston. The bridge carries cars as well as the Red Line. And, there are sidewalks on either side. This is the “salt and pepper” bridge. Whether or not the bridge is safe and renovation can [...] Marathon: little known factsDateline: Hopkinton Why is a marathon 26.2 miles? It is roughly 26 miles between the Greek cities of Marathon and Athens. In 490 BC, the Greek army repelled a Persian naval invasion on the plains surrounding the coastal city of Marathon. According to legend, a runner was sent to Athens to relay news of the [...] Boston Combat Zone, then and nowWashington Street, in Chinatown, circa 1985: Washington Street, in Chinatown, circa 2007: – click on the photos to enlarge images. From the archBoston.com forum Book reading on interesting footnote in Boston history, tonightMy New Year’s resolution is to read a book a week, in 2008. Last Tuesday, I picked up a copy of a great new book. It’s about Andrew Dexter, Jr, “a real estate speculator, financier, and schemer”, as the Boston Globe called him. In 1809, after spending millions of dollars of paper money, a new [...] Historic Boston Fires, #6Final photo. – click image to enlarge This one is not tagged with a location. There are some hints as to the whereabouts. Most prominent is the statue in the lower right of the photo. It is almost assuredly the Sam Adams statue outside Faneuil Hall. That puts this photo near Government Center or, at [...] Historic Boston Fires, #5Guesses as to where this was? – click image to enlarge Or, this one? – click image to enlarge Answers, after the jump. From FireNews.org Historic Boston Fires, #3Guesses as to where this was? – click image to enlarge Answer, after the jump. From FireNews.org Historic Boston Fires, #4Guesses as to where this was? – click image to enlarge Answer, after the jump. From FireNews.org |
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