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Cool (or as we say here in New England, wicked cool) photos and blog entry about the history of Boston's landscape. http://historyofmassachusetts.org/how-boston-lost-its-hills/There's a map towards the end comparing how Boston looked then to how it looks now. Wish I could find a higher resolution picture though.Link is to the specific article, but that whole blog site is quite interesting.
An MIT article on the Back Bay area of Boston. (AKA – Why it is so awesome to row the Charles River)LINK
It looks like a good information site, but yeah, the photos don't get very large, unfortunately. Also, I have really only been to Boston twice in my life so I would not be familiar with many places that the blog discusses.http://historyofmassachusetts.org/photo-gallery/?locale=en_US&wppa-album=1&wppa-cover=0&wppa-occur=1
I love Boston, it's an extraordinary city. I go often to do things, but every once in a while I'll go up there just to explore. I don't like driving in it, but they have a good transmit system and it's very bicycle friendly. It's just awesome that there all these places where major historical events have occured.
Depends on the time of day and if I'm going directly into the city (which I try to avoid if possible). Weekends or early morning take about an hour but during rush hour it can take up to two hours. I usually go to this parking garage just south of the city in Quincy and it's on one of the subway lines, that takes me about 30-45 minutes to get to depending upon the above mentioned factors. It's called the Quincy-Adams garage, so that makes it kind of easy to remember. 🙂
Thanks – now everyone else in the world knows which garage to park in, so many it will be full next time you try to park there. ;DI wouldn't mind living in New England at some point in my life. Probably not Boston proper, as I would prefer a place a bit less urbanized (and a place without so many voters who would vote those Senators into office). I suppose it is nice to have a large city to get to once in a while, though.
