Down by the river

Bucolic river scene

You can almost picture the cows just on the other side of that hill. But this isn't Vermont - it's Milton, down at the Neponset River, across from Pope John Paul II Park in Dorchester. About 300 feet to the left of the houses are three radio towers - and next to those sit a couple of office buildings (in Quincy). But that's one of the cool things about the park: Sure, you can look one way and see the Southeast Expressway, and turn around and see the Red Line, but then you turn again and see views like this.

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Great photo but I have one

By Anonymous (not verified) | Sun, 11/11/2007 - 11:11pm

Great photo but I have one minor correction -- the houses are actually in milton and the nearby office buildings are in quincy. The three great neighborhoods of Dot, Quincy and Milton (my hometown) all meet at that bend in the Neponset. Keep up the good work with the photos!

I have trouble with borders

By adamg | Sun, 11/11/2007 - 11:17pm

Thanks for the correction (and the kind words); fixing in the post.

This was our first trip to that park; I think I'll have to go back when it's warmer and just walk along the river (something that's just difficult to impossible to do on the upper Neponset).

Neponset River bike path and Pope John Paul II Park

By Ron Newman | Sun, 11/11/2007 - 11:49pm

are both also great places to ride a bike, though probably in warmer weather than we had today.

Part of the park used to be the Neponset Drive-In Theatre. It was one of several inspriations for 'Penitentiary Park' in Dennis Lehane's Mystic River.

Awesome

By Greg MacKay (not verified) | Wed, 11/21/2007 - 10:05am

Yeah that is my old neighborhood.
actually a little to the left and up a hill but whos counting.

great photo ! thanks for the memories.
I used to go to the Flea markets all the time with my dad as a kid at the old Drive in in newponset.

The last movie I saw there was the one with Eddie Murphy driving a tank ? or was it Dan ackroid. anyone know what movie this is ?

LOL

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