Photos
Red, black and gold
By adamg - 5/16/13 - 1:29 pmFaneuil Hall Marketplace notes somebody made sure Red Auerbach was ready for today's opening Bruins/Rangers playoff game.
A teacher and her students
By adamg - 5/15/13 - 8:16 pmBased on their clothes, you can probably tell about when this photo was taken. But where? See it larger. From the Boston City Archives (only click that link if you want to see the answer).
Signs? Who needs signs?
By adamg - 5/15/13 - 4:04 pmThey were towing cars off Copenger Street on Mission Hill today, apparently for getting in the way of street sweepers. Only problem, AMO notes, is that the signs declare "No Parking" for the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month and today is the third Wednesday.
Guerilla knitter remembers the Marathon
By adamg - 5/14/13 - 8:33 pmCherie L. King spotted this crochet memorial in Copley Square today. Meanwhile, the memorial itself continues to grow.
Out of dry dock
By adamg - 5/14/13 - 4:35 pmAfter close to three years in a dry dock for repairs, the USS Cassin Young moved back into the harbor today to rejoin Old Ironsides as part of the Navy Yard historical park. Doris was among those who watched.
Doe, a deer, an Eastie deer ...
By adamg - 5/13/13 - 10:15 pmRichard C. Lynds forwarded this photo of a deer, taken by Barbie Gambale Puopolo tonight in the Ohabei Shalom Cemetery, between Wordsworth and Byron in East Boston.
Water view
By adamg - 5/13/13 - 11:11 amWhen and where was this waterfront photo taken? From the Boston City Archives, of course. See it larger.
The family that rides together
By adamg - 5/13/13 - 9:02 amTruck Stop Tea Party came across this domestic scene in Cambridge yesterday.
Copyright Truck Stop Tea Party. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Who says Boston is hard to navigate?
By adamg - 5/12/13 - 9:22 am
At Edward Everett Square in Dorchester.
Imagine if they still made Hostess Sno Balls and a truckload of them exploded
By adamg - 5/11/13 - 11:03 amBrad Kelly photographs a pink explosion in Somerville.
Copyright Brad Kelly. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Foot-dangling maintenance worker briefly causes downtown traffic jam
By adamg - 5/10/13 - 9:08 am
Look at the traffic on North Street.
Shortly before 9 a.m., firefighters and police responded to 16 North St., which houses the UBurger across from Faneuil Hall Marketplace, on a report of a guy on the roof, just sitting there, dangling his feet off the edge of the building.
Erin B. snapped the resulting traffic jam on North Street, which ended not long after firefighters made their way to the roof and determined the guy was just a maintenance worker doing some maintenance, as maintenance workers are wont to do.
Video of the last runners to finish the Boston Marathon
By EmulsionMike - 5/9/13 - 11:01 amI was photographing the scene at Heartbreak Hill for Running Times and later moved downtown. I photographed runners a half mile from the finish line for the last 25 minutes before the explosions went off. I decided to put them into a video as a tribute to all of them. (Pretty good song, too). If you know anyone who was at or close to the finish line at 2:50 share it with them.
Lights, camera, pediment
By adamg - 5/8/13 - 10:59 pmRev. Laura Everett photographed the Cathedral Church of St. Paul on Tremont Street after it turned on its new nautilus pediment for the first time tonight.
Fat and sassy on the steps of Southie
By adamg - 5/7/13 - 11:44 pmAlison Rush spotted this plump possum on the steps of her apartment building this evening.
What the shell? Tortoise on a leash in the Back Bay
By adamg - 5/7/13 - 9:53 pmAmy Wong was strolling through the Back Bay today when she spotted a lady walking her tortoise. Slowly. Very slowly.
Also see:
The tortoise in the South End.
Illusion and reality on the Freedom Trail
By adamg - 5/7/13 - 4:28 pmEd Hatfield came upon this scene downtown.
Copyright Ed Hatfield. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Chalking out the Marathon route on Mass. Ave.
By adamg - 5/7/13 - 9:59 amMorning on the harbor
By adamg - 5/7/13 - 8:26 amPatty Neal captured the view from State Street this morning.
Uphams Corner is buzzing this afternoon
By adamg - 5/6/13 - 3:59 pmUPDATE: Late this afternoon, Best Bees worked with city animal control to relocate the bees someplace better for them - and people.
You can't see the license plate of this car at Stoughton and Sumner streets because IT'S COVERED IN BEES. Live bees. Bees that are probably looking for a more permanent place to live. Like your attic. Photo by OffTheDot, who says:
Definitely live and buzzing! Seemed more into swarming than attacking. Stood on edge of swarm without incident (and no sudden movements).
Goodness: You hope the Phantom of the Hole isn't still up there
By adamg - 5/6/13 - 1:09 pm
When workers on the Hole restoration project took down the Christo wrapping on the old Burnham building last week, they revealed this plaintive message, still up there after all these years.
Meanwhile, on the back side of the remains of the Burnham buidling, you can see the engineers working on the project to build a 50+ story building on the site have no shortage of fire extinguishers:

The age of steam
By adamg - 5/5/13 - 12:31 pmThe BPL has posted more train photos by Leslie Jones, including this one of a steam engine pulling out of South Station in 1937, and another one of a train leaving North Station sometime in the 1940s:
St. Paul's Church comes into its shell
By adamg - 5/3/13 - 11:20 amChris Walton shows the Cathedral Church of St. Paul has installed its new pediment, the one designed by Donald Lipski.
Interesting mural
By adamg - 5/3/13 - 9:22 amThe folks at the Boston City Archives have posted this photo of kids playing ball in 1978 Boston and wonder where. No, really, this time, they have no idea and are seeking suggestions.
Where could you buy a Buick in Roxbury?
By adamg - 5/2/13 - 10:06 amWhen and where was this photo taken? From the Boston City Archives, natch. See it larger.





















