Esplanade
Big Ferris wheel for the Esplanade?
By adamg - 2/10/12 - 7:56 amThe Globe and the Herald report on a plan for the Esplandade that calls for better access across Storrow Drive, a cafe next to the Hatch Shell, doing more with the Charles River dam and the Muddy River and just generally sprucing up the existing facilities after decades of neglect. Another idea would be a 100-foot-tall Ferris wheel by the Museum of Science. Of course, this would take some money.
Forget the Freedom Trail; she's working on the Giant Heads Trail
By adamg - 10/30/11 - 8:36 pmEeka, who wants to be a tour guide when she grows up, is putting together a list of Boston's Giant Heads, from the Creepy Baby Heads outside the MFA to the Sphinxy Arthur Fiedler Head on the Esplanade.
Police looking for pack in Esplanade robbery attempt
By adamg - 10/15/11 - 10:54 pmState and Boston police are looking for a group of eight men on charges they surrounded a woman jogging on the Esplanade around 9:45 p.m., Saturday.
State Police report the woman, a 31-year-old Cambridge resident, was jogging near Community Boating when "several men, who had been among a group that was sitting in that area, came toward her and surrounded her." State Police say the woman was able to break past the man and ran toward the Museum of Science - where she found a state trooper working a detail. In a statement, they add:
Women who use the Esplanade for recreational activities are reminded to be aware of their surroundings, to walk or run with a companion if possible, to stay in well-lit areas, and to carry a charged cell phone at all times. Anyone who feels threatened or uncomfortable, or who sees anything that does not look right, should immediately call 911 on a cell phone to be connected to a State Police dispatcher.
State Police say they do not believe the incident is related to a series of unsolved sexual attacks on the Esplanade, which have all involved a single would-be rapist, not a group of robbers.
Police: Another woman attacked on the Esplanade
By adamg - 8/14/11 - 12:12 pmState Police are investigating an incident early this morning in which a woman was sexually assaulted and then thrown into the Charles River near Massachusetts Avenue, State Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office report.
Authorities say they do not yet know if the attack is linked to a series of other sexual attacks in recent years along the Esplanade - or to a non-sexual attack in the same area in June in which a woman was also thrown in the river.
CBS, Mugar: Reality is so overrated
By adamg - 7/8/11 - 7:46 am
Next year's display? By Aughtomat, who also gives us this.
The Globe talks to the guy who organizes the Esplanade fireworks, who basically goes, yeah, so we did some fake shots, big deal, David E. Kelley shoots his "Boston" shows in LA.
Prominently quoted is our own Kaz, who first noted the bogus shots.
Fireworks over the Esplanade
By adamg - 7/5/11 - 12:02 am
July 3rd with the Pops
By adamg - 7/4/11 - 3:02 pm
Leslee took in the rehersal performance at the Hatch Shell.
Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Woman beaten on Esplanade, thrown into Charles
By adamg - 6/15/11 - 7:50 amNECN reports on the early morning attack. Unlike in a series of other attacks, however, there was no evidence of sexual assault.
Esplanade celebration
By adamg - 5/22/11 - 10:46 am
Nathanael Hevelone snapped some coconut heads at Earthfest on the Esplanade yesterday. Jeff Tamagini listened to OK Go ringing bells.
M. Morris Gaman sketched some of the concertgoers.
Hevelone's photo posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr. Tamagini's photo copyright Jeff Tamagini, tagged as universalhub on Flickr.
Remember when you could sit on the Esplanade and just enjoy the day?
By adamg - 5/16/11 - 10:45 am
Historygradguy takes us back to those halcyon days of yore, like last week.
Copyright Historygradguy. Tagged as universalhub on Flickr.
