Tremont Street

Fire in the holes KOs parts of downtown, Back Bay

adamg — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:10:31 -0500

Channel 4 reports fires erupted from manholes this morning when an NStar cable failed a bit catastrophically.

Boston Police report emergency crews first responded to an exploding-manhole report at 5:38 a.m. at Stuart and Tremont streets.

Why the pigeons are gone from Tremont Street

adamg — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:05:09 -0500

Dan Miller noticed something amiss as soon as he left Park Street station: There wasn't a pigeon in sight. Then he saw something out of the corner of his eye:

... It's a huge gray hawk, its wing span at least three feet. Maybe more.

The hawk settles on the street lamp, looking down at the Tremont Street traffic and the passersby, including me. ...

Miller also explains why it's a good thing he shifted course and didn't walk right under the bird.

Clang, clang, clang went the trolley

adamg — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:59:37 -0400

Take a ride from downtown to Copley Square on a 1903 trolley, courtesy Thomas Edison's film company:

Via Somerville STEP by way of Sam Baltrusis.

Sk8tr Boi vs. street preacher

adamg — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:57:46 -0400

Skater dude tries to mock street preacher yelling to an audience of, apparently, nobody, on Tremont by the Common, but the preacher guy wasn't taking the bait and dude runs out of mocking moves after awhile, so it's probably a good thing a Boston park ranger pulled up and told him to knock it off because by then he was just sort of standing there like a lamer, even if you do have to wonder if park rangers have nothing better to do than drive on the sidewalk.

John McCain's welcoming new Boston headquarters

adamg — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:39:33 -0400

Lori Magno notices that before you get to the friendly balloons at John McCain's Massachusetts headquarters on Tremont Street, you first have to make yourself presentable and not look like a common bum.

If only Evening Magazine were still on

adamg — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:43:03 -0400

Yes, that's Barry Nolan listening in rapt attention as some guy describes his anti-gravity invention on Tremont Street. 16WadeSt captured the action yesterday.

What's with the cannons downtown?

adamg — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:24:54 -0400

What's special about today's date that would lead people to parade down Tremont Street in uniforms, shooting off cannons? At least, I'm assuming Downtown Crossing isn't under attack; our Downtown Crossing correspondent reports she is still free to walk around.

Sunset over the South End

adamg — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:17:58 -0500

Jenny Frazier posts some cool photos, taken yesterday:

... I actually turned the corner onto Tremont Street in the South End, gasped at what I saw, immediately pulled over and dumped out the entire contents of my bag looking for my camera so I could shoot it. ...

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr

adamg — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:13:33 -0500

Dan Miller did not have a good commute this morning:

... Three-hundred pound guy falls face-forward onto the floor of the Green Line, knocking into me on his way down and sending my poor, abused glasses sideways onto my head.

A quick walk up Tremont, the icy chill searing, intense. ...

Jenny Frazier decides she NEEDS that pair of USB-powered heated gloves:

Let's just say my walk to the subway was really, really awesome. Really.

Now I'm at work, trying to figure out if I've just not thawed completely or if this office has no heat.

He must have gone into the argument room by mistake

adamg — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:37:23 -0500

Evan goes into Colonial Trading Company on Tremont Street to see if they might have an old postcard of Symphony Hall and promptly gets into an argument with the guy at the counter over whether they might have one (memo to guy behind the counter: The customer was right this time).