Charles River

Attention Charles River boaters and all the ships at sea

adamg — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:12:46 -0400

If you happen to see a large banner floating by that urges you to "Discover Roxbury," could you let Third Decade know? He spent a lot of time on the thing and was very disappointed when he heard it blew off a trolley bus and right into the Charles River from the Mass. Ave. bridge.

Leaf it be

adamg — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:27:58 -0400

Karen Larsen gets close to fall leaves along the Charles in Watertown.

Annuit coeptis

adamg — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:19:51 -0400

RDA shows what you can see if you're on the Longfellow Bridge at just the right time.

Moon over the Charles

adamg — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:48:18 -0400

Saul Blumenthal watches the moon set over the Charles River.

Imagine if a trolley line ran along the Charles instead of Storrow Drive

adamg — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:32:40 -0400

Vanshnookenraggen posts a copy of a 1909 map showing current and proposed transit lines in Boston Proper, including what became today's subways, the long-gone Atlantic Avenue el and a proposed trolley tunnel along the banks of the Charles.

Authorities working to identify body drifting down the Charles

adamg — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:15:43 -0400

The body of a white man in his 40s was pulled from the Charles River near the Boston end of the Mass. Ave. bridge around noon today, the Suffolk County DA's office reports. No obvious signs of trauma were found; an autopsy is planned for this weekend.

Museum of Science seeks to install wind turbines on its roof

adamg — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:06:23 -0400

Seven altogether; goes before the Boston Zoning Board of Appeal on July 29 for a variance.

Via John Keith.

Apparently, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts does not own a bolt cutter

adamg — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:45:39 -0400

Everybody agrees it's wrong that those brand-spanking new fields along the Charles River are padlocked most of the time, yet nobody can agree why, let alone simply send out a guy with a bolt cutter to end the problem.

Not a cheeseburger in paradise

adamg — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:12:39 -0400

All the rain makes for good mushroom conditions, as Karen Larsen discovered on a walk along the river in Watertown.

Punks get theirs

adamg — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:08:13 -0400

Amy recounts an incident on the Mass. Ave. bridge during the July Fourth Pops concert that renews your faith in at least part of humanity.