fireworks

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.

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Fireworks over the Esplanade

By adamg - 7/5/11 - 12:02 am

Myron Freeman watched the Esplanade fireworks.

John Tammaro took photos:

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A bang-up wedding

By adamg - 8/28/10 - 11:41 pm

A couple celebrated their nuptials at the Boston Harbor Hotel Saturday night by hiring Atlas Fireworks to shoot off rockets over Boston Harbor.

Shutterscript took a cool photo from high above the city.

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Early morning fire damages building on Comm. Ave. in Allston

By adamg - 7/25/10 - 9:29 am

BPDCrimelog tweets a fire at 1039 Comm. Ave. (the building EMS is in) around 2:30 a.m. forced the shut down of Comm. Ave. at Brighton Ave. No word on damage or injuries.

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In case you didn't get enough fireworks last night

By adamg - 7/5/10 - 5:14 pm

At Albemarle Field in Newton last night. Meanwhile, Vasant Marur shot the Esplanade fireworks:

Esplanade photo copyright Vasant Marur. Tagged as universalhub on Flickr.

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Billed as the largest fireworks display in Southern New England, the fireworks started just after 10 PM. After a nice start, the display ended abruptly about 3 or 4 minutes in. We sat there waiting for about 15 minutes before a man in the crowd said that he heard on his scanner that the fire marshall cancelled the fireworks because of "high winds". Looking at the leaves on the tree nearby, we could see little or no movement of the branches. WTF?

If you're stuck in Roslindale or West Roxbury next July 4th

By adamg - 7/4/05 - 10:52 pm

You can still see the Esplanade fireworks. Turn onto Beech from Washington (right if you're coming from the south; left from the north), then pull into the Bates School parking lot on your left. You'll miss most of the sound and the big booms will reach you a half-second or so late, but you'll get a perfectly clear view of all the fireworks. And if you're lucky, among the 50 or so people watching with you will be this guy with a really loud voice who manages to make the fireworks sound just like sex: