Stevil reports the Public Garden was full of unusual sights today, including the Victorian picnic above, acrobats and a Hindu wedding.
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Stevil reports the Public Garden was full of unusual sights today, including the Victorian picnic above, acrobats and a Hindu wedding.
Copyright Stevil. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
The BPL has a collection of Leslie Jones photos of Shirley Temple's visit to Boston in July, 1938, including her walk through the Public Garden, where she took a Swan Boat ride.
As you can imagine, she was crowded pretty much everywhere she went:
Stevil photographed ducks in a feeding frenzy in the Public Garden yesterday.
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Boston Police report a man inside the CEX store, 44 Winter St., followed a customer outside last night and, after brandishing a gun, grabbed the person's wallet out of his pants at Winter and Tremont.
Police radioed a description. A state trooper patrolling the Public Garden not long after spotted Eric Watson, 27, and detained him "with no incident."
Watson was scheduled for arraignment today on a charge of armed robbery. Police say they were unable to find the weapon. however.
Ryan Ruel looks through the gates of the Public Garden at the lights of the Commonwealth Avenue Mall.
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Ron attended the annual Jingle Bell Walk through the Public Garden and Common yesterday. The walk benefits the Morris Animal Foundation.
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Leslee photographed one of Boston's biggest Sox backers.
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Scott Eisen was on hand today as Bobby the Pig made the rounds of the Public Garden and ran into a guy dressed like his worst nightmare.
Just in case there were any doubt, Django Bliss shows us for whom Mrs. Mallard is rooting in the World Series.
Arturo Gossage walked around the Public Garden the other night.
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Mike the Mad Biologist shows us what happens when a large willow by the Public Garden Lagoon loses a large branch - fortunately, with nobody under it at the time.
A cranky citizen complains about the Bruins jersey that George Washington is still wearing up there on his horse in the Public Garden:
When the world visits Boston, they have no idea why George Washington is wearing corporate graffiti for a Canadian/Russian sport.
For added emphasis, the kvetcher checked the box asking if the item in question is "offensive."
The annual Make Way for Ducklings parade wound its way around the Common and the Public Garden today (yeah, I don't know why it went that way instead of up and down Beacon Hill, either), ending, of course, by the ducklings statues.
Ducks in a row:
Masstreehugger spotted this guy and his contraption in the Public Garden today.
Brig Dauber captured the Public Garden tree that plunged to its demise across Boylston Street Friday night.
Boston Strolls admired the hats on the Make Way for Ducklings statues in the Public Garden today.