Adam Castiglioni watched the fireworks over Boston Harbor tonight: Read more.
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By adamg - 6/22/21 - 11:18 am
How do you unload a crane larger than the cranes you have?
A Chinese ship docked at the Conley Terminal in South Boston this morning carrying three big cranes that will let larger cargo ships dock at the terminal in South Boston once they're installed and operating later this year. Andrew Morrison captured the ship from the new Homewood Suites on Summer Street. Read more.
By adamg - 6/11/21 - 10:50 am
Adam Castiglioni watched the USS Constitution leave its Charlestown dock for a harbor tour and 21-gun salute to honor people who cared for us and kept us safe during the pandemic.
By adamg - 6/1/21 - 10:28 pm
Frank Solensky watched the sun go down over Fresh Pond in Cambridge this evening. He wasn't the only person to look up: Read more.
By adamg - 5/29/21 - 9:06 pm
The Boston Fire Department reports a small craft anchored in Boston Harbor near Rowes Wharf burst into flames late this afternoon. BFD and Massport fire crews doused the flames with harbor water, then towed what was left of the boat to the dock to make sure they could cool hot spots to keep them from re-erupting into flames. Read more.
By adamg - 4/26/21 - 1:22 pm
The MBTA announced today that it'll be using some of that sweet federal stimmy to resume the Charlestown and Hingham ferries it had canceled in January because of Covid-19-related lack of demand, starting May 22. Read more.
By adamg - 4/21/21 - 10:02 am
Gary Waldeck noticed a support for the new North Washington Street Bridge, looking like it's ready to be unpacked from the crate it came in.
Earlier:
Taking the temporary bridge out for a spin.
The end of the old Charlestown Bridge, once a key El link.
By adamg - 3/14/21 - 3:11 pm
Mary Ellen spotted a king eider, usually seen farther north, in the water off Castle Island this morning.
By adamg - 2/8/21 - 1:43 pm
Rendering by SGA of the view from the Reserved Channel.
A developer has filed plans with the BPDA to add four floors to the top of an existing and long three-story building at the end of Black Falcon Pier in the Raymond Flynn Marine Industrial Park on the South Boston Waterfront. Read more.
By adamg - 2/7/21 - 1:21 pm
Live Boston reports on the man apparently fell from the pier around 1:40 a.m. and his rescue by first responders.
By adamg - 2/2/21 - 2:50 pm
Erinn Larson took a soggy walk along Long Wharf today, taking in the usual flooding both directly along the harbor and further back at the Chart House. Read more.
By adamg - 2/1/21 - 5:46 pm
Lisa Green visited Long Wharf a half hour before high tide today, reports she didn't stick around to see high tide: Read more.
By adamg - 1/22/21 - 10:53 pm
David Gregory snapped this view of downtown Boston from the last ferry out of Charlestown tonight, after which the T is shutting down the service because of Covid-19-related losses.
By adamg - 12/31/20 - 1:03 pm
Time ball waiting to be hoisted above Milk and Devonshire in 1881 (Source).
The annual ball drop in Times Square tonight is the vestige of what was once a network of daily time-ball drops in US coastal cities, including Boston, to help mariners calibrate their shipboard clocks - vital to determining their location once they were at sea. Read more.
By adamg - 12/14/20 - 3:48 pm
Rendering by Elkus Manfredi of the view from next to the Barking Crab.
A development team last week filed plans for a 25-story, 357-room hotel with 9,000 square feet of room for the James Hook seafood concern on what is now Hook's almost half acre of land on Atlantic Avenue between the Moakley Bridge and what's left of the Northern Avenue Bridge. Read more.
By adamg - 11/30/20 - 9:08 am
Adam Balsam watched the sun come up over Boston Harbor from Commercial Wharf yesterday.
Copyright Adam Balsam. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 11/21/20 - 9:40 pm
Matt Frank watched the sunset over downtown and Boston Harbor from East Boston this evening.
By adamg - 11/16/20 - 3:13 pm
Adam Castiglioni took a walk down to Long Wharf today - just not all the way to the end, since it was covered by water in a king tide.
Meanwhile, down in Dorchester, Morrissey Boulevard was completely flooded: Read more.
By adamg - 11/6/20 - 1:36 pm
SKW Partners today said it will file plans to replace the current James Hook seafood outlet on Atlantic Avenue with a 305-foot-tall hotel. Read more.
By adamg - 10/18/20 - 4:46 pm
Adam Balsam observed the results of today's perigean spring tide at Long Wharf.
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