Beacon Hill

Longfellow to lose its shakers during repairs

adamg — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:07:28 +0000

Time-lapse animation from MassDOT. With bonus new-agey guitar track that fortunately you can just turn off when it gets really annoying. And don't worry - they'll be putting the shakers back on.

GLAD Summer Party

gladevents — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:54:53 +0000

Join Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders at our annual Summer Party held outside in the heart of Provincetown, MA on Saturday, July 27 from 4:00-7:00PM. Enjoy the view of the harbor, mingle with other GLAD supporters and learn more about our ground-breaking cases.

Tickets are $75 online | $85 on site | $30 student
Purchase at www.glad.org/events.

Don't miss our amazing auction and celebrity auctioneer Kate Clinton. You don't have to be present to win. Travel packages, restaurants, massages, and much more - something for everyone!

Children are welcome to attend (at no charge) and will enjoy a range of fun activities.

Delicious summer fare and refreshing cocktails provided.

More information, tickets and sponsorships are available at www.glad.org/events.

Boston Common going to the dogs

adamg — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:43:03 +0000

The Parks and Recreation Commission approved a plan this week to set up a rotating system of dog areas on the Common, to be funded by two private groups.

Under the plan, five areas - three along Beacon Street and two near the Parkman Bandstand - will be designated as dog area, but only two will be in use at any one time. The areas will be marked by signs, rather than fences and dog-poop bag dispensers will be installed. Also:

Rules for the recreation areas will include: all dogs must be licensed and vaccinated, dogs must wear collars, no excess barking, and dog owners/handlers may not bring more than three dogs to the area at a time.

The areas will be set up just as soon as the Friends of the Public Garden and Common Canine raise money for running and maintaining the areas and for restoring "turf damaged at the site of a pilot off leash dog area located on the Beacon Street side of the Boston Common near the steps leading to Joy Street."

Delays on the Dead Line

adamg — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:23:14 +0000

Why, yes, a train gave up the ghost at Charles/MGH this evening, following this morning's track problems.

It's not every day you get to ride a snowboard down Beacon Hill

adamg — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:09:26 +0000

Andrew Ching shares his ride down Pinckney Street.

Earlier:
Ski Mission Hill.
Downhill racing in Charlestown.

Ed. question: Anybody ski down Metropolitan Avenue in Roslindale?

Xtreme Common

adamg — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 04:22:16 +0000

Dave Chiu watched some snowboarding on the Common today.

Snowboarding down Beacon Hill

adamg — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:19:33 +0000

Backcountry of Beacon Hill...Pinckney Street, Boston from C.BSX on Vimeo.

Beacon Hill, before and after

adamg — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:34:38 +0000

Jack Romain looked down Walnut from Mt. Vernon yesterday and today.

The Charles early in the storm

adamg — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:43:23 +0000

Greg Hum walked across the Longfellow early this afternoon.

Only on Beacon Hill: Controversy over the color of warning strips for intersection handicap ramps

adamg — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:14:38 +0000

A concerned citizen appeals to Mayor Menino's recent incapacitation to demand the city do something about Beacon Hill recalcitrance to allow "brick-red tactile strips made of a composite material."

Not much call for sandwiches in the Common at night in the middle of a snowstorm

adamg — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:04:19 +0000

Arturo Gossage walked around the Common tonight.

Copyright Arturo Gossage. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Gun nuts rally at State House

adamg — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:25:42 +0000

Alex Jones photographed a guy with a flag daring people to try to take his AR-15 away.

Ed. headline clarification: The headline is my interpretation. Alex Jones had nothing to do with it.

Oh, don't mine me

adamg — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:06:06 +0000

One of Boston's more unusual public monuments is the unexploded (but presumably defused) mine the Navy had put in the North Sea to blow up U-boats during World War I, now permanently on display next to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument at the top of Boston Common.

Court: Sony owes Beacon Hill photographer nothing for using likeness of his photo of Clark Rockefeller and his daughter

adamg — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:27:52 +0000

A Beacon Hill Times photo of a grinning German faker and his little daughter leaving church one Palm Sunday may be iconic, but Sony did not violate any copyright laws by using a replica in a TV show because it removed the elements that made the original photo unique, a federal appeals court ruled today.

Donald Harney, who took the photo on April 1, 2007 as the pair left the Church of the Advent, sued Sony because it didn't try to pay him for a similar photo it used in a made-for-TV movie about the faux-Rockefeller.

In its ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston agreed with Harney that Sony copied his work, with a photo of actors posed like Rockefeller and his daughter.

But, it continued, Sony removed the palm leaf from the actress's hands and the church from the background, so the main similarity that remained was that of a father holding his daughter, which is so commonplace it's hardly copyrightable.

Complete ruling

Skating canceled as Frog Pond becomes actual pond

adamg — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:51:34 +0000

The city alerts us that skating on the Common has been canceled today due to weather.