Thomas Lawson, a native of Charlestown, was not well liked on Wall Street back in the day. Lawson, who started working as a bank clerk after he ran away from home at 12, became rich as a speculator in copper stocks, but later tried to reform Wall Street, which, as you can see from this 1905 cover of Puck magazine, did not much appreciate the attention. Read more.
Christmas
By adamg - 12/24/17 - 7:16 pm
John Gage watched the sun go down over the water and Boston this Christmas eve.
He wasn't alone: Read more.
By adamg - 12/22/17 - 10:16 pm
— Mark (@TransitMark) December 23, 2017
Mark watched some carolers on the Common in the freezing rain tonight. Read more.
By adamg - 12/20/17 - 1:34 pm
"Meanest MBTA ferry customer I have ever shared a shared a boat with," Nathan Peyton reports.
By adamg - 12/18/17 - 11:40 am
Eileen Murphy reports the Valentine's Day stuff is already beginning to crowd the Christmas stuff at one South Boston store.
By adamg - 12/17/17 - 3:26 pm
Walsh tries to get kids ready for Santa as parents protest behind him.
West Roxbury's usually festive Christmas-tree lighting at Washington and Grove streets turned a little more serious today as parents protested Boston Public Schools' plans for earlier start times at many elementary schools. Read more.
By adamg - 12/9/17 - 10:15 pm
Photographynatalia took in the annual Speedo-clad Santa run through the Back Bay today.
Copyright Photographynatalia. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 12/7/17 - 9:34 am
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— Tamas K-L (@tamaskls) December 5, 2017
Tamas K-L illuminates us.
By adamg - 12/2/17 - 11:25 am
NorthEndWaterfront.com reports on the link between the now former clerk at Somerville District Court and the North End Athletic Association's normally annual Christmas parade and helicopter drop-in by Santa Claus.
By adamg - 11/30/17 - 10:25 pm
Kate Wilson spotted these $45 tabletop trees in Kendall Square and wondered if that's really the going rate in the Boston area or are they just carrying that Kendall Square premium.
Marainniss quickly replied that with just a little searching, you could do better. Like try this apparently free pitiful tree on the center platform at the Park Street Red Line stop: Read more.
By adamg - 11/25/17 - 9:58 am
Marla M. watched confetti being shot into the air in Downtown Crossing.
Copyright Marla M. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 11/23/17 - 10:04 pm
Lauren alerts us that Hoa Nguyen turned on his Christmas lights tonight on Adams Street near Victory Road in Dorchester.
By adamg - 11/21/17 - 9:41 am
Juliana watched the annual holiday lighting of the trellis in Christopher Columbus Park last night.
By adamg - 11/20/17 - 4:17 pm
Every year, the Beal Companies put a big red bow on the Flour and Grain Exchange Building on Milk Street downtown for Christmas. Jed Hresko watched it go up today.
By adamg - 11/17/17 - 2:35 pm
Roving UHub photographers don't let international borders stop them from bringing you the views you can use. Today, roving UHub photographer Chris Chatterton shows us the official Nova Scotia Christmas tree on its way to Boston through downtown Halifax.
Nova Scotia, of course, sends Boston a tree each year as thanks for the help we sent them after one of the worst explosions in history there in 1917.
By adamg - 1/4/17 - 9:11 am
There's probably a good reason why the pedestrian bridge over Rte. 2 at the Arlington/Belmont line is packed with all the old Christmas trees that David Weininger spotted this morning.
By adamg - 12/24/16 - 7:02 pm
Patty spotted this luminaria this evening on Maxfield Street in West Roxbury.
John Gage, meanwhile, took a walk through the Public Garden tonight: Read more.
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