The easily navigated grid of streets in Back Bay bear little resemblance to the labyrinthine lanes around Downtown and the North End. In the mid- 1800s Back Bay was filled in to accommodate Boston’s mushrooming population and by the late-1800s, the area had become a vibrant, upscale neighborhood. Home to many of Boston’s wealthiest families, the area was characterized by lavish houses, grand churches, and bustling commercial zones. Many of the original buildings stand intact, providing an exquisite 19th-century backdrop for today’s pulsing nightlife, world-class shopping, and sumptuous dining.
For information on the origins of Back Bay (see Around Newbury Street) For information on Boston Common (see Boston Common & Public Garden) Note: Cross streets in Back Bay run alphabetically, beginning with Arlington in the east and ending at Hereford Street in the west Note: For those tight on time, the Prudential Center’s glorified food hall, Marché Movenpick, makes perfect sense-
A wonderful surprise of a museum half an hour inland, in the MetroWest suburbs of Boston. Houses changing exhibitions of modern art inside its lovely, airy building, with the best sculpture park in the state outside. The small coffee shop upstairs can be a quiet place to sit an contemplate, looking out over the rolling hills to the west.
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Home to the Boston Red Sox baseball team, Fenway Park opened in 1912. It still has a manual scoreboard. Operating the scoreboard is a much sought-after job. Tours of the ballpark are available and depart from Yakey Way Store, a Red Sox souvenir store across the street. These give visitors a chance to go behind the scenes and visit the press-box among other places.
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PhotoWalks is the premier provider of photo tours in Boston. Each guided walking tour is presented with fascinating commentary and photography tips. Explore this historic city from a different angle and capture amazing photographs while sightseeing. Learn how to see creatively. All ages and skill levels welcome.
Five separate PhotoWalks tours are offered:
• Beacon Hill (year round) • Back Bay (year round) • Freedom Trail *includes the North End (year round) • Public Garden • Waterfront
Tour prices for 2009: $30 adults, $12 (youth 10-17), $8 (children 8-11). Includes the e-booklet, PhotoWalks Guide to Creative Photography. Tours are approximately 90 minutes.
www.photowalks.com (617) 851-2273 E-Mail: saba@photowalks.com
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This is where Thoreau wrote 'On Walden Pond', and so became the first modern environmentalist. You can walk around the Pond itself in less than an hour, and there isn't a great deal to see. But the feeling of being where this all began is magical. You should combine this with a few other locations in wonderful Concord.
For those not familiar with Thoreau, he was also the key inspiration for the non-violent protest movements of Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. And much more besides.
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