Table of Contents
Introduction 11
How to Use This Book 12
How I Photograph Boston: Photographic Techniques 14
I Charlestown
1 Zakim Bridge 20
2 Charles River Views/Hoosac Pier 21
3 Local Parks and Public Art: City Square Park 22
4 Freedom Trail: Bunker Hill Monument 22
5 Charlestown Architecture: Buildings of Note 23
6 Freedom Trail: Charlestown Navy Yard 24
7 Charlestown Navy Yard: Industrial and Historical Architecture 25
8 Boats of Note: USS Constitution/ USS Cassin Young 25
II North End/Aquarium District
9 North End Architecture: Streets and Storefronts 28
10 Freedom Trail: Copp's Hill Burying Ground 29
11 Freedom Trail: Old North Church 29
12 Paul Revere Mall 31
13 Freedom Trail: Paul Revere House 32
14 Rose Kennedy Greenway 32
15 Christopher Columbus Park 33
16 New England Aquarium 34
17 Wharves and Waterfront Scenery/Boston HarborWalk 35
III Beacon Hill/Government Center/Downtown Crossing/Freedom Trail
18 Beacon Hill Architecture 36
19 The Esplanade 37
20 Area Buildings of Note 39
21 Boston City Hall 39
22 New England Holocaust Memorial 40
23 Freedom Trail: Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market 40
24 Freedom Trail: Old State House/Boston Massacre Site 41
25 Freedom Trail: Old Corner Bookstore/Old South Meeting House 43
26 Freedom Trail: Franklin Statue/Old City Hall/King's Chapel and Burying Ground 43
27 Freedom Trail: Granary Burying Ground/Park Street Church 44
28 Freedom Trail: Massachusetts State House 45
29 Freedom Trail: Boston Common/Boston Public Garden 46
IV Financial District/Theater District/Chinatown/South End
30 Custom House Tower 48
31 Other Area Hotels of Note 49
32 Art Deco Architecture 49
33 Other Area Buildings of Note 50
34 Theaters of Note 50
35 Chinatown 52
36 South End: Victorian Row Houses 52
V Back Bay
37 Commonwealth Avenue Mall/Back Bay Architecture 55
38 Copley Square 56
39 Area Houses of Worship 59
40 Boston Public Library 59
41 John Hancock Tower 60
42 Skywalk Observatory 60
43 Christian Science Plaza 61
VI Kenmore/Fenway/Brookline/Emerald Necklace Extras
44 Kenmore Square/Citgo Sign 63
45 Fenway Park 63
46 Back Bay Fens 64
47 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 64
48 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 65
49 The Riverway/Olmsted Park 66
50 Jamaica Pond 67
51 Larz Anderson Auto Museum 67
52 Arnold Arboretum 68
53 Franklin Park & Zoo 69
VII South Boston/Convention District/South Boston Waterfront
54 South Boston Waterfront 71
55 Institute of Contemporary Art 72
56 Boston Design Center 73
57 Fort Point Channel 74
58 South Boston Architecture 74
59 Pleasure Bay/Fort Independence 75
60 John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum 76
VIII Cambridge
61 Harvard University/Square/Yard 79
62 Cambridge Museums of Note 80
63 Memorial Hall 80
64 Longfellow National Historic Site 81
65 MIT 81
66 Charles River Skyline Views/Longfellow Bridge 83
IX Points North
Salem area
67 Salem: Streets and Strolls 85
68 Salem: Halloween 86
69 Salem Willows Park 86
70 Salem: Peabody Essex Museum 87
71 Marblehead 88
Lexington/Lincoln/Concord
72 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park 89
73 Walden Pond State Reservation 90
74 Lexington 91
75 Minute Man National Historic Park 91
76 Batde Road Trail 92
77 Concord/North Bridge/Minute Man Statue 93
Suggested Guided Tours & Special Events 95
Practical Boston Travel Info 96