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| Finagle A Bagel
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| The Finagle a Bagel (a local chain) near Boston Common, where I grabbed
a late breakfast.
| Sesame bagel with lite scallion cream cheese. I was surprised when
asked if I wanted it toasted. In New York, New Jersey, and other places
in the northeast, when I specifically ask for a bagel toasted, I get
funny looks and often the response, "We don't do that." Here, it was
offered without even being requested!
Incidentally, I said no. I
wasn't in the mood.
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| Boston Common
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| The towering Soldiers and Sailors Monument.
| A picture presented to express the look of the common.
| Brewer Fountain. Despite how the coloring makes them appear, the birds
at the top are not part of the sculpture.
| Augustus Saint-Gaudens's bas relief Shaw Memorial. It has such
depth, I decided to take the picture obliquely to better convey it.
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| Massachusetts Capitol
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The Massachusetts State House.
Apparently my head isn't on straight.
| A stately lobby opens onto another ornate lobby.
| The stained glass dome above the stately lobby displays the seals of the
thirteen original colonies.
| The ornate lobby.
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| Reminiscent of the halls of flags in the Kennedy Center and various
buildings in New York, the Great Hall of Flags has flags from all towns
and cities in the state. Some are historic (towns become part of nearby
cities I guess), and some are current.
| At the top of a set of stairs, a stained glass window displays all the
different versions of the seal of the state of Massachusetts.
| The House of Representatives. The setting feels fitting as a room for a
legislature that's existed since the time of the original colonies.
(The room, however, is only a bit more than a century old.)
| The Senate Chamber. I overheard a tour guide say that the chairs are
adjusted so all heads are the same level. What a neat philosophical and
political statement!
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| More Freedom Trail Sights
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| The Old Granary Burying Ground. It actually mixed people of different
religions.
| Johnson's Burying Ground. Some of the earliest gravestones are bare due
to the Puritan prohibition of images. Many later gravestones included
winged skulls, as seen up close on the tombstone at right, and as seen
in smaller versions (view the full-sized image) on the tombstones at
left.
| A sidewalk mosaic has so much data--numbers, hopscotch, letters, symbols,
pictograms, and even pithy sayings--that it'd make a great Game clue.
View the full sized image to see what I mean!
| The Old City Hall. If you look closely, you'll realize it now houses a
Ruth's Chris steak house.
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| The Old South Building is intricately embellished. Also, the color of
the statue in the foreground matches it well.
| I know it's just a Borders, but I really like the sweeping architecture.
| The Old State House, built in 1713, is Boston's oldest public building.
The floor vibrates every time a subway train passes underground.
| A pretty, unexpected tower downtown.
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| West End Strollers, a place in Quincy Market from which I bought my
lunch.
| I wanted a cool lunch and so bought a box with (slightly dressed) salad,
(vegetarian) dolmas, tabbouleh, and hummus.
| From Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market, I strolled across this wide green
median on the way to where I wanted to sit and eat.
It's
interesting that this picture looks almost computer generated.
| I walked into this park, the Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park.
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| The park has a pleasant, ivy-covered arcade. Although there were
benches here, they were all in the shade and I wanted to sit in the sun.
| The marina, as seen from where I sat on the grass in the park and ate.
| Downtown Boston, as seen from the Long Wharf, close to Christopher
Columbus Waterfront Park.
| The Prime Shoppe, where I bought a post-lunch snack.
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| Watermelon, my mid-afternoon snack, partially photographed for a friend.
I carried it for a while before finishing it. (I think it lasted until
I crossed the bridge to Charleston.)
| A larger than life statue of Kevin White, a former mayor of Boston. I
intentionally included a person in the picture to provide a sense of
scale.
| The New England Holocaust Memorial. The inscriptions on the glass tower
plus the six million random numbers (for jews who died in the holocaust)
make walking through the towers an intense experience.
| Marshall Street, an angled street with many flags and bars.
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| This picture should be filed under "things you don't see unless you walk
around a city": a crosswalk with metal etchings embedded within it.
| An architecturally interesting place.
| James Rego Square, a.k.a. Paul Revere Mall.
| Old North Church, built in 1723, is the oldest church in Boston. Its
drab interior confirms its age.
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