Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Wednesday Doorway
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Iron Railing
Friday, December 25, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Wednesday Doorway
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Kneeland Street
Friday, December 18, 2009
Skywatch Friday

Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Monochrome Monday

Sunday, December 13, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Copley Plaza Hotel
Friday, December 11, 2009
Registry of Motor Vehicles
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Wednesday Doorway

Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Wednesday Doorway
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Theme Day: Waiting

My interpretation of waiting is the statue of noted children's author Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. I imagine him here in this pose waiting for inspiration to write more clever rhymes.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Monochrome Monday

Friday, November 27, 2009
Skywatch Friday

Thursday, November 26, 2009
Tremont at Stuart Street

Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Wednesday Doorway

This weeks doorway is the R.H. Stearns building on Tremont Street.
R. H. Stearns was at one time a major department store in Boston. It is now an underused building with half the main floor vacant (not shown) and the other half a deli. The grandeur of the main entrance harkens back to a day when there were multiple local department stores in Boston: Raymonds, Gilchrist, Jordan Marsh, Kennedy's, and my favorite: Filene's. It is a pattern duplicated in most cities and we are now left with just Macy's :( in downtown Boston.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Adams Mansion in Quincy
Monday, November 23, 2009
Monochrome Monday

Sunday, November 22, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Skywatch Friday

Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Three Reds

Monday, November 16, 2009
Monochrome Monday

Sunday, November 15, 2009
Autumn in New England
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Smiling Couple
Friday, November 13, 2009
Brewer Fountain under repair

This is Josh Crane who has been working on the restoration of the Brewer Fountain on the Common for the past few months. The re-dedication for the fountain is scheduled for Spring 2010. The restored fountain will have water and lights, which will be a first in my recollection of the fountain.
Josh told me there are ten similar fountains he came across in his research. The last time the Brewer fountain was taken down and disassembled was in 1920's when it was moved to its current location.
The Fountain was the first piece of public art on the Common and was donated by Gardner Brewer in 1868. The fountain is a bronze replica of a French original that won a gold medal at the 1855 Paris World’s Fair. The figures represent mythological figures associated with water: Neptune, Amphitrite, Asis, and Galatea.
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