Iron fence

Iron fence in the park where yesterday's picture was taken.

Monochrome Monday - Pampered puppy

Welcome to Monochrome Monday. To see other black and white pictures click here.

At the bar

Bar at the Cheesecake Factory.

Fire Alarm

Fire alarm on a telephone pole.

Gates

Gates of the Boston Public Garden. Here's a another view of the gates.

Memorial

Dorchester Vietnam Veterans Memorial located on Morrissey Blvd. in Dorchester. Lists names of soldiers from Dorchester who died in the war.

Wednesday Doorway

I neglected to note, when I first posted this picture, that the building is located on the corner of Cambridge Street at New Chardon Street in Downtown Boston. It is very close to the Bowdoin (Blue Line) MBTA station.

Newbury Street

Some of the businesses on Newbury Street.

Shapes and reflections

Meeting of the minds

FedEx and UPS may be competitors, but their delivery drivers get along fine.

Orange Line

Downtown Crossing Orange Line train station entrance on Franklin Street. This entrance is directly beside the old Filene's, now a big hole in the ground.

Freedom Trail

Freedom Trail, corner of Beacon and Park Streets in front of the State House.

Two cranes

Two cranes and their shadows reflected in the glass tower of the Intercontinental Hotel.

Wednesday Doorway

This week's doorway is University Memorial Chapel at Harvard University. The Memorial Church is the church for Harvard University, dedicated on Armistice Day 1932 in memory of those who died in World War I, a gift of the alumni to the University.

This Church has long been regarded as the symbolic center of Harvard's spiritual life, and stands opposite Widener Library as a visible reminder of the historical and spiritual heritage that has sustained Harvard for nearly four centuries.

Crimson and Green

In honor of Evacuation Day St. Patricks Day in Boston I couldn't resist posting these green Harvard tee shirts. I saw them in a window display at the Coop in Harvard Square. It seems almost unnatural that the famous Harvard crimson would change to green. I wonder if this means their football team will now be known as "The Green" instead of "The Crimson."

Boats at rest

Boats in Charlestown.

Skyline

The Boston skyline shot through the glass of the JFK Library in Dorchester.

Stairs and shadows

Details

Tree

Wednesday Doorway

This week's doorway on High Street, near South Station.

Boston Common Path

After a weekend of warmer temperatures, winter returned with rain and more snow on Monday. The path we see here in the Common runs parallel to Beacon Street and is known as the Beacon Street Mall. My vantage point was on the stairs leading up to Joy Street, about halfway down the Mall.

William Makepeace Thackeray, author of Vanity Fair, on his visits here in the 1850s regarded the elms on this mall to be in a class with "those in the long walk" at Windsor Castle.

Rope and shells

Seen on a floating dock in Boston Harbor.

Working

Workers putting the finishing touches on the windows in a new building. The picture below gives a sense of how high up they actually are.

Sunny day

A glorious day and mild temperatures enticed this gentleman to sit and read in the snowy Boston Public Garden on Thursday.

Kennedy Library II

View of the JFK Library from the harbor side.

Kennedy Library

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is located on the tip of the Columbia Point Peninsula overlooking the entrance to Boston Harbor and the islands to the east of Dorchester Bay and is adjacent to the Harbor Campus of the University of Massachusetts Boston.

The Library was designed by I.M. Pei and consists of a triangular nine-story tower housing archival, educational and administrative functions, a two-story base containing exhibition space and two 230-seat theaters, and a 115-foot high memorial pavilion.

In 1991, the Kennedy Library added the 21,800 square foot Stephen E. Smith Center, also designed by I. M. Pei. Constructed in the same stark white precast concrete as the original building, the two-story addition contains spaces for lectures, conferences, and meetings as well as more archival storage.

Tomorrow we'll see the back of the building.

Wednesday Doorway

This week's doorway is simple and utilitarian, but the rest of the building is quite spectacular as one would expect from an I.M. Pei designed building. Tomorrow I will show a picture of the front of the building.

UMASS Boston

University of Massachusetts Boston, one of five campuses of the state university system, is located on a 175-acre tract on Columbia Point peninsula, which it shares with the John F. Kennedy Library, and the Massachusetts Archives and Commonwealth Museum.

Steeple

Steeple of the Old North Church and sign to the Paul Revere House on the Freedom Trail in the North End.

March Theme Day - Glass

This month's theme for the City Daily Photo Blog (CDPB) community is glass, and my contribution is an eyeglass store seen through the store's glass window. To see everyone in the CDPB participating this month click here to view thumbnails for all participants.