Before the Ocean Plunge

Somewhat warm and relaxed before the ocean plunge the week before last in Quincy for the John Hancock Birthday Plunge are Greg McMillen, Terry McMillen, Marie McDonald, and Erin McMillen. The girls are wearing the lobster headgear to advocate giving up eating lobsters. The January ocean plunge raises money for local charities and is a really fun event. Some of the swimmers, shown below, after the plunge coming out of the water was originally shown on Quincy Daily Photo.

Traffic

Traffic on Tremont Street at the corner of Park Street.

Men Working

Construction work   at   near the Boston Public Library on Boylston Street.

Glass globes

Like yesterday's doorway, this shot was taken at the Christian Science Center. You can see a different view of this space here.

Wednesday Doorway

This week's doorway is a close-up view and revisit to this doorway in this church.

Winter on the Common

Monochrome Monday

Green Line trolley car leaving the Symphony T Station on the 'E' line.

Billboard

Old billboard on Cypher Street in South Boston.

Police Bicycle Patrol

Lower Washington Street at the corner of DeLafayette Street.

Skating on Frog Pond

Skating on a beautiful and sunny winter's day in January.

Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment

Side view of the Robert Gould Shaw Monument by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. This relief monument built in 1897 in honor of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment is considered by many to be among the best sculptural works of the 19th century.

The 54th was the first all-Black regiment recruited in the North to fight for the Union army during the Civil War. The monument is part of the Boston Black Heritage Trail. A famous composition by Charles Ives, "Col. Shaw and his Colored Regiment," the opening movement of Three Places in New England, is based both on this monument and the regiment.

Below is a picture I took last year:

Wednesday Doorway

Doorway to a church and grill on Boylston Street.

Touching the sky

Monochrome Monday

Boston Common late afternoon last week.

Falling Ice

One of the hazards of living or working in the city in winter is the risk of getting hit by falling ice. I don't remember seeing signs like this years ago. My guess is that lawyers must be telling building owners and managers to put out warning signs to limit their liability in case of any injuries. I wonder if anyone has been injured walking into, or tripping over, such a sign and sued the building for negligence?

Charles River, Frozen View

Looking towards Cambridge from near the Hatch Shell. Longfellow (Salt and Pepper) Bridge in the distance.

Skywatch Friday

A walk over Storrow Drive on the Arthur Fiedler Footbridge provided this view of some great looking clouds on a below freezing afternoon this week. Visit other skywatch Friday posts.

Haffenreffer Walk

Named after Jamaica Plain beer baron Theodore H. Haffenreffer (l880-1956). His presence on the Park Commission from 1930 to 1956 resulted in granite tablets placed by the main gates of the Boston Public Garden. The connecting pathway over the lagoon bridge was dubbed "Haffenreffer Walk" during the administration of John Hynes in the late 1950's. The tablets' last lines proclaim Haffenreffer's "Lifetime of dedicated service to his native city," a rare tribute to the many, many German immigrants who have passed through the City of Boston.

Wednesday Doorway

This week's doorway is a meat shop on Salem Street in the North End.

Holiday Lights on the Common

Monochrome Monday

Path in the Boston Public Garden. Other monochrome photos can be seen here.

State House at night

Intersection

Intersection of Lincoln Street and Summer Street.

Posing and smiling

Posing for photos on the steps of the state house.

Some work, some walk

Erecting scaffolding on Winter Street. One of my sisters works for this company and I couldn't resist grabbing a shot of some of her guys working.

Wednesday Doorway

Doorway on Number One Joy Street on Beacon Hill.

Boston Common at Night

This is a view of Boston Common from Beacon Street looking towards the Park Street Church (spire in the background). This photo is due to the prompting of Chuck in Seattle who asked for a winter picture of Park Street. I couldn't post the same scene, so I settled on one that shows some of the Holiday lights on the Common trees and "sort of, almost" satisfies Chuck's request.

Monochrome Monday

This week's monochrome Monday shot is of a bench through the glass of a bus waiting area.

Park Street

View looking down Park Street toward Tremont Street. Park Street begins at the top of Beacon Hill, at the intersection of Beacon Street, where it is lined up with the front of the Massachusetts State House. It borders the Boston Common on the right (west). This is the view looking up Park Street.

(This picture was taken two weeks ago. Today it is covered with snow.)

Windy city

Spotted last week in the Financial District on the corner of Broad and State Street.

Theme Day: Changes + Skywatch Friday

Theme day is the first of each month and this month's theme is "changes." Click here to view thumbnails for all City Daily Photo Blog participants this month. To view other Skywatch Friday posts click here.