Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Last days in Boston. Part One: Commonwealth Avenue Mall
I had wanted to walk through Back Bay as I was told I’d really like it, but didn’t know exactly where it was. On Thursday, I walked towards Boston Common, stopping at the bar that Cheers was modelled on. I thought I might take pictures of others taking pictures. But it really is quite nondescript, and nobody was there.
So I walked through the Common, not sure what I would find.
At the end of it, I could have walked on City Streets, but came upon another park: Boston Public Gardens. I liked this more than the Common. I love beautiful trees, and the Gardens have a lot of them.
Coming to the end of that, I saw another, narrow green. The plaque announced it as Commonwealth Avenue Mall. When this long block ended, there was another and then another and then another – 8 in all. My slow stroll took an hour and a quarter until I reached Massachusetts Avenue.
Each block has a monument. It is all a part of the ‘Emerald necklace’. Arnold’s Arboretum, which I wrote about a month or so ago, while several miles away, is also part of the necklace, which was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, who also designed Central Park, Niagara Falls State Park and many others. He was also a chief designer of the World’s Columbian Exposition, otherwise known as the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. It’s fair to say that America would be a different place if not for this man. Certainly, Boston would.
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So I walked through the Common, not sure what I would find.
At the end of it, I could have walked on City Streets, but came upon another park: Boston Public Gardens. I liked this more than the Common. I love beautiful trees, and the Gardens have a lot of them.
Coming to the end of that, I saw another, narrow green. The plaque announced it as Commonwealth Avenue Mall. When this long block ended, there was another and then another and then another – 8 in all. My slow stroll took an hour and a quarter until I reached Massachusetts Avenue.
Each block has a monument. It is all a part of the ‘Emerald necklace’. Arnold’s Arboretum, which I wrote about a month or so ago, while several miles away, is also part of the necklace, which was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, who also designed Central Park, Niagara Falls State Park and many others. He was also a chief designer of the World’s Columbian Exposition, otherwise known as the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. It’s fair to say that America would be a different place if not for this man. Certainly, Boston would.
