Two huge explosions rocked the Boston Marathon finish line at Copley Square just before 3 p.m. today. Many of those injured are children — including an 8-year-old killed in the blast, the Herald has learned. Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis Continue reading
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is an art museum and exhibition space located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. The museum was founded as the Boston Museum of Modern Art in 1936 with a mission to exhibit contemporary Continue reading
Location : Boston and Cambridge MA, Massachusetts, New-England, USA. Photo : (c) Francois Soulignac Camera : Canon EOS 350D Digital About Art & Design
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (also known as the Museum School or SMFA) is an undergraduate and graduate college located in Boston, Massachusetts, dedicated to the visual arts. It is affiliated with the Museum of Fine Continue reading
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (MFA), Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States, attracting over one million visitors a year. It contains over 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive Continue reading
The Boston Police Department (BPD), established in 1838, holds the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the 2nd oldest municipal police department in the United States, after the Philadelphia Police Department. Continue reading
Locations : Boston, Cambridge & Somerville. MA, New-England, USA. Photo : (c) Francois Soulignac Camera :Canon EOS 350D Digital About Boston Shops:
Cuisine in Boston is similar to the rest of New England cuisine, in that it has a large emphasis on seafood and dairy products. Its best-known dishes are New England clam chowder, fish and chips (usually with cod or scrod), Continue reading
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Location : Boston, Massachusetts, New-England, United States. Photo : (c) Francois Soulignac Camera : Canon EOS 350D Digital About Boston Streets :
Subway Network Boston has the oldest subway system in North America, with the first underground streetcar traffic dating back to 1897. Today the whole subway network is owned and operated by the MBTA. The basic one-way fare is $1.70 (or Continue reading
Anish Kapoor Sculpture More information: www.mit.edu/anish-kapoor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also known as MIT, is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with Continue reading
Location : Boston, Salem, Somerville – Massachusetts, New-England, USA. Photo : (c) Francois Soulignac Camera : Canon EOS 350D Digital About Boston Streets :
Location : Boston, Massachusetts, New-England, United States. Photo : (c) Francois Soulignac Camera : Canon EOS 350D Digital About Art and Design :
Lovells Island, or Lovell’s Island, is a 62-acre (250,000 m2) island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, in Massachusetts. The island is across The Narrows from Georges Island and some 7 miles (11 km) offshore of downtown Boston. Continue reading
Spectacle Island is an island in Boston Harbor, situated some 4 miles (6.4 km) offshore of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. The island has a varied history, and today is a public park, forming part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Continue reading
The Charles River is an 80 mi (129 km) long river that flows in an overall northeasterly direction in eastern Massachusetts. From its source in Hopkinton, the river travels through 22 cities and towns until reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Continue reading
Somerville is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located just north of Boston. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 75,754 and was the most densely populated municipality in New England. It is Continue reading
Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. The population was 41,340 at the 2010 census. Salem and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County. Home to Salem State University, the Salem Willows Park and Continue reading
Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the largest city in New England, is home to 248 completed high-rises, 27 of which stand taller than 400 feet (122 m). The majority of the city’s skyscrapers and high-rises Continue reading
Location : Boston, Cambridge & Salem, MA, New-England, USA. Photo : (c) Francois Soulignac Camera : Canon EOS 350D Digital About Boston’s Shops :
Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912 and is the oldest Continue reading
Location : Boston, Massachusetts, New-England, United States. Photo : (c) Francois Soulignac Camera : Canon EOS 350D Digital About Boston Streets :
Chinatown, Boston is a neighborhood located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Centered on Beach Street, Chinatown borders Boston Common, Downtown Crossing, the South End, and the Southeast Expressway/Massachusetts Turnpike. It is the only historically Chinese area in New England. Part of Continue reading
By the early and mid-20th century, the city was in decline as factories became old and obsolete, and businesses moved out of the region for cheaper labor elsewhere. Boston responded by initiating various urban renewal projects under the direction of Continue reading
Ivy, plural ivies (Hedera), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to western, central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan. Continue reading
Harvard’s 210-acre (85 ha) main campus is centered on Harvard Yard in Cambridge, approximately 3.4 miles (5.5 km) northwest of downtown Boston and extends into the surrounding Harvard Square neighborhood. Harvard Yard itself contains the central administrative offices and main Continue reading
Downtown Boston’s streets were not organized on a grid, but grew in a meandering organic pattern from early in the 17th century. They were created as needed, and as wharves and landfill expanded the area of the small Boston peninsula. Continue reading
