Picture the skyline of Los Angeles. How about Minneapolis, Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, even Chicago? You can’t? Oh, well. Now picture Washington D. C., Seattle, Toronto or New York. You know those skylines, don’t you? There might be a gimmick—Seattle’s Space Needle; Toronto’s CN Tower with the scary glass floor. Or there might be Read More…
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Jigsaw Picture Puzzle: Sea Hunter and the Boston Skyline
During the July supermoon phase, I woke up early and headed over to Eastie to get the skyline. By moonrise, however, it was too light out and the moon was behind the clouds. But, I did get this image from Piers Park of good ‘ole Sea Hunter. [Your web browser does not support frames or Read More…
Downtown View: No Love for Boston Buildings
Recently when long-time friends, all Bostonians, gathered for dinner, a question was posed: What are the best buildings built in Boston in the last 50 years? Everyone had a hard time coming up with an answer. Three were acknowledged to be okay—the John Hancock Tower, the Federal Reserve Bank and Rowe’s Wharf. But the buildings Read More…