The Boston Globe Historic Walks in Old Boston, 4th

by John Harris; edited by Erica Bollerud

• ISBN13: 9780762705191
• ISBN10: 0762705191
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

This guide includes forty walks through Boston's major historic areas including: Beacon Hill, the Common, and Cambridge. With information such as history of the area, architecture, politics, religion, and intrigues of the past.

Table of Contents

Boston the Beautiful	vii
The Common	1	(16)
To Brimstone Corner and the Long Path	1	(7)
Frog Pond to Flagstaff Hill	8	(4)
Railroad Mall and Abe Lincoln to ``Round Marsh''	12	(5)
Beacon Hill	17	(58)
Beacon Street and up Beacon Hill	17	(5)
Spruce Street to Walnut Street	22	(6)
Walnut Street to the State House	28	(7)
Mount Vernon Street	35	(8)
Chestnut Street, a Beacon Hill Delight	43	(7)
Roaming Blackstone's Acres and Louisburg Square	50	(5)
Pinckney Street	55	(6)
Smith Court to Bowdoin Street	61	(7)
Upper Beacon Street---Brahmin Land	68	(7)
Central Boston	75	(16)
To Old Scollay Square via Pemberton Hill	75	(7)
Old Scollay Square and Government Center	82	(9)
Boston's Most Historic Block	91	(28)
Court Street	91	(8)
Old Newspaper Row	99	(6)
Old Corner Bookstore and School Street	105	(8)
Tremont Street to King's Chapel	113	(6)
Downtown Boston	119	(64)
Tremont Street to Old Granary	119	(8)
Brimstone Corner and Park Street	127	(7)
Tremont to Boston's Theater District and Old Park Square	134	(9)
Old South Meeting House to Tea Party	143	(8)
Province House to Canyonland	151	(8)
Federal Street to Where the Great Fire Began	159	(6)
Summer Street Mall to West Street	165	(9)
Old Movieland to Liberty Tree	174	(9)
Central Boston and the Waterfront	183	(36)
The Old State House and State Street	183	(9)
Lower State Street and around the Custom House	192	(13)
Walkway to Old Dock Square and the Sea	205	(6)
Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market	211	(8)
North End	219	(30)
Washington's Route through the North End	219	(10)
North Square to St. Stephen's Church	229	(7)
Old North Church and Copp's Hill	236	(13)
West End	249	(22)
Bowdoin Square to St. Joseph's	249	(7)
First Otis Mansion to the County Jail	256	(5)
Between Charles Street and the Charles River	261	(10)
Back Bay	271	(36)
What the Old Mill Dam Hath Wrought	271	(9)
Public Garden to the Hoffbauer Murals	280	(7)
Mid-Boylston to Mrs. Jack Gardner's	287	(9)
Copley Square and Westside Back Bay	296	(11)
Cambridge	307	(10)
Cambridge Constitutional	307	(10)
Public Transportation to Nearby Historic Sights	317	(2)
Index	319