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By adamg - 4/7/20 - 4:58 pm
Update: Three arrested.
Shortly before 4:30 p.m. Stanley Forman photographed the area around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument taped off.
Around 4:30 p.m., Suffolk University alerted the few students still living at 150 Tremont St. "Report of shots fired in the Boston Common. If you are a resident of 150 Tremont St. Please shelter in place until further notice."
By adamg - 3/21/20 - 10:47 pm
So a videographer walked through the Common, the Public Garden and downtown today.
By adamg - 1/17/20 - 9:55 am
New England Folklore recounts the story of the two elms that flank the Robert Gould Shaw memorial at Beacon and Park streets - planted by John Hancock himself before the Revolution. Turns out the memorial sits on a vault designed to protect the roots of the trees.
By adamg - 12/31/19 - 9:48 pm
Louise Miller watched the family fireworks over Boston Common at 7 p.m.
By adamg - 12/8/19 - 12:49 pm
Msmariamad took in the Nova Scotia Christmas tree on the Common.
Copyright Msmariamad. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 11/26/19 - 10:21 pm
A roving UHub photographer stopped to take in the sunset this evening on Beacon Street along the Common.
By adamg - 6/5/19 - 9:51 am
An alleged "straight pride" parade through the Back Bay and the South End planned for Aug. 31 made Buzzfeed yesterday, so you know people were talking about it. Read more.
By adamg - 6/2/19 - 8:16 pm
Around 5:20 p.m., fog was rolling off Frog Pond as ducks looked for a late-afternoon snack. It then collected around the Hancock tower: Read more.
By adamg - 5/31/19 - 11:09 am
This was at the Visitors Center Yesterday. On the Boston Common. WTH is it? Anyone? pic.twitter.com/bSKPiUftSF
— Craig Caplan © (@CappyinBoston) May 31, 2019
By adamg - 4/29/19 - 9:25 am
Michael Kerpan took in the annual Japan Festival on Boston Common yesterday, which included Japanese music, art and food. At one booth, Miwako Hosoda sold traditional Japanese hina or dolls to benefit ongoing relief efforts for people still dealing with after effects of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami - made both by women in the hardest hit areas and in areas that have pledged special support to them.
By adamg - 4/27/19 - 1:10 pm
Liam Sullivan spotted what is definitely the biggest bluejay we've ever seen on Boston Common today.
By adamg - 4/24/19 - 9:12 am
The Sri Lanka Association of New England and the Massachusetts Council of Churches will hold a vigil at the Parkman Bandstand starting at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Read more.
By adamg - 4/8/19 - 9:09 am
New England Folklore recounts the life of Ann Hibbins, a 17th-century Bostonian whose downfall began when she complained about what she thought was shoddy work by a carpenter on her home. One thing led to another, and in 1655 she was convicted of witchcraft. The General Court, on which her husband had served before his own death (from natural causes), upheld the conviction and she was hanged on Boston Common on June 19, 1656.
By adamg - 3/4/19 - 8:45 am
King Boston, a group set up to select and build a memorial for Martin Luther King, said today it's selected "The Embrace," by Hank Willis Thomas and the MASS Design Group. Read more.
By adamg - 1/17/19 - 5:20 pm
Mayor Walsh's office announced today it's hired Weston & Sampson of Boston to help the city figure out how to improve the Common with $28 million from the sale of the old Winthrop Square garage. Read more.
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