Category: Places

The Big Thaw

Over the weekend, the city began to thaw. Most of us are hoping this may be the last big thaw of the season.

This was our covershot for the Back Bay Sun this week and below is the same bench as it thawed.

It's so good to see some green poking through the snow.

The neighborhood Buddha was making his reappearance from beneath a drift.

Soon, you may not know which cars have been stored on the street since the first of the series of snow storms.

And, it is a hopeful sign that people were once again lunching in the Boston Public Library Courtyard.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2014 Penny & Ed Cherubino

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February 24, 2014
Paul Revere Maps among those “Made In Boston” BPL Map Center Exhibition

You only have until March 10th to visit the exhibition "Made in Boston" at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of walking through this collection with Assistant Curator Stephanie Cyr while photographing it for a newspaper feature. She was excited to have this gathering of materials brought together, "…for the first time in decades, a majority of maps made in Boston in the century before the American Revolution."

Boston Harbor in New England, [Cyprian Southack, 1769]

Before chatting with Stephanie, I had not thought of Boston as a center for map making. But, it was. And, this is your opportunity to see some of the early work of men like John Bonner, William Burgis, and Paul Revere

Yes, as an engraver, Revere was a map maker and two of his views (above) are on display.

As they always do, the Map Center and Library staff have created an interesting, thought provoking, and educational opportunity with this presentation.

If you are one of our readers from other places, you can see the exhibition on line here.

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Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2014 Penny Cherubino, Southack image courtesy of Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

February 14, 2014
Paul Revere Maps among those “Made In Boston” BPL Map Center Exhibition

You only have until March 10th to visit the exhibition "Made in Boston" at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of walking through this collection with Assistant Curator Stephanie Cyr while photographing it for a newspaper feature. She was excited to have this gathering of materials brought together, "…for the first time in decades, a majority of maps made in Boston in the century before the American Revolution."

Boston Harbor in New England, [Cyprian Southack, 1769]

Before chatting with Stephanie, I had not thought of Boston as a center for map making. But, it was. And, this is your opportunity to see some of the early work of men like John Bonner, William Burgis, and Paul Revere

Yes, as an engraver, Revere was a map maker and two of his views (above) are on display.

As they always do, the Map Center and Library staff have created an interesting, thought provoking, and educational opportunity with this presentation.

If you are one of our readers from other places, you can see the exhibition on line here.

Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

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Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2014 Penny Cherubino, Southack image courtesy of Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

February 14, 2014
Paul Revere Maps among those “Made In Boston” BPL Map Center Exhibition

You only have until March 10th to visit the exhibition "Made in Boston" at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of walking through this collection with Assistant Curator Stephanie Cyr while photographing it for a newspaper feature. She was excited to have this gathering of materials brought together, "…for the first time in decades, a majority of maps made in Boston in the century before the American Revolution."

Boston Harbor in New England, [Cyprian Southack, 1769]

Before chatting with Stephanie, I had not thought of Boston as a center for map making. But, it was. And, this is your opportunity to see some of the early work of men like John Bonner, William Burgis, and Paul Revere

Yes, as an engraver, Revere was a map maker and two of his views (above) are on display.

As they always do, the Map Center and Library staff have created an interesting, thought provoking, and educational opportunity with this presentation.

If you are one of our readers from other places, you can see the exhibition on line here.

Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

Details:

Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2014 Penny Cherubino, Southack image courtesy of Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

February 14, 2014
Emancipation Statue in Park Square, Abraham Lincoln In Boston

We were looking for a great photo for our What's Open on Presidents' Day Post when we came across this photo of Abraham Lincoln as he was memorialized by sculptor Thomas Ball in the Emancipation Memorial or Emancipation Statue.

Since tomorrow is the actual date of Lincoln's birth, we thought we'd share it with our readers. Perhaps, some of you will stop by and see it to honor the man and the spirit of Black History Month.

(Photograph from the Boston Public Library Collection circa 1877-1895)

It's located in Park Square, but we had never noticed the monument before this research pointed us to it. The memorial is still there today but the view that once existed from the Boston Common and Statehouse is now blocked.

Here's how it looked circa 1930 in this photo from the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library.

To orient yourself with the photo above, here's the area (with the Emancipaton Statue as a green triangle just below the words Park Square) from the 1912 Bromley Atlas. (Source: State Library of Massachusetts.)

About the Emancipation Statue

In Boston, this is called the Emancipation Statue. Moses Kimball gave the sculpture to the city in 1874. It's a copy of the original work by Thomas Ball called the Emancipation Memorial in Washington DC.

The Smithsonian American Art Museums descibes the statue in their inventory of outdoor sculputure.

" A portrait of Abraham Lincoln standing by a kneeling male slave, his proper left hand raised as he is about to emancipate the slave. In his proper right hand, which rests on a bronze podium, Lincoln holds an unrolled copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. To the rear of the figures is a whipping post, chains, shackles, and a frayed whip. On each corner of the podium are fasces and around the base of the podium are thirteen stars. A bas-relief of George Washington decorates the angled face of the podium and a Union shield decorates the inner face of the podium."

The artiist, Thomas Ball, was born in Charlestown and is also the sculptor of the Public Garden's iconic statue of George Washington.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: from the Boston Public Library and State Library of Massachusetts

February 11, 2014
Emancipation Statue in Park Square, Abraham Lincoln In Boston

We were looking for a great photo for our What's Open on Presidents' Day Post when we came across this photo of Abraham Lincoln as he was memorialized by sculptor Thomas Ball in the Emancipation Memorial or Emancipation Statue.

Since tomorrow is the actual date of Lincoln's birth, we thought we'd share it with our readers. Perhaps, some of you will stop by and see it to honor the man and the spirit of Black History Month.

(Photograph from the Boston Public Library Collection circa 1877-1895)

It's located in Park Square, but we had never noticed the monument before this research pointed us to it. The memorial is still there today but the view that once existed from the Boston Common and Statehouse is now blocked.

Here's how it looked circa 1930 in this photo from the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library.

To orient yourself with the photo above, here's the area (with the Emancipaton Statue as a green triangle just below the words Park Square) from the 1912 Bromley Atlas. (Source: State Library of Massachusetts.)

About the Emancipation Statue

In Boston, this is called the Emancipation Statue. Moses Kimball gave the sculpture to the city in 1874. It's a copy of the original work by Thomas Ball called the Emancipation Memorial in Washington DC.

The Smithsonian American Art Museums descibes the statue in their inventory of outdoor sculputure.

" A portrait of Abraham Lincoln standing by a kneeling male slave, his proper left hand raised as he is about to emancipate the slave. In his proper right hand, which rests on a bronze podium, Lincoln holds an unrolled copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. To the rear of the figures is a whipping post, chains, shackles, and a frayed whip. On each corner of the podium are fasces and around the base of the podium are thirteen stars. A bas-relief of George Washington decorates the angled face of the podium and a Union shield decorates the inner face of the podium."

The artiist, Thomas Ball, was born in Charlestown and is also the sculptor of the Public Garden's iconic statue of George Washington.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: from the Boston Public Library and State Library of Massachusetts

February 11, 2014
Emancipation Statue in Park Square, Abraham Lincoln In Boston

We were looking for a great photo for our What's Open on Presidents' Day Post when we came across this photo of Abraham Lincoln as he was memorialized by sculptor Thomas Ball in the Emancipation Memorial or Emancipation Statue.

Since tomorrow is the actual date of Lincoln's birth, we thought we'd share it with our readers. Perhaps, some of you will stop by and see it to honor the man and the spirit of Black History Month.

(Photograph from the Boston Public Library Collection circa 1877-1895)

It's located in Park Square, but we had never noticed the monument before this research pointed us to it. The memorial is still there today but the view that once existed from the Boston Common and Statehouse is now blocked.

Here's how it looked circa 1930 in this photo from the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library.

To orient yourself with the photo above, here's the area (with the Emancipaton Statue as a green triangle just below the words Park Square) from the 1912 Bromley Atlas. (Source: State Library of Massachusetts.)

About the Emancipation Statue

In Boston, this is called the Emancipation Statue. Moses Kimball gave the sculpture to the city in 1874. It's a copy of the original work by Thomas Ball called the Emancipation Memorial in Washington DC.

The Smithsonian American Art Museums descibes the statue in their inventory of outdoor sculputure.

" A portrait of Abraham Lincoln standing by a kneeling male slave, his proper left hand raised as he is about to emancipate the slave. In his proper right hand, which rests on a bronze podium, Lincoln holds an unrolled copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. To the rear of the figures is a whipping post, chains, shackles, and a frayed whip. On each corner of the podium are fasces and around the base of the podium are thirteen stars. A bas-relief of George Washington decorates the angled face of the podium and a Union shield decorates the inner face of the podium."

The artiist, Thomas Ball, was born in Charlestown and is also the sculptor of the Public Garden's iconic statue of George Washington.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: from the Boston Public Library and State Library of Massachusetts

February 11, 2014
Too Much Saturday Night for This Snowman

Sunday mornings, you often see evidence of too much partying the night before. Perhaps this popular snowman on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall was a bit too buzzed to stand. Or, perhaps some Saturday night partiers decided to smash him along with most of the other snowmen in the park.

Here he was late last week leaning a bit to the West. He's been a photographer's favorite since he appeared last week.

We featured him with our pup Poppy in our Sunday Dog series.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2014 Penny & Ed Cherubino

February 10, 2014
Too Much Saturday Night for This Snowman

Sunday mornings, you often see evidence of too much partying the night before. Perhaps this popular snowman on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall was a bit too buzzed to stand. Or, perhaps some Saturday night partiers decided to smash him along with most of the other snowmen in the park.

Here he was late last week leaning a bit to the West. He's been a photographer's favorite since he appeared last week.

We featured him with our pup Poppy in our Sunday Dog series.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2014 Penny & Ed Cherubino

February 10, 2014
Too Much Saturday Night for This Snowman

Sunday mornings, you often see evidence of too much partying the night before. Perhaps this popular snowman on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall was a bit too buzzed to stand. Or, perhaps some Saturday night partiers decided to smash him along with most of the other snowmen in the park.

Here he was late last week leaning a bit to the West. He's been a photographer's favorite since he appeared last week.

We featured him with our pup Poppy in our Sunday Dog series.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2014 Penny & Ed Cherubino

February 10, 2014