Tag: Boston public library

  • Back Bay Sun Our Friday Link

    Backbay Sun cover 04.16.13

    Friends and neighbors have had a hard time finding copies of the Back Bay Sun that came out on Tuesday. Many of the places where you can usually pick up a copy were inside the restricted area. 

    You can read some of the stories at the newspaper's website www.backbaysun.com and download a copy of the paper by clicking on the "Full Print Edition" icon in the left hand column. The new issue is usually on the website by Wednesday of each week. Since that icon only lasts until the next paper is pubished, we have uploaded a copy to this link so that you can find it anytime.

    (Remember, this weekly paper was completed before the Marathon Bombing. But, it might be good to remember how the week started out and read about normal happenings in the neighborhood.)

    Here's a list of the places where you can pick up a copy of The Back Bay Sun once all the streets are open. We usually get ours in the Circulation Room at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square. There, you'll also find copies of the Beacon Hill Times and the North End Regional Review. 

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    Here's a list of the other places where you can find copies of this local paper. 

    Disclosure: Yes, that is one of Penny's photos on the cover. The Independent Newspaper Group, owner of all three of these papers, is one of our freelance clients and you'll see our photographs, columns, and articles in their newpapers. 

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     Details:

    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2013 Penny Cherubino (Location list courtesy of the Back Bay Sun.)

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  • Boston in the Gilded Age: Mapping Public Places

    Boston in the Gilded Age: Mapping Public Places, the current exhibition at the Boston Public Library's Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, continues through April 23, 2013.

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    Regular stops at the Map Center as we pick up books, do research, or enjoy the library as one of the most beautiful, public places in Boston, lets us take in exhibits like this, one bite at a time. 

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    If you need to make a special trip, let us assure you that this exhibit is worth it. You can take a look at the documentation of Boston’s evolving street pattern and emerging park system in the late 19th century. Maps and other graphics trace the development of the Boston Common, Public Garden, Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace, and the development of Copley Square.

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    If you are one of our readers from outside the Boston area, click here for an online version of the exhibit that will let you see the documents and read about the time and places represented.

    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 & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino  

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

  • Boston in the Gilded Age: Mapping Public Places

    Boston in the Gilded Age: Mapping Public Places, the current exhibition at the Boston Public Library's Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, continues through April 23, 2013.

    CHE_0965 - Version 32013-01-15-map-center-boston-public-library-gilded age-exhibition-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Regular stops at the Map Center as we pick up books, do research, or enjoy the library as one of the most beautiful, public places in Boston, lets us take in exhibits like this, one bite at a time. 

    CHE_0938 - Version 22013-01-15-map-center-boston-public-library-gilded age-exhibition-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    If you need to make a special trip, let us assure you that this exhibit is worth it. You can take a look at the documentation of Boston’s evolving street pattern and emerging park system in the late 19th century. Maps and other graphics trace the development of the Boston Common, Public Garden, Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace, and the development of Copley Square.

    CHE_0952 - Version 22013-01-15-map-center-boston-public-library-gilded age-exhibition-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    If you are one of our readers from outside the Boston area, click here for an online version of the exhibit that will let you see the documents and read about the time and places represented.

    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 & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino  

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

  • Boston in the Gilded Age: Mapping Public Places

    Boston in the Gilded Age: Mapping Public Places, the current exhibition at the Boston Public Library's Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, continues through April 23, 2013.

    CHE_0965 - Version 32013-01-15-map-center-boston-public-library-gilded age-exhibition-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Regular stops at the Map Center as we pick up books, do research, or enjoy the library as one of the most beautiful, public places in Boston, lets us take in exhibits like this, one bite at a time. 

    CHE_0938 - Version 22013-01-15-map-center-boston-public-library-gilded age-exhibition-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    If you need to make a special trip, let us assure you that this exhibit is worth it. You can take a look at the documentation of Boston’s evolving street pattern and emerging park system in the late 19th century. Maps and other graphics trace the development of the Boston Common, Public Garden, Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace, and the development of Copley Square.

    CHE_0952 - Version 22013-01-15-map-center-boston-public-library-gilded age-exhibition-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    If you are one of our readers from outside the Boston area, click here for an online version of the exhibit that will let you see the documents and read about the time and places represented.

    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 & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino  

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

  • The Japanese Lantern in The Public Garden – New & Historic Photos

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    The Japanese Lantern in the Public Garden is the answer to our latest Attention to Detail hunt. Yesterday, we gave you this clue.

    Here are two more photos from the Boston Public Library's Leslie Jones Collection.

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    This one is in summer and shows both Swan Boats and rowboats on the Lagoon. Here's a link to learn more about it.

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    Here's another Leslie Jones winter scene with the lantern near the top center. Here's a link to this photo.

    As you walk around Boston, you can play our game of "Attention to Detail" by looking for our clues or trying to recall where you've seen them. 

    In addition to playing it here from time to time, Penny has two newspaper columns in the Back Bay Sun and Beacon Hill Times where readers are given a photo detail of a building each week. The following week, they learn where it's located and a bit about that detail or that building.

    If you missed the detail, you can click here see it.

    Click here is for our complete Attention to Detail collection.

    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
    Recent photo: © 2012 Penny Cherubino  

    Archival Photos from the Boston Public Library Leslie Jones collection used under this creative commons license. 

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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  • The Japanese Lantern in The Public Garden – New & Historic Photos

    DSC_1206 - Version 22012-02-03-Atd-bht-japanese-lantern-Boston-Public-Garden- © 2011 Penny Cherubino2012-02-03-atd-bz-japanese lantern-public garden-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    The Japanese Lantern in the Public Garden is the answer to our latest Attention to Detail hunt. Yesterday, we gave you this clue.

    Here are two more photos from the Boston Public Library's Leslie Jones Collection.

    6500455849_959725423e

    This one is in summer and shows both Swan Boats and rowboats on the Lagoon. Here's a link to learn more about it.

    6500462575_c0d03e9feb

    Here's another Leslie Jones winter scene with the lantern near the top center. Here's a link to this photo.

    As you walk around Boston, you can play our game of "Attention to Detail" by looking for our clues or trying to recall where you've seen them. 

    In addition to playing it here from time to time, Penny has two newspaper columns in the Back Bay Sun and Beacon Hill Times where readers are given a photo detail of a building each week. The following week, they learn where it's located and a bit about that detail or that building.

    If you missed the detail, you can click here see it.

    Click here is for our complete Attention to Detail collection.

    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
    Recent photo: © 2012 Penny Cherubino  

    Archival Photos from the Boston Public Library Leslie Jones collection used under this creative commons license. 

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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  • The Japanese Lantern in The Public Garden – New & Historic Photos

    DSC_1206 - Version 22012-02-03-Atd-bht-japanese-lantern-Boston-Public-Garden- © 2011 Penny Cherubino2012-02-03-atd-bz-japanese lantern-public garden-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    The Japanese Lantern in the Public Garden is the answer to our latest Attention to Detail hunt. Yesterday, we gave you this clue.

    Here are two more photos from the Boston Public Library's Leslie Jones Collection.

    6500455849_959725423e

    This one is in summer and shows both Swan Boats and rowboats on the Lagoon. Here's a link to learn more about it.

    6500462575_c0d03e9feb

    Here's another Leslie Jones winter scene with the lantern near the top center. Here's a link to this photo.

    As you walk around Boston, you can play our game of "Attention to Detail" by looking for our clues or trying to recall where you've seen them. 

    In addition to playing it here from time to time, Penny has two newspaper columns in the Back Bay Sun and Beacon Hill Times where readers are given a photo detail of a building each week. The following week, they learn where it's located and a bit about that detail or that building.

    If you missed the detail, you can click here see it.

    Click here is for our complete Attention to Detail collection.

    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
    Recent photo: © 2012 Penny Cherubino  

    Archival Photos from the Boston Public Library Leslie Jones collection used under this creative commons license. 

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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  • Lost Boston: Bicycle Club at 152 Newbury Street

    Once upon a time, back in 1884, Architect George Meacham designed a fairy tale of a building at 152 Newbury Street for the Massachusetts Bicycle Club. Within 5 years, it was aquired by its larger neighbor, the Boston Art Club.

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    In this photo of the Boston Art Club from the Boston Public Library Collection, you can get a glimpse of this delightful little charmer. The BPL photo description includes, "The smaller building to the right is the Boston Bicycle Club. Cyclists could ride right through the entrance. It is not known whether or not the young tricyclists to the left were members."


    Bicycle Club

    This magazine article with its illustration gives a better view of the details that made this a standout. 

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    Today, its detail is gone and it has been intergratead into the Snowden International School. A sad loss for lovers of architecture.

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    Details:

    Words: Penny Cherubino
    Photography: Current photo: © 2013 Penny Cherubino  

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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  • Lost Boston: Bicycle Club at 152 Newbury Street

    Once upon a time, back in 1884, Architect George Meacham designed a fairy tale of a building at 152 Newbury Street for the Massachusetts Bicycle Club. Within 5 years, it was aquired by its larger neighbor, the Boston Art Club.

    5352242105_b3b1436e7f

    In this photo of the Boston Art Club from the Boston Public Library Collection, you can get a glimpse of this delightful little charmer. The BPL photo description includes, "The smaller building to the right is the Boston Bicycle Club. Cyclists could ride right through the entrance. It is not known whether or not the young tricyclists to the left were members."


    Bicycle Club

    This magazine article with its illustration gives a better view of the details that made this a standout. 

    CHE_1412 - Version 22013-01-27-152-newbury-street-bicycle-club-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Today, its detail is gone and it has been intergratead into the Snowden International School. A sad loss for lovers of architecture.

    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: Current photo: © 2013 Penny Cherubino  

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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  • Lost Boston: Bicycle Club at 152 Newbury Street

    Once upon a time, back in 1884, Architect George Meacham designed a fairy tale of a building at 152 Newbury Street for the Massachusetts Bicycle Club. Within 5 years, it was aquired by its larger neighbor, the Boston Art Club.

    5352242105_b3b1436e7f

    In this photo of the Boston Art Club from the Boston Public Library Collection, you can get a glimpse of this delightful little charmer. The BPL photo description includes, "The smaller building to the right is the Boston Bicycle Club. Cyclists could ride right through the entrance. It is not known whether or not the young tricyclists to the left were members."


    Bicycle Club

    This magazine article with its illustration gives a better view of the details that made this a standout. 

    CHE_1412 - Version 22013-01-27-152-newbury-street-bicycle-club-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Today, its detail is gone and it has been intergratead into the Snowden International School. A sad loss for lovers of architecture.

    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: Current photo: © 2013 Penny Cherubino  

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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