The American Revolution meets the digital revolution in a new app from
the Freedom Trail Foundation. The Granary Top 100 app profiles 100
notable people interred at the Granary Burying Ground. It fe
Boston is home to plenty of ghastly stories, from the accidental uncovering of a mass grave full of de-limbed British Redcoats to the not-so-distant-memory of the Boston Strangler.
For a little over a year, a boy in colorful pajamas crouched in a corner of Boston’s Greenway. The Os Gemeos mural in Dewey Square had its share of detractors, but many were sad to see it go.
Peek at the Past
Like all great revolutionaries, the Boston Public Library started out small. Founded from a handful of books in 1848, it’s grown into one of the most significant research facilities in the country.
When the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy asked
a group of local elementary school students which animals they would
most like to ride, their answers were predictably imaginative...
The Square Deal
Visitors to Boston are drawn to
the city by its history, cultural
attractions and its burgeoning dining and
nightlife scenes. However, those same
elements also make Boston’s neighbor across
the Charles River, Cambridge, a destination
equally worthy of merit. Cambridge is a city
defined by its ability to unite disparate
elements to create a vibrant and mostly
harmonious whole.
