Hop aboard Boston Duck Tours and enjoy a fully narrated, historic tour of Boston in a “DUCK", a W.W.II style amphibious landing vehicle that travels on land and water. You'll be greeted by one of our legendary ConDUCKtors, who'll be narrating your tour. You’ll cruise by all the places that make Boston the birthplace of freedom and a city of firsts, from the golden domed state House to the Boston Common, the historic North End to fashionable Newbury Street, Quincy Market to the Prudential Tower, and more. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, it’s time for a Big Splash as your ConDUCKtor drives the DUCK right into the Charles River for a breathtaking view of the Boston and Cambridge skylines. Come and experience the best introDUCKtion to Boston!
General Description The Skywalk Observatory and Museum is New England’s premier observatory, located at the top of the Prudential Tower. From 50 stories above the city, one can see a panoramic view of a cityscape that is so architecturally diverse that it must be seen from above to be fully appreciated. On a clear day, visibility from the Skywalk is over 80 miles. The Skywalk offers more than just a breathtaking view. There are several exhibits at the Skywalk that proudly showcase Boston’s distinctive history and plentiful landmarks. Every guest is welcome to use one of our state-of-the-art Opus touch Acoustiguide Audio Tours, which is a handset that allows each visitor to take a personal tour of the city at their own pace. The tour has 20 stops including Fenway Park, Symphony Hall, Boston Common and Logan Airport. There are two different versions of the tour: one for adults and one for children, making the Skywalk a stellar attraction for families with young kids. Also available in French Canadian and Japanese. Boston is known as “America’s College Town,” and houses some of the most famous universities in the world, including Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is also the city which had the first public school and school system, the first college, the first newspaper, and the first public library in the country. The Skywalk is proud of Boston’s world-wide reputation as an international center of education, and we are excited to work with educators to make field trips as enriching and interesting as possible. Boston is one of the world’s most culturally diverse cities, with one out of every three residents born abroad, and a population that speaks over 140 different languages. The Skywalk is home to the Dreams of Freedom Museum exhibits, which were formerly located at the International Institute of Boston. The exhibits celebrate the important role that immigration has played in shaping the uniquely diverse culture of Boston. The Museum serves as a reminder that we are all essentially immigrants, and that no institution is untouched by the contribution of the newest Americans. The Multimedia film, “Dreams of Freedom”, shown in our state-of-the-art movie theater, is a wonderful way for students to finish touring our museum. Our out of town guests will be excited to step into our theater and watch “Wings Over Boston,” which is a narrated helicopter tour through the city. A city as diverse as Boston truly has something for every visitor. The Skywalk, Boston’s only sky-high vantage point, also offers something for everyone. No matter what your age or your background is, we think that you will find the Skywalk to be a truly enriching and one of a kind experience.
The Harvard Club of Boston is a private social club located in Boston, Massachusetts. Its membership is restricted to alumni and associates of Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, and Yale University. It has two clubhouses, a Back Bay clubhouse located in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, at 374 Commonwealth Avenue, and a Downtown clubhouse on the top floor of One Federal Street, in Boston's Financial District.HistoryThe Harvard Club was founded by a group of 22 Harvard alumni in 1908. The original dues were $5.00 per year, and by the end of the year, more than 1,200 members had joined. The first president, Henry Lee Higginson, was also the founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1909, the Club established its first scholarships. One of the first recipients of these scholarships, James Bryant Conant, went on to become the 23rd president of Harvard. Famous people to have spoken at the Club include Vice President Dick Cheney, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry Kissinger, William Taft, Robert Frost, Buckminster Fuller and John Foster Dulles. In 1913, the Club decided to construct a clubhouse, the Back Bay Clubhouse at 374 Commonwealth Avenue. In 1925, eight squash courts were built. During World War II, cots were placed in these courts and lodging was offered to military officers at the cost of $1.50 per night. In 1976, the Downtown clubhouse was purchased at One Federal Street, providing a location more convenient to most of Boston's offices.
The Ether Dome is a surgical operating amphitheater in the Bulfinch Building at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. It served as the hospital's operating room from its opening in 1821 until 1867. It was the site of the first public demonstration of the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic on October 16, 1846, otherwise known as Ether Day. Crawford Long, a surgeon in Georgia, had previously administered sulfuric ether in 1842, but this went unpublished until 1849. The Ether Dome event occurred when William Thomas Green Morton, a local dentist, used ether to anesthetize Edward Gilbert Abbott. John Collins Warren, the first dean of Harvard Medical School, then painlessly removed part of a tumor from Abbott's neck. After Warren had finished, and Abbott regained consciousness, Warren asked the patient how he felt. Reportedly, Abbott said, "Feels as if my neck's been scratched". Warren then turned to his medical audience and uttered "Gentlemen, this is no Humbug". This was presumably a reference to the unsuccessful demonstration of nitrous oxide anesthesia by Horace Wells in the same theater the previous year, which was ended by cries of "Humbug!" after the patient groaned with pain.
Museum of Fine Arts is a surface-level tram stop on the MBTA Green Line "E" Branch, located the median of Huntington Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts, between Museum Road and Ruggles Street. The station is named after the adjacent Museum of Fine Arts, although it also provides access to Northeastern University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Museum of Fine Arts station is fully handicapped accessible.HistoryThe modern Green Line "E" Branch opened on February 16, 1941 with the completion of the Huntington Avenue subway from Copley to the Northeastern Incline. (Before then, trams had run on the surface from the Boylston Street portal). Until the 1970s, there were not truly distinct stations on the surface portion of the line; passengers merely waited on street corners. Museum of Fine Arts first appeared on system maps in 1990 as Museum (sometimes Museum/Ruggles), and small asphalt platforms were installed north of Museum Road around that time. Most current system maps show the name as Museum Fine Arts to save space, though the MBTA still uses the full Museum of Fine Arts name on Green Line-only maps and station signage.In a renovation that took place in 2002 and 2003, a new handicapped-accessible station was built between Museum Road and Ruggles Street. Wiring slots for an automatic fare collection system were installed during the upgrade, though fare collection at the station is still on board trains. A signal prioritization system for Northeastern University and all stops further outbound is also in place.
The South Bay House of Correction is a Suffolk County jail. It was opened in 1991, replacing an earlier structure from the 1880s.
The Vilna Shul is now a historic landmark building housing a cultural center, community center, and living museum. It was a synagogue and was built for an Orthodox congregation in 1919 by immigrants primarily from Vilna, Lithuania. The building stands on what is known as the back side or north slope of Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts.The front of the Hill has always been filled with stately homes and faces the Boston Common. The back of the Hill was the early residence of Boston's black community and, later, of a series of immigrant communities. In the first half of the 20th century, there were dozens of immigrant synagogues in this area and over 50 in the city of Boston proper. By the 1980s, the Jewish community had almost entirely left the neighborhood and the building was all but abandoned. An argument broke about whether the synagogue should be sold and the proceeds given to another congregation, turned into a community center for the residents of the neighborhood, or preserved as a monument or museum to the immigrant generations of Jews.The synagogue was designed by Boston architect Max Kalman, but the Shul is not noteworthy for its architecture, according to Stanley Smith, then executive director of Historic Boston Inc., a nonprofit group that recommended preserving the old synagogue. It's not high style, not one of the great monuments of architecture that you would travel miles to see. It's like many of the early meetinghouses and churches that are highly representative of the immigrants who built them.
The Boston City Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, was a public hospital, located in Boston's South End. It was "intended for the use and comfort of poor patients, to whom medical care will be provided at the expense of the city, and... to provide accommodations and medical treatment to others, who do not wish to be regarded as dependent on public charity." In 1996 it merged with the Boston University Medical Center Hospital to form the Boston Medical Center.HistoryIn the mid-19th century "the hospital was suggested... by Elisha Goodnow, who, by his will, dated July 12, 1849, gave property to the city valued at $25,000, for establishment of a free city hospital in Wards Eleven or Twelve." Architect Gridley James Fox Bryant designed the first hospital, built 1861–1864 on Harrison Avenue in the South End. It was renovated in 1875, and again in 1891–1892.As of 1905, the hospital consisted of " the hospital proper, on the area bounded by Harrison Avenue, East Concord Street, Albany Street and Massachusetts Avenue, containing 430,968 square feet, or 9.9 acres; the South Department, 745 Massachusetts Avenue, containing 125,736 square feet, or 2.9 acres; the ambulance station, boiler and dynamo house, coal-pocket and wharf, Albany street, containing 69,785 square feet, or 1.6 acres; the convalescent home, Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, containing 610,500 square feet, or 14 acres; and the relief station, Haymarket Square, 8,507 square feet, or 0.2 acres."
The Charles Street Meeting House is an early-nineteenth-century historic church in Beacon Hill at 70 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts.The church has been used over its history by several Christian denominations, including Baptists, the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Unitarian Universalist. In the 1980s, it was renovated and adapted for use as office space, with the exterior restored and preserved. This project received awards from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the American Institute of Architects.The meeting house is a site on the National Park Service's Black Heritage Trail and is part of the Beacon Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Tufts School of the Museum of Fine Arts is one of the schools that comprise Tufts University, located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school offers undergraduate and graduate degrees dedicated to the visual arts. It is affiliated with the Museum of Fine Arts. SMFA is also a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, a consortium of several dozen leading art schools in the United States.OverviewThe school does not have a foundations program, but it does require all new students to take a freshman seminar. Encouraged to build an individual program of interdisciplinary study, students are not asked to declare a major, but by choosing among in-depth courses in a dozen disciplines, students are free to concentrate in a medium of their choice.One of the unique attributes of SMFA is that students are required to participate in a "Review Board" which is a review of all of the art work that a student has done during the semester. Review Boards are led by two faculty members, one of whom is the students' choice, and two fellow students. There are many opportunities for students to exhibit their artwork at both the main building and the Mission Hill building.Opportunities to exhibit works include the annual Museum School Art Sale and the juried "Student Annual Exhibition". Various galleries and spaces that are available to students around the school buildings include Bag Gallery, Hallway Gallery, Bathroom Gallery, Underground Gallery, as well as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
King's Chapel was founded in 1686 for King James II of England. It was the first Anglican Church in New England. After the American Revolution it became the first Unitarian Church in America in 1785. The building that is standing today dates from 1754. All of our guides are knowledgeable and friendly so please do not hesitate to ask any questions you might have. There are many things that are unique and original to the building that make it one of a kind. Make sure to ask the guides about our Bells and Bones tour! The tour takes you down to the crypt which is part of the original 1686 building, and up to the bell tower which houses the largest and last bell Paul Revere ever cast. Admission to King's Chapel is free, although we encourage and highly appreciate donations, which go toward historical restoration and the continuance of our programs. Our Bells and Bones Tour is $8 per person, or $5 per person to tour either the crypt or bell tower alone. This tour is restricted to ages 10+. For group rates and bookings, please visit our website, www.kings-chapel.org, and fill out a group tour form.
The Students House is a historic dormitory on 96 Fenway in Boston, Massachusetts. The house was built in 1913 to a design by the Boston firm of Kilham and Hopkins. It was built by an organization of local well-to-do Back Bay residents to provide affordable housing to female students attending area schools. Most of the students housed in its early years attended the New England Conservatory of Music, with its population dominated by other schools after the conservatory opened its own dormitory. It was sold in 1972 to Northeastern University, which uses it to house freshman students, and is referred to as Kerr Hall.The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The Peter Faneuil School is an historic school building at 60 Joy Street on Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a four-story brick building with limestone trim, built in 1910 to designs by the Boston firm of Kelly and Graves. It is named for Peter Faneuil, the benefactor who gave Faneuil Hall to the city. Its construction represented an early form of urban renewal, as the area it occupies was cleared of wooden tenement housing. During most of the twentieth century the Peter Faneuil School served as an elementary school for Beacon Hill residents.In 1975, the Educational Collaborative of Greater Boston (EDCO) opened The Lab ( Learning about Boston) School, as a voluntary desegregation secondary school project. 75 high School students from 22 different school districts chose to attend the program which was based on a handful of majors chosen by the students, Students could opt for Dramatic Arts, Communications, Marine Biology, Environmental Studies. Adventure and History, in addition to taking elective and required courses in traditional and not so traditional subjects.. At the start of each semester, students and staff spent several days at Boston University's Sargent Camp Outdoor Adventure Program to get to know one another and to participate in trust-building activities. Outdoor adventure at LAB School included a notable rappel by the students down the front of the Peter Faneuil School building. During its year and a half of existence, the students and staff published several volumes of an original, creative writing and art magazine, LAByrinths.The LAB School continued for another year as a full-time program, succeeding in creating genuine integration among students and staff. Attendance, even for the less-likely-to-succeed students was high, and reading scores soared. At its height of success, LAB School served 150 students. As state and federal funding for desegregation projects waned, LAB School ended. Several of the staff, including Bernice Lockhart, director, remained at the location, and transitioned into another, part-time EDCO project, called Metropathways.
El atentado del maratón de Boston fue un acto terrorista que ocurrió el 15 de abril de 2013 alrededor de las 14:50 ET (18:50 UTC) en Boylston Street, Estados Unidos, cerca de Copley Square, justo antes de la línea de meta. En el lugar de los hechos detonaron dos artefactos explosivos de fabricación artesanal (ollas a presión, rellenas de metralla), durante el famoso Maratón de Boston, que causaron la muerte de tres personas y otras 282 resultaron heridas.El departamento de policía de Boston confirmó que las detonaciones correspondieron a dos bombas cerca del final del maratón.Estas explosiones provocaron la suspensión del partido correspondiente a la Temporada 2012-13 de la NBA, entre Indiana Pacers (visitante) y Boston Celtics (local).Los perpetradores del atentado fueron los hermanos Tamerlán y Dzojar Tsarnaév. Tamerlán fue abatido por la Policía mientras que su hermano menor intentó escapar del estado y tras varios días de persecución fue finalmente arrestado y procesado por el atentado, siendo condenado a Pena de Muerte bajo el sistema federal Estadounidense.
The American Net and Twine Company Factory is a historic factory at 155 2nd Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company, founded in 1844, was the first to produce fishing nets made from cotton instead of hemp. Ivers Whitney Adams was president of the company at one point.This three story brick building was built by the company in 1875 to accommodate rising demand for its products, and twice expanded in the early years of the 20th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is currently used as offices, and is home to offices of One Laptop per Child and Disney Research among other tech firms.
MISSION PANDORA's mission is to offer women across the world a universe of high quality, hand-finished, modern and genuine jewellery products at affordable prices. ....................................... ABOUT PANDORA PANDORA designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished and modern jewelry made from genuine materials at affordable prices. PANDORA jewelry is sold in more than 65 countries on six continents through over 10,000 points of sale, including more than 750 concept stores. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, PANDORA employs over 5,800 people worldwide of whom 3,900 are located in Gemopolis, Thailand, where the company manufactures its jewelry. ....................................... COMMUNITY GUIDELINES We created this Facebook page in order to communicate with our customers and to offer a space where fans can share their Pandora creations as well as their unforgettable moments and love for Pandora. Please find below a few guidelines we all follow to maintain a pleasant and respectful environment. Please note that violation of the guidelines can cause posts and comments to be removed without any further notice. We support the Facebook Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and related Facebook policies, and we expect participants in the dialogue on our page to do the same. We encourage open, lively conversation with a few, simple rules: - Reselling, trading and advertising is not accepted on the Page. This applies for a) private persons selling or trading preloved or retired PANDORA jewelry b) other retailers of PANDORA Jewelry - If you wish to buy PANDORA items, or have questions regarding current or previously purchased items, please contact us through [email protected] – Do not use the PANDORA Facebook wall. Such posts will be removed so we can properly assist you outside of the Facebook wall. - If you disagree with other opinions, we encourage you to do so respectfully. - All posts should observe etiquette. This means that no posts in any way can be abusive, profane, libelous, discriminatory, offensive or defamatory towards a person, entity, belief, or symbol. Please note that such posts will be deleted. - Spam and repetitive posts will be deleted. .......................................
Enter the world of Gucci and discover a brand steeped in glamour and luxury craftsmanship. Since 1921, Gucci has represented timeless style that is always current.
We strive to create an ultimate jewelry experience for each and every customer. The designers are both renowned and up-and-coming. If you are unable to visit Bella, we would love to ship to you any piece you see, anywhere in the continental U.S and International. ( Shipping costs are vary )
The Boston Marathon® adidas RUNBASE is dedicated to helping people of all ages and abilities meet, connect, and run. Guided by a passion for the historic legacy of the Boston Marathon, our goal is to inspire, inform, and encourage you to enjoy a healthy lifestyle through the activity and sport of running. We exist to help support every individual’s personal running fitness goals, and also to help build and sustain a successful local Boston community fitness programs by providing top-class customer service, premium facilities, and best-in-class gear from adidas.
Carousel Kids USA sells designer kids apparel and shoes from international brands including Moncler, Dolce Gabbana, Paul Smith, Jean Paul Gaultier, Chloe, Marc Jacobs, and many more. Sizes range from newborn to 14 years.
KrzysHill Stores Group is an award winning New England leader in Gift, Home Decor and Kitchenware retail. The KHS Group showcases premier quality brands that elevate your lifestyle and enhance your home in the kitchen, dining and living spaces that you share with family and friends. Founded by partners and spouses Jennifer and James Hill, KHS group seeks out products both in the US and abroad that will accent and complement any decor style. Their stores include Blackstone’s of Beacon Hill (est. 1982) and Back Bay (est. 2013), two specialty gift boutiques that offer unique and distinctive gifts for all reasons and all seasons including Made in USA products, Blackstone’s exclusives, and Boston memorabilia. Their Back Bay location (223 Newbury) also features tabletop accessories and home decor accents. KitchenWares by Blackstones (est. 2010) carries on the 30+ year legacy of a family-owned kitchen store on Newbury Street. “KW” is widely known today for being a premium specialty kitchen store and now the largest fine cutlery source in the Greater Boston area. Awarded Best of Boston 2011 by Boston Magazine and Best of Boston Home 2012 by Boston Magazine Home, KitchenWares offers superb quality cutlery, cookware, bakeware and kitchen accessories and also provides professional in-house knife sharpening. KitchenWares specializes in great brands like All Clad, Bodum, John Boos, Swiss Diamond, Wusthof, Shun, MAC, Le Creuset, Kyocera, Sodastream and more.
KrzysHill Stores Group is an award winning New England leader in Gift, Home Decor and Kitchenware retail. The KHS Group showcases premier quality brands that elevate your lifestyle and enhance your home in the kitchen, dining and living spaces that you share with family and friends. Founded by partners and spouses Jennifer and James Hill, KHS group seeks out products both in the US and abroad that will accent and complement any decor style. Their stores include Blackstone’s of Beacon Hill (est. 1982) and Back Bay (est. 2013), two specialty gift boutiques that offer unique and distinctive gifts for all reasons and all seasons including Made in USA products, Blackstone’s exclusives, and Boston memorabilia. Their Back Bay location (223 Newbury) also features tabletop accessories and home decor accents. KitchenWares by Blackstones (est. 2010) carries on the 30+ year legacy of a family-owned kitchen store on Newbury Street. “KW” is widely known today for being a premium specialty kitchen store and now the largest fine cutlery source in the Greater Boston area. Awarded Best of Boston 2011 by Boston Magazine and Best of Boston Home 2012 and 2016 by Boston Magazine Home, KitchenWares offers superb quality cutlery, cookware, bakeware and kitchen accessories and also provides professional in-house knife sharpening. KitchenWares specializes in great brands like All Clad, Bodum, John Boos, Swiss Diamond, Wusthof, Shun, MAC, Le Creuset, Kyocera, Sodastream and more.
Located at the intersection of Newbury St. and Hereford, Ibex is in the heart of Beantown. Our staff of wool experts are passionate about the outdoors and can help you plan for your trip in Vermont or trekking in Nepal. Stop in, grab a maple candy, and check out the latest offerings in wool clothing only at Ibex Boston.
A Boston Institution; trend superstore with a counter-culture streak since 1978. Ultimate Boston destination for comics & graphic novels, vinyl, fashion and much more.
Every Candy you can imagine..imports from everywhere in the world. All colors of M&M's indivudally..45 different flavors of Jelly Belly Jelly Beans..Freshly made Cotton Candy in 12 flavors and colors ..wedding and birthday gifts galore...Private parties held in store from 10-120 people. "BEST" Ice Cream in Town.