Friday, April 17, 2009

Lagoon in the Public Garden

Photos taken April 16, 2009.



Above: Looking across the lagoon, the Hancock Tower provides a backdrop for the historic Arlington Street Church steeple.

Below left: The ducklings island on the right with the sun reflecting off the Taj Hotel (formerly, the Ritz).

Below right: The office towers that ring Beacon Hill are the backdrop to the lagoon.


















Below left: The Taj and Hancock Towers are in the left background behind the lagoon. This same view in winter, with the lagoon frozen and snow-covered, is the 4th photo in my post "Scenes of Winter in Boston".

Below right: Sunset on the lagoon silhouettes the ducks at the water's edge.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Urban Rails


Rail yard in Worcester, March 2008:







































Above: Street tracks, elevated tracks, Causeway Street in Boston (from archieves of University of Connecticut)


Below: Trolley stop in Lowell, Massachusetts
















Above: Compromise joint bar connects rail of different thicknesses. On the left is 115RE rail and on the right 100NH rail.

Below: Locomotives in the Providence and Worcester Railroad yard, Worcester, Massachuestts, March 2008.















Below: Tracks at train station in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Back Bay Boston Photos


Below: Bank clock and Prudential Tower



Above: Converted Industrial Building at Mass. Av. and Newbury St.

Below: Boston Conservatory along The Fenway




Above: St. Clement's Church on Boylston Street

Below: Trinity Church reflected in the windows of the Hancock Tower






Sunday, February 8, 2009

Winter Evening



January 21, 2009. Berkley Street, Boston: Spire of the Church of the Covenant (which hosts the Women's Lunch Place, an important outreach center for women who find themselves homeless).


Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Scenes of Winter in Boston

Photos taken January 12, 2009.


Above: Trinity Church reflected in the Hancock tower.
Below: frozen pond at Public Garden


Below: Tree in Public Garden


Sun has set on Commonwealth Avenue:



Above: Boston Common in the fading light
Below: Gas lights and brick sidewalks line Beacon Hill







Thursday, December 18, 2008

Mills and Canals of Lowell, Mass.

Photographs taken Dec. 5, 2008:















Swamp Locks Gate House (above and below)

















Setting sun reflected in factory:




















































Abandoned railroad bridges (above)


Swamp Locks dam - downstream side (below):



























Factory along canal (below)