On our ventures up the coast we spent two days in Boston. We took in all the sights and learned Boston’s history. We even took a hop on hop off bus tour! We walked a lot through the business district on the way to our car. I took both my color and infrared cameras with me and took a boat load of pictures of the skyscrapers. I usually don’t shoot this type of photography but the height and concentration of the buildings and as well as the different textures were speaking to me. Here are a few of those images. I hope you enjoy.
Quincy Market
Quincy Market opened in 1826 to the public, Quincy Market is still serving both locals and visitors of Boston today. Its role has changed from a wholesale produce market to a festive marketplace with a number of different venders including retail, restaurants, souvenirs and seafood vendors. It was very crowded walking through the market.
Street performers entertain the crowds during the day.
Lots of buildings crammed together. They look like steps to me.
The Ames Building is located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is sometimes ranked as the tallest building in Boston from its completion in 1889 until 1915. It is considered Boston’s first skyscraper. In 2007, the building was converted from office space to a luxury hotel. In 2020, the building was purchased by Suffolk University and converted into a student residence hall.[2]
Old State House
Built in 1713, the “Town House” acted as a merchants’ exchange on the first floor. The second floor served as the seat of colonial and later state government throughout the 1700s. The royal governor, appointed by the King of Great Britain, held his office in the building until 1775, and from the balcony he gave voice to the King 3,000 miles removed from London. The governor’s stature as surrogate for the crown was underscored by his elevated position upon the balcony which overlooked King Street. Upon the right and left of the balcony, a lion and unicorn—royal symbols of the King of Great Britain—graced the main façade facing the public square. From this balcony, Bostonians listened to royal proclamations, but here they also heard for the first time the Declaration of Independence, which announced the birth of a new nation. Read more here: Old State House
Old South Meeting House gained a reputation as the largest dissenting meeting house in town, notably for its role in the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. Samuel Adams used the meeting house as a signal point for the Sons of Liberty to take action during the tea protest. Read more here: Old South Meeting House
To help prevent the overcrowding of nearby King’s Chapel Burying Ground, a graveyard was established just down the street in 1660. Granary Burying Ground, named for a former grain storage building that once stood at the spot of Park Street Church, holds an estimated 5,000 people. Its most notable citizens include Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere, and five victims of the Boston Massacre. Walk to the center of the cemetery and you’ll find a towering obelisk—it honors the tomb of Benjamin Franklin’s mother and father. It is the third oldest cemetery in Massachusetts. It is one of the stops on the freedom trail.
It was hard to read the names on some of the headstones. I was more interested the way the headstone had weathered the centuries. Boston Magazine-Boston cemetaries
Quincy Market
Not sure what these two buildings are. I thought it was an interesting image.
Downtown Boston
Mother Anna’s closed after 90 years at this location.
Boston Skyscrapers
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