Boston, Part II

Picking up where we left off...


44A Charles Street is the former residence of Mary Sullivan, the Boston Strangler's final victim. Also, the Paramount makes a damn fine breakfast.


William Dean Howells, Louisa May Alcott, and John Kerry are a few of the luminaries who at some point claimed occupancy among the Greek Revival houses of Louisburg Square.


9 Willow Street was once the residence of tormented poet Sylvia Plath.


In Beacon Hill the cellar gnomes have their own entrance.


Steve McQueen's abode in The Thomas Crowne Affair. The Federal-style mansion was originally designed for Congressman Harrison Gray Otis in 1800 by the esteemed architect Charles Bulfinch (whom one could be forgiven for assuming designed most of Boston).


My idea of what a market should look like.


Central wharf overlooking the Boston Harbor.


I can't decide which angle I like better.


The Custom House Tower.


The historic Omni Parker House. Home to the Saturday Night Club, which consisted of literary heavyweights Emerson, Longfellow, and frequent guest Charles Dickens. Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X were both spotted working in the kitchen in their formative years. The hotel is also the location of numerous reported ghost sightings.


The John Adams Courthouse, discreetly hidden behind the less ornate Center Plaza.


The Granary Burying Ground.


Paul Revere rests here. You may have heard of him.


Ice skaters in the Boston Common.


The John Hancock Tower rising in the distance. When completed in 1976 there was a minor issue of windowpanes dropping off during strong winds, which proved unsatisfactory to pedestrians below.

Next, we cross the river into Cambridge...