BB BOSTON BRICKS
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- This exemplification of Boston’s characteristically skewed streetscape, narrow throughways and one-way passages is a quaint walk-through for pedestrians strolling through the heart of the Financial District.
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- “You Are Here”
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- Lobsters
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- “Skull”
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- “The first confirmed glove use was by Charlie Waitt, a St. Louis outfielder and first baseman who, in 1875, donned a pair of flesh-colored gloves.”
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- ..”the “ivy” brick was to commemorate the hallowed halls of ivy ever present around Boston.”
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- Refurbishing Winthrop Lane without jeopardizing the Boston Bricks would dually benefit the space itself and passersby.
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- Franklin Park Zoo
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- Salt and Pepper Bridge in Boston Bricks by Kate Burke and Gregg Lefevre
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- Adding to its appeal is a public art installment aptly called Boston Bricks, which inlays the brick path with bronze reliefs that showcase some of the city’s most historically significant individuals and events like Paul Revere and the Boston Tea Party, for example.
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- “Elias Howe invented the first American sewing machine in 1845, patented the following year.”
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- Comprised of over 100 pieces, this work by Kate Burke and Gregg Lefevre funded by the Browne Fund and A. W. Perry and Ryan Associates, is arguably Winthrop Lane’s most attractive feature.
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- Cod or Scrod?
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- In Downtown Boston, bridging Otis and Arch Streets is a narrow pedestrian walkway called Winthrop Lane.
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- Cod or Scrod?
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- “Mr. Watson, come here — I want to see you.” “Those words uttered by Alexander Graham Bell on March 10, 1876 ushered in the age of telephony.”
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- Combat Zone in Boston Bricks by Kate Burke and gregg Lefevre
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- Franklin Park Zoo
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- Lobster Line “to emphasize that lobsters do walk in a line…and they are walking away from Boston! “
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- Newspapers in Boston’s history. “… the history progression of newspapers fonts was acquired from microfilm in the basement of the Boston Library, before computers (research was very different).”
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- Comprised of over 100 pieces, this work by Kate Burke and Gregg Lefevre funded by the Browne Fund and A. W. Perry and Ryan Associates, is arguably Winthrop Lane’s most attractive feature.
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- Salt and Pepper (Longfellow)Bridge
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- Skull Race (two of three skulls shown here)
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- …like Paul Revere and the Boston Tea Party, for example.
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- Adding to its appeal is a public art installment aptly called Boston Bricks, which inlays the brick path with bronze reliefs that showcase some of the city’s most historically significant individuals and events …
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- You Are Here
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- “The oldest and largest event of its kind in the country, it inspired dozens of similar festivals across the country and pumped millions into the local economy.”
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- “The first post office in Boston—and probably in the first in America—was established in the home of Richard Fairbanks, on or very near the site of the [old] Boston Globe building in 1639.”
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- “The first wooden peg golf tee was invented and patented by Dr. George Grant of Boston. “
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- “The finials for the cast iron fences are the designs used in the small parks/ graveyards around the Commons.”
