IMG_3744 WL 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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- “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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- Refurbishing Winthrop Lane without jeopardizing the Boston Bricks would dually benefit the space itself and passersby.
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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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- 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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- In Downtown Boston, bridging Otis and Arch Streets is a narrow pedestrian walkway called Winthrop Lane.
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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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- In Downtown Boston, bridging Otis and Arch Streets is a narrow pedestrian walkway called Winthrop Lane.
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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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- 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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- “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 finials for the cast iron fences are the designs used in the small parks/ graveyards around the Commons.”























































