There’s some curious reasoning in “The invasive species war,” an “Ideas” piece on plants and attitudes that ran in last Sunday’s Boston Globe. After spending two paragraphs detailing the valiant efforts Charles River Watershed Association volunteers make to remove water chestnuts from the Charles river, writer Leon Neyfakh states: “The reasons to fight invasive species may be [...]
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This has truly been the summer of the Boston Harbor Islands. While the Boston Harbor Islands Alliance has been working hard for years to increase programming and improve accessibility to the islands, it seems like everything is falling into place for the National Park area this season. Between the opening of the stunning Boston Harbor [...]
At my lectures about Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands, the most common question I’m asked is: “What’s your favorite island?” It’s definitely tough to come up with a single favorite, but I think it has to be Peddocks Island because a trip to Peddocks is like visiting three different islands. Near the dock on the island’s [...]
What do I sniff? The mouth-watering aroma of money in the air! Boston is looking for bright ideas to privatize and spiff up an abandoned public men’s restroom on the Boston Common, according to the Boston Globe. Specifically, the city wants folks to propose a restaurant for this odd little octagonal building, which was built [...]
The Boston Globe had an interesting article last Thursday about the boarded-up buildings in Brighton that were once part of the Charles River Speedway. The speedway was an old race track that once lined the banks of the Charles River west of North Harvard Street and north of Western Avenue. Some of my favorite vintage [...]
On Monday, The Boston Globe has published yet another editorial about how Boston needs to develop more business along the Rose Kennedy Greenway, in part by allowing taller buildings along the Greenway. The author rightly calls for the city to heal the scars left by the Central Artery, to reunite communities torn apart by decades [...]
Our books and authors are getting some fantastic coverage today! Congrats to Christopher Klein and Kim Foley MacKinnon! This morning, Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands and author Christopher Klein were featured on NECN’s Morning show. Catch Chris’ interview here for connections to Lehane and Scorsese’s Shutter Island, as well as some of the fascinating history behind [...]
