Thanks to PigBoy for the excellent tour!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goes without saying, the Bean is a beautiful town.

Neat shots, and some interesting architecture.

I ate at this McDonald's many times:

 

It was across from the New England School of Photography, where I paid $600 to use their dark room for 8 weeks or so.  On numerous occasions I printed photographs for 14 or 15 hours straight, breaking only to eat lunch and dinner at this McDonald's. 

Boston will never be as beautiful as Cincinnati, but it's still pretty quaint.

Well, ink, I must believe you were one tired photographer after so thoroughly documenting this magnificent city!  Many thanks for sharing so many pictures, forming sort of a "Boston Mosaic" for viewing--what a rich, rich urban (and urbane) place to call home! (oh, if I were only YOUNG again, but I'm not...  :-()

As the English say France is wasted on the French, Boston is wasted on Bostonian's.

Central Boston is a gem.

Yeah, the central part of the city generally has okay to good infill where the historic structures have been demo'd, but the outer areas are dominated by cheap-looking wood construction that has mostly been replaced by vinyl siding.  I'll dig up my photos of East Boston sometime. 

 

^Bingo.

8 Titles...great insight about the people of Boston....I love the urban fabric, both in the city and many of the outlaying areas and just think it is a beautiful city.  It is the first place I would move to in the US if in a position to do so....however...the people are just not that friendly or hospitable....I mean like every day interactions.  They really need to loosen up.

I was wondering when these pictures would finally show up! Great stuff. Glad to see you got all around those central parts. Maybe next time my car will be accessible for a broader tour!

 

Yeah, the central part of the city generally has okay to good infill where the historic structures have been demo'd

But boy, the most notable exception to this is notable as hell!

 

Wood and vinyl Boston fascinates the geographer in me because it's what most of the city is, but it's so different from the popular brick-and-stone image of Boston, which comes from those older central neighborhoods that tourists rarely stray beyond.

 

And as for unfriendly people, better to save your interactions for over here in Cambridge. People are much nicer on this side of the river!

The wood and vinyl parts of the city are also pretty interesting because, by and large, they are so amazingly intact, dense and vital.  Not too different from much of outer-borough NYC I suppose.  And in some of these neighborhoods, gentrification pressure has reverse the tide some, with vinyl reverting back to wood.

 

Awesome shots, Ink.  Some of Boston is a tad too precious, IMHO, but the city occupies a lot of its historic streetscape with a healthy matter-of-factness that's a lot less cloying than "historic" areas in other cities.