Jack Cohen uses the same tree to show three faces of fall in the Public Garden.
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By adamg - 8/15/24 - 10:49 am
Turkey. Grass. Sidewalk.
Somebody who apparently does not live in a Boston neighborhood in which turkeys normally flock has filed a 311 complaint about the "loose" turkey that's been hanging out on the Common - a couple days after somebody filed a 311 complaint about a turkey in the Public Garden (maybe the same turkey, if it's learned how to cross Charles).
By adamg - 7/1/24 - 10:29 am
Turtle in the grass, alas
A concerned citizen files a 311 request that somebody come rescue the turtle that is now shelling around where it doesn't belong, in the Public Garden lagoon: Read more.
By adamg - 5/6/24 - 10:45 am
The annual Big Day Boston bird watch in Boston Proper on Saturday ended with 66 species of birds spotted from the Public Garden to Boston Harbor, including one bald eagle competing with Hitchcockian numbers of gulls to gulp down some herring.
By adamg - 1/14/24 - 9:40 pm
Matt Frank photographed the statue of George Washington in the Public Garden from several vantage points around sunset today, including through a gate on Arlington Street.
By adamg - 8/8/23 - 4:09 pm
A roving UHub correspondent decided discretion was the better part of driving valor and turned around when he saw how flooded St. Thomas More Road, between the BC lower campus and the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, was after today's torrent. Read more.
By adamg - 7/5/23 - 11:25 am
A vexed citizen files a 311 complaint about the situation in the Public Garden - and a possible solution: Read more.
By adamg - 6/30/23 - 10:22 pm
A fed-up citizen files a 311 complaint about unleashed curs in the Public Garden: Read more.
By adamg - 5/18/23 - 11:10 pm
Robert Adams admired Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings dressed for Vshyvanka Day, an annual celebration of Ukraine's unique embroidered clothing.
By adamg - 4/25/23 - 9:48 pm
A Chelsea man admitted last week he forced a woman to accompany him from Bromfield Street downtown all the way to the Public Garden, where he raped her, in November, 2020.
Read more.
By adamg - 3/15/23 - 10:10 pm
Robert Adams captured Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings dressed in their St. Patrick's finest today.
By adamg - 8/13/22 - 11:07 am
Chris in 02134 shows us the new Lake Charles this morning. Earlier, he watched water bursting up at Charles and Beacon streets and flowing into the Public Garden Lagoon, which broke free from its artificial bounds and flooded the surrounding land: Read more.
By adamg - 7/2/22 - 4:31 pm
Nazis under flags they couldn't tear down in Copley Square. Photo by twonickles.
Update: They even used a U-Haul in Boston, but to haul away their riot shields.
Twonickels sums up the scene in Copley Square this afternoon: Read more.
By adamg - 6/27/22 - 9:59 pm
Live Boston reports that on Saturday, Boston police officers and EMTs rushed to one of the Public Garden fences along Charles Street after a man attempting a feat of derring-do instead wound up impaled on one of the fence's pointy bars.
Responders were able to free him and rush him to Tufts Medical Center for emergency care.
By adamg - 4/24/22 - 2:32 pm
Adam Balsam chronicles the 27 different species of birds he spotted over a week in the North End and the Public Garden.
By adamg - 4/17/22 - 3:43 pm
Many of the people crossing the bridge over the Public Garden lagoon today stopped for a moment to contemplate the two bouquets of flowers, the photo of a young woman and a note left by the railing. Some even opened the folded note to read Samantha's pangs for Villanelle, whom she would never see again: Read more.
By adamg - 2/27/22 - 2:09 pm
Boylston and Newbury streets and the Public Garden were awash in blue and yellow this afternoon as people marched to show their support for Ukraine. Read more.
By adamg - 1/22/22 - 10:31 pm
The Public Garden, that is. Johnmcboston took in a match on the Public Garden Lagoon yesterday.
By adamg - 1/1/22 - 12:49 pm
Matt Conti had the best seat for the foggy First Night fireworks over Boston Harbor at midnight. Read more.
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