We spent five days in Boston, staying in this old house in Newton Center. The place was nicely maintained and provided a good idea of what was likely considered elegant living in the early 20th Century. The heating and plumbing were a bit deficient by today's standards, though probably easy to get used to in a short time.
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We
enjoyed visiting with a few old friends. Aside from that I only had
the time and energy to make a few shots of the neighborhood architecture
on our morning walks to breakfast.
Many yards were ready for Halloween. There were only Harris-Walz signs on view.
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Boston is a very civilized looking place with wonderful light just about any time of the day. It would be a good place to be an architectural or real estate photographer; the multi-million house prices would enable a good living for an ambitious photographer.
We only spent time in a couple high-end neighborhoods and were not surprised by the absence of homeless encampments even though the city has one of the highest rates of unhoused people in the country.
Crystal Lake was just a block away from where we stayed. Margaret biked there as a kid to swim in the summer and iceskate in the winter. A friend said it was unlikely now that the lake would freeze solid enough to support skaters.
Temperatures had not yet dropped past freezing and there were quite a few flowers beside the walkways.
Boston seemed to me almost like another planet after our decades in the Southwest. I was sorry we did not get to visit the many places Margaret would have liked to show me. It would have been nice to have spent a significant amount of time there to really get to know the place, though I don't know how that would ever have been possible.
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Update:
It seems I may have picked up Covid on the way home. I'm not surprised if that is the case as we spent a lot of time in three airports, including some long security lines. I'll test to make sure. In the meantime I don't think reading this blog will endanger health.
2 comments:
Nice houses! Two of the windows in the grey tower still have curved window sashes. The glass is actually curved. But the window above is flat, so probably a replacement.
Fabulous houses with fabulous maintenance costs.
People on the street in Boston seemed very polite, and drivers often paused for pedestrians. A nice contrast to New Mexico.
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