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[pdxstreetcar]

Custom House Tower is a must-see.  Not only is it an awesome building architecturally but there are free tours daily to the top floor observation deck with incredible views of the North End, harbor, downtown, Fanueil Hall, Govt center, Central Artery, Haymarket etc.

I believe the tours are at 11am & 4pm, I went on the 4pm tour.

[ATL4EVER]

I just love Boston!

[ZachariahDaMan]

It was really interesting to read about all of those places.  Hopefully I will be able to check some of them out someday.

[EPBOY]

Im I the only one who thinks "Whoville" when they see this??

[BostonFaker]

Yes, and now you must be put back in your cage...j/k

[ezcheese]

it is quite cartoony

[ZachariahDaMan]

Those buildings do look odd.  Never really seen any like them.

[csmurphy8885]

I wish my town/colleges would support such extreemely unique architecture.  that whoville is a treasure.

[moonshield]

yea thoose look great, Boston looks like an awesome city, a place that warrents a vist from myself

[TheBostonian]

moonshield, on Jul 16 2005, 02:00 AM, said:

yea thoose look great, Boston looks like an awesome city, a place that warrents a vist from myself

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I'm delighted to see these buildings popping up in Cambridge.

You can see Frank Gehry's buildings from all over the world and across the US by doing a google image search on his name.

[pdxstreetcar]

Any one know of any good off-the-beaten path neighborhoods/towns in the Boston area with great architecture?

Ive been to Lowell, Watertown and Milton to name a few.

[JDC]

Sorry guys, Governor Romney removed the famous sign after the Sox won the World Series last year.

[southernyank]

EPBOY, on Jul 15 2005, 02:46 PM, said:

Im I the only one who thinks "Whoville" when they see this??

Ghery?

[Temeteron]

where is that at??

[TheBostonian]

MIT.

[Spartan]

I was only able sto stay in Boston for 1 day during my last visit. I went over to Caimbridge and MIT, but I missed those crazy buildings. I'm going ot make a point to check those out next time I'm there!

[jbhay]

I'll be coming to Boston this Friday for the first time, on my first airplane ride ever as well.  Looking forward to just getting there and going exploring.  This list is making me really excited about my trip now, especially the Sam Adams brewery tour.  I'll make sure to stop there, as well as the Common, and I would really like to get a picture of that Bunker Hill Bridge on I-93 for the bridge fanatic in me.

[Lowerdeck]

jbhay, on Aug 25 2009, 11:15 AM, said:

I'll be coming to Boston this Friday for the first time, on my first airplane ride ever as well.  Looking forward to just getting there and going exploring.  This list is making me really excited about my trip now, especially the Sam Adams brewery tour.  I'll make sure to stop there, as well as the Common, and I would really like to get a picture of that Bunker Hill Bridge on I-93 for the bridge fanatic in me.

Well, enjoy Boston when you get up here.  It's a very nice city, one of my favorites.

If you're looking forward to the Sam Adams tour, might also want to try out the Harpoon.  I have not done that one yet, but it's on my to do list.  Boston is a great place to get great beer.  Lots of quality bars with good micros and crafts.

[cloudship]

What time will you be arriving? In most cases, if you arrive in the late afternoon/evening, you will land to the north. Logan airport is right near the city - if you manage to get a window seat on the left hand side of the plane, and the plane lands to the north, you get a great view of the skyline.

[jbhay]

My flight landed Friday at 8am and I went on foot for the remainder of the day until about 8pm when I met up some friends at The Paradise on Commonwealth Ave.  

First thing I want to say about Boston: GREAT transit system.  My NFT I bought helped a ton, but the options are all there to get around.  

Did the Freedom Trail after wandering around a bit in Chinatown and the Common.  Had pizza in Quincy Market, stopped off in Blackstone Grill for a beer, saw the Paul Revere House, savored the view of the Zakim Bridge, wandered through the Navy Yard (great skyline view), climbed the Bunker Hill Monument, then waited for Bus 93 on Warren St. to take me to the Sullivan Sqaure Orangle Line and rode that all the way down to Stony Brook, caught the 5pm SA Brew Tour - (great time, threw down 50 in the gift store ), then rode up to Roxbury Crossing to check out the Basilica Church for the Kennedy funeral, had another slice of pizza across the street from the church, and then rode to the Mass Ave. stop, walked to the Green Line Symphony station, transferred to the B Line at Copley, and rode that to Pleasant Street.  Loved my first LRT ride!!  (It was packed with students once we were in the BU area though, haha)  

I covered a lot of ground on my first day in Boston, a 12 hour expedition of history and alcohol.  Great city, great times. Spent the rest of the weekend in Sharon/Foxboro and then was at TT the Bears on Saturday night in Cambridge.  Never got to see Harvard...

Will be back as soon as possible.  Where else am I going to get my new favorite beer, Boston Brick Red?

Edited by jbhay, 31 August 2009 - 02:05 PM.