Pictures from August, 1998

I got bored, so I went and bought one of those disposable cameras. Then I went around town and took pictures.

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It's a Big Phallic Symbol!My drive to work each morning takes me through Charlestown, which is where they still celebrate Evacuation Day (when the Brits were invited to leave Boston). Bunker Hill Monument is actually on Breed's Hill. (There's probably a good reason...look it up.)

 

 

It's the old boat again...The Scene of the CrimeThis is my client's site, which is on the Harbor next to the dock where they keep the U.S.S. Constitution, also known as "Old Ironsides".

 

 

You can't quite see the barbecue grill from here...One of the advantages of working for this client is the view you get. There's also a patio deck, with (would you believe) barbeque grills. Yes, it's a tough life working here...

 

 

For the next set of pictures, I just stood in one place on the deck and turned around. This is the view that I'm going to miss so much when this assignment is over.

The View of "Old Ironsides" from the DeckEast, towards the U.S.S. Constitution.

 

Charlestown Navy Yard from the Deck East-southeast, towards the Charlestown Navy Yard.

 

The Harbor to the East (Chelsea?)Southeast, towards Chelsea and Flagship Wharf.

 

I know it's over there somewhere...South-souteast, towards the Coast Guard station.

 

The Harbor to the SouthSouth, toward the North End neighborhood of Boston.

 

Downtown from the DeckSouth-southwest, toward the Boston skyline.

 

Fleet Center (where the Boston Garden usedta be)And west, toward the Fleet Center and the Charles River.

 

 

 

Then I got in the car and went down to Black Falcon Pier to see the cruise ship. That's right, the cruise ship. Norwegian Cruise Line runs out of Boston each week for Bermuda. This year, they're using the Norwegian Majesty.

The Stern of the BoatThe Norwegian Majesty. She's about 600 feet from bow to stern.

Look how little it is compared to the cruise shipFor comparison, that's a tugboat just behind her.

 

 

 

Black Falcon Pier was one of those fish-processing facilities for years and years, and is just recently enjoying a new life as a passenger and cargo terminal.

The East End of the PierThe Center of the PierThe West End of the Pier (and a big boat)This is an example of using HTML when you have way too much time on your hands...

 

 

Da Plane! Da Plane!You can just barely see the airliner shooting the approach to Logan International. The airport sits on a peninsula, so most approaches and departures are over water.

 

 

Once a landmark, now a Marriott time-shareOn the way down to Black Falcon, I got to experience Boston downtown driving. That's the Custom House. It was originally built as, well, a customs house. Now Marriott owns it, runs a motel out of it, even sells time-shares for the rooms. Welcome to Boston.

 

 

Downtown from Atlantic AvenueThis is a picture of the Boston skyline on the way back in from Black Falcon.

 

 

 

That's my apartment, WAY over thereAnd that's a picture of the Prudential Center from out at Black Falcon. The Prudential Center is significant because that's where I live.

 

 

One of the newest hotels hereThis is the Seaport Hotel, down near Black Falcon.

 

 

It's like a big convention hallAnd this is the World Trade Center, another seafood processing facility that has been converted into a convention center.

 

 

 

 

And I had a few pictures left, so I thought I'd show you the tunnel. The Ted Williams Tunnel is the newest of three tunnels that go out to the airport. It's a lot bigger (and cleaner!) than the other two.

You made it!Way under Boston Harbor...Abandon all hope, ye who enter here

 

 

 

 

And for those of you who made it all the way down here...GET A LIFE (smile).

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