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.
Click on each for a larger image.
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.)
This 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".
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.
East,
towards the U.S.S. Constitution.
East-southeast, towards the Charlestown Navy Yard.
Southeast, towards
Chelsea and Flagship Wharf.
South-souteast,
towards the Coast Guard station.
South, toward the North End
neighborhood of Boston.
South-southwest, toward the Boston
skyline.
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 Norwegian Majesty. She's about
600 feet from bow to stern.
For
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.
This is an
example of using HTML when you have way too much time on your
hands...
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.
On 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.
This is a picture of the
Boston skyline on the way back in from Black Falcon.
And that's a
picture of the Prudential Center from out at Black Falcon. The
Prudential Center is significant because that's where I live.
This is the Seaport
Hotel, down near Black Falcon.
And 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.
And for those of you who made it all the way down here...GET A LIFE (smile).