The Green Line to Lechmere on weekends
Nov 26, 2014, 8:32 am
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Our visit was last weekend and it all worked out perfectly. We stayed at the Boston Seaport Hotel so we enjoyed the convenience of the Silver Line from BOS and later walking to South Station to get on the T. We used the green line a couple of times and never had a long wait. Mostly, we walked. It's such a great walking town. Didn't realize our visit would coincide with the Harvard/Yale game (long wait at Zoe's) and the lighting of the Christmas tree at Faneuil Hall. Surprised the lighting occurred before Thanksgiving and that the tree is only lit after dark.
Dec 1, 2014, 5:56 am
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Last weekend was a zoo in town, pretty much everywhere.
The Faneuil Hall tree isn't the "real" city Christmas tree. The "official" one (gifted from Nova Scotia*) is on the Common, and there's another one in Copley Sq.
Glad you had a great trip. As you found out, walking is so easy within the city. Many of our city blocks are more like 1/3 scale models when compared to NYC, DC, or Chicago!
*Why Nova Scotia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston%...Tree_tradition
The Faneuil Hall tree isn't the "real" city Christmas tree. The "official" one (gifted from Nova Scotia*) is on the Common, and there's another one in Copley Sq.
Glad you had a great trip. As you found out, walking is so easy within the city. Many of our city blocks are more like 1/3 scale models when compared to NYC, DC, or Chicago!
*Why Nova Scotia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston%...Tree_tradition
Dec 1, 2014, 10:03 am
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Glad you had a great trip. As you found out, walking is so easy within the city. Many of our city blocks are more like 1/3 scale models when compared to NYC, DC, or Chicago!
Dec 1, 2014, 11:14 am
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I'm getting dangerously into spouting off without full knowledge, but I've always known the one on the Common to be the primary one. There's a lot of others around (I'm guessing some of which are actually put up by private entities).
The Common tree is the one that Boston gets as a gift from Nova Scotia each year, so at least the tree is free. ;-)
The Common tree is the one that Boston gets as a gift from Nova Scotia each year, so at least the tree is free. ;-)
Dec 1, 2014, 9:38 pm
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The Boston Common tree is the "official" one, but can anyone tell me why that matters? Will you enjoy the others less once you learn they are "unofficial"?
Dec 2, 2014, 8:07 pm
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No, they do not pay for it. One doesn't have to pay for something for it to be official.
The official Boston Christmas tree, the one on Boston Common, has been donated every year since 1971 by the people of Nova Scotia in gratitude for Boston's assistance after a large explosion in Halifax harbor. It's considered quite an honor to have one's tree chosen to be sent to Boston. People propose their trees, which must meet specific criteria, and the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources picks one. It's cut in a public ceremony and trucked southwest.
The official Boston Christmas tree, the one on Boston Common, has been donated every year since 1971 by the people of Nova Scotia in gratitude for Boston's assistance after a large explosion in Halifax harbor. It's considered quite an honor to have one's tree chosen to be sent to Boston. People propose their trees, which must meet specific criteria, and the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources picks one. It's cut in a public ceremony and trucked southwest.