A sparkling facade
A sparkling facade was uncovered this week at the Mandarin Hotel Consturction site.
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Click on the photo or headline to bring up a larger image. Each week I try to take one or more that give the sense of that week in the place where I happen to be. These were taken in 2008. Sometimes a photo and its caption serve as a quick news story for readers of the publications where I work as a freelance photojournalist. All photos are Copyright to Penny Cherubino, 2008 and all rights are reserved.
A sparkling facade was uncovered this week at the Mandarin Hotel Consturction site.
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A bit of paint was all that was needed to spruce up Queen Bee on Newbury Street.
Published in the Back Bay Sun
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No, these workers are dressed for lead paint removal at 404 Marlborough Street. The building is undergoing a complete renovation.
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Another set of phone books, this time from Verizon, were left at Back Bay properties this week. Earlier in the month abundant supplies of Yellow Books were left in the neighborhood. Some folks seem to have kicked the Yellow Books to the curb on Hereford Street.
Published in the Back Bay Sun
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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
from 'Meditations Divine and Moral,' 1655
Anne Bradstreet, (1612 - 1672)
American poet and resident of the Boston Settlement (1612 - 1672)
Cold job! Newbury Street's window washers at work with the temperature in the 20s.
Published in the Back Bay Sun
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Ann Czaja, Lindt USA Master Chocolatier, visited the company's store at the corner of Boylston and Exeter Streets this week. She was there to share the five senses tasting process with chocolate consumers and answer questions on all things chocolate. She was also signing copies of “Lindt Chocolate Passion,” a book that leads consumers on a journey of chocolate discovery. The book delves into the history of chocolate, and offers readers a collection of chocolate recipes.
Published in the Back Bay Sun
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David Rines and Melissa LeVangie, both Certified Arborists from Trees New England, began work near Arlington Street on a tree inventory for the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. Besides their skilled observations and careful measurements, they use GPS technology to identify the exact position of each tree on the Mall. The inventory is being done for the Friends of the Public Garden and Commonwealth Avenue Mall. The Mall committee will use the inventory for management and planning purposes.
Published in the Back Bay Sun
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Another set of phone books, this time from Verizon, were left at Back Bay properties this week. Earlier in the month abundant supplies of Yellow Books were left in the neighborhood. Some folks seem to have kicked the Yellow Books to the curb on Hereford Street. Unwanted phone books were also tossed in public trash cans on Newbury Street.
Published in the Back Bay Sun
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So Long Sola- A worker removed the window signs from the Newbury Street Store.
This was another grab shot. I was working on a story about snow melt products and heading for a paint store that sold a few types when I saw this worker taking the lettering off the window of this store. The local chain had been bought out by a large company and then closed down. It had been in the news for weeks and this seemed like a piece that could be used to close out the story.
Published in the Back Bay Sun
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Buildings, like this one at 362 Commonwealth Avenue, are left with the task of disposing of phone books left on their property.
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A Boston Parks Department worker frees the sand in the hopper of his spreader. The Commonwealth Avenue Mall has been well cleared and sanded since the season's first snow. This has provided safe footing for neighbors who use it to commute, exercise, or walk their dogs. The use of sand, instead of salt, is less irritating for dog paws and better for the trees and grass. For safety reasons, some salt is used on the brick sidewalks that cross the Mall.
Published as a part of a full page photo essay in the Back Bay Sun
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cars.
A snow emergency parking ban and folks staying put at home gave Boston's Back Bay a look that it must have had in the late 1800s. Except-- back then, they wouldn't have cleared the roads. Would they?
Published as part of a full page photo essay in the Back Bay Sun
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The folks from Marlboro Market at 45 Massachusetts Avenue can always be relied upon to clear the hydrant and storm drains in front of the store.
Published as part of a full page photo essay in the Back Bay Sun
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Good neighbor- good deed- clearing the corners for pedestrians. John Ploof, superintendent at 416 Marlborough Street clears the corner of Marlborough and Massachusetts Avenue.
Published as part of a full page photo essay in the Back Bay Sun
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This building under construction at 347 Commonwealth Avenue has show shovels and ice melt ready to keep the sidewalks clear. While some contractors neglect this duty, there are some who are good neighbors.
Published as part of a full page photo essay in the Back Bay Sun
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Walking the dog, I looked up and saw this man approaching me, I framed him with a nearby snowy magnolia tree.
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"How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world."
Shakespeare (Portia in Merchant of Venice, Act V, scene i)
This neighbor made sure the sidewalk in front of her home was safe for pedestrians during the snow storm.
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This Boylston Street resident (who asked to remain anonymous) was out on Sunday clearing leaves from the storm basins to prevent flooding when the snow melted.
Published as part of a full page photo essay in the Back Bay Sun
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Last Saturday a correction officer (in the foreground) was on hand to supervise a crew of people sentenced to community service. They cleaned up the area around the underpass at Massachusetts and Commonwealth Avenues.
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In another great hat.
This was published as a part of a full page photo essay in the Back Bay Sun.
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You really didn't need a hat this day-- I don't think this was a bike helmet but this woman and another young man in the next photos seemed to enjoy their fun headgear.
This was published as a part of a full page photo essay in the Back Bay Sun.
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A few days before, that horn would have frozen in place if this young musician had tried to play on the street.
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Leah Smith was outside passing out samples from Sabon at 129 Newbury Street.
This was published as a part of a full page photo essay in the Back Bay Sun.
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I took an afternoon walk to get some exercise and remembered how cold my walk had been earlier in the week. It made me see all the contrasts in the two days. People were out doing summer things in January. In a few blocks I recorded what happens in a cold Northern city when an unexpected warm spell arrives.
Published as a part of a full page photos essay in the Back Bay Sun.
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in January, in Boston, MA
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Four days later, a dog walker from Boston Pet Sitters strolled in shorts with his three charges.
Published in the Back Bay Sun as part of a full page photo essay
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This week Boston's weather went from a low of seven degrees on the 3rd to a high of sixty on the 8th. During the cold spell, Commonwealth Avenue resident, Liz McDonald, bundled-up her Greyhounds, Fred and Sandy, for a frigid morning walk. Sandy is the smaller tan, female peeking out from under Fred, the larger white male.
Sadly, Fred became ill and died shortly after this photo was taken.
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Published in the Back Bay Sun as a part of a full page photo essay.
