Do you recognize the Lion in this fountain? Time to play "Attention to Detail™" This is the game where we give you a clue, and you try to figure out where you've seen it. When you're ready for the answer, click through, and you'll get more information about this fellow including where to find him.
Clues for this one are:
It is downtown and near an award winning park.
Post your best guess in the comments here and add any tidbit you know about this landmark. When you're ready to confirm what you think, click through or scroll down for the answer.
Are you planning a staycation or do you have company coming? Here's a page full of guidebooks to Boston.
It's fun to play tourist in this great city of ours, and it's nice to have some up-to-date books to lend to visitors.
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Thanks to a walk with a friend, we have a Celtic design for you to identify or visit on this lovely day. It's in the Fenway.
It was created by one of America's great sculptors, and it celebrates an Irishman.
A triskelion can be found on the same work of art.
The first lady of Irish food can take you beyond the expected. "Darina Allen's beautiful and unpretentious vision of cooking is connected to the land. I find this book important and irresistable." -- Alice Waters, Chez Panisse"
Click through or scroll down when you are ready for the answer.
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We're moving our Attention to Detail game inside this week. Do you recognize this corner of a room in a place that is very popular with Bostonians right now?
Think you know? Add your guess to the comments. Tweet with @BostonZest in your message. Or Send us an email.
Click through below the ad or scroll down for the answer.
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Time to play our "Attention to Detail" visual scavenger hunt. Do you know where you will find this cornice detail at the top of a Back Bay building?
Hint it's on a corner of Marlborough Street.
Scroll down or click through for the answer.
"Attention to Detail™" is one of Penny's newspaper columns. It has appeared in the Back Bay Sun since 2008 and in the Beacon Hill Times since 2010.
Here are a few of the books on Boston architecture that Penny relies on for her research.
Details:
Writer: Penny Cherubino
Photos: © 2008 Penny Cherubino
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Time for another chapter of our architectural scavenger hunt. You'll have to peek around a corner from Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay to find this carved design.
Scroll down or click through for the answer.
"Attention to Detail™" is one of Penny's newspaper columns. It has
appeared in the Back Bay Sun since 2008 and was recently added to the Beacon Hill Times.
Here are a few of the books on Boston architecture that Penny relies on for her research.
Details:
Writer: Penny Cherubino
Photos: © 2008 Penny Cherubino
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Where would you find this face on a walk down Boylston Street in the Back Bay?
With the summer season making walking fun, we'll send you on a few more visual scavenger hunts to find details and learn more about Boston Architecture.
Click through or scroll down for the answer and a bit more information about his building.
Here are three of the books I use to research the history of Boston Architecture.
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