Let's play Attention to Detail! We give you a close-up clue and you have to figure out where you've seen this stone wall around Boston.
Here are some hints:
- It lies between two downtown neighborhoods.
- It is often photographed.
- Thousands of people ride around it.
- It is in a very watery spot this time of year.
Ready? Click through or scroll down past this great book about Boston for the answer.
The stone wall in the last clue is part of the island in the Public Garden lagoon.
In the early days of the park, that island was a peninsula, as shown in this stereograph image from the Boston Public Library collection.
From the Library of Congress collection, here are two images the island as a peninsula circa 1904.
In 1992 the Boston Globe reported a restoration and replanting of the island had been completed thanks to an anonymous donation to the Friends of the Public Garden.
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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2017 Penny & Ed Cherubino
Adapted for BostonZest from one of our Attention to Detail Newspaper columns.
