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Where Would You Find This Stone Wall? Let's Play Attention to Detail!

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.

 

 

Where Would You Find This Balcony? Let's Play Attention to Detail!

Let's play Attention to Detail! We give you a close-up clue and you have to figure out where you've seen it around Boston.

Here are some hints:

• Today this building has changed very little from the way it looked in the early 1900s.
• That may be due to having had the same owner for many years.
• During certain hours of the day, you are welcome to come in and look around the inside of this building. 
• It has a very prestigious history.
• It is located in the Back Bay.

Ready? Click through or scroll down past this great book about Boston for the answer.

 

 

Where Would You Find This Ghost Sign, Let's play Attention to Detail!

Let's play Attention to Detail! We give you a close-up clue and you have to figure out where you've seen it around Boston.

Here are some hints:

• It is on a main street in Boston's South End.
• The words are still significant.
• It is in the South End Landmark District established in 1983. Today it would seem to fall under the guideline that, "Advertising or general information signs are not allowed."

Ready? Click through or scroll down past this great book about Boston for the answer.

 

 

Where Would You Find This Logophonetic Lettering? Let's Play Attention to Detail!

Let's play Attention to Detail! We give you a close-up clue and you have to figure out where you've seen it around Boston. So where have you seen this logophonetic lettering?

Here are some hints:

• This object is more than 340 years old.
• It was found in a scrap pile and brought to Boston.
• Years later the original owner declined taking it back and gave it to the City of Boston.
• Today is stands as a symbol of peace.
•  It is in a Boston park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.

Here's another clue to jog your memory.

Ready? Click through or scroll down past this great book about Boston for the answer.

 

 

Where Would You Find This Hand? Play Attention To Detail

Let's play Attention to Detail! The photo of a hand above is your clue and you have to figure out where you've seen it around Boston.

Here are some hints:

• It's in the South End.
• It's in a pocket park.
• It's worth a visit to enjoy the clean lines and wonderful details.
• Here's another clue ...
  

Ready? Click through or scroll down past this great book about Boston for the answer.

 

 

Where Would You Find This Hub in the Hub? Play Attention to Detail!

With our Attention to Detail game, you get a photo clue, some hints, and then we give you a photo answer and a bit more about this piece of Boston.

Here is your clue? What is it part of and where would you find it?

Here are some hints:

• It is in an area that grows quiet this time of year making it a great place to take a walk.
• It is in an architectural conservation district with many beautiful examples of 19th Century architecture (another reason to pay a visit).
• It is owned by an institution of higher learning.
• It has a connection to one of our favorite places.

Ready? Click through or scroll down past this great book about Boston for the answer.

Where Would You Find This Bracket? Play Attention to Detail

Let's play Attention to Detail! We give you a close-up clue and you have to figure out where you've seen it around Boston. 

Today's clue is a bracket. Wikipedia explains that in architecture a bracket is, "... a structural or decorative member. It can be made of wood, stone, plaster, metal, or other mediums. It projects from a wall, usually to carry weight and sometimes to ... strengthen an angle." 

Here are some hints about this one:

• You'll find it in the Fenway
• It is at a major intersection
• The building looks very much like it did when it was built in 1904.
• The aroma of great pizza may be in the air nearby.

Ready? Click through or scroll down past this great book about Boston for the answer.