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An interactive map [10] highlights sights along a portion of the walk in downtown Boston. As of 2016, 38 of the originally planned 47 miles (76 km) of trail have been completed. [ 6 ] Following the September 11 attacks , plans to extend the Harborwalk to the four miles of shoreline around Logan Airport were abandoned. [ 11 ]
The Seaport District, or simply Seaport, is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. It is part of the larger neighborhood of South Boston, and is also sometimes called the Innovation District. [1] The Seaport is a formerly industrial area that has undergone an extensive redevelopment effort in recent years.
The Boston regional Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) publishes a large and detailed "Greater Boston Cycling & Walking Map", which it distributes free of charge. [18] The map is also available online and in downloadable form, and revisions are solicited from the general public.
Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area in Hanson and Halifax Over 2,000 acres of ponds, marsh, retired cranberry bogs (once the largest in the world), a 5-mile loop of walking trails. Hiking ...
The islands in Boston Harbor are administered as part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. [1]The Boston Redevelopment Authority, [2] the City Parking Clerk, [3] and the City's Department of Neighborhood Development [4] have also designated their own neighborhoods.
The Harbor Islands have made up Boston's least populated electoral area, Ward 1, Precinct 15, since 1990, though the polling place is on the mainland at Columbia Point. Since 1920, Boston must pass legislation to redistrict. As of 2018, there were two active voters, staff at the Thompson Island Outward Bound Educational Center. There were ...
How to vote for Seaport's dog mayor Preliminary voting for which pooch should be mayor is open now until Friday, Aug. 30. Voters can cast votes as many times as they would like, and so far, the ...
A map of Boston Harbor from 1888. Before the colonization of the Americas, the area served as a trading post for Native Americans in the region. [citation needed] After the establishment of the Boston settlement by John Winthrop in 1630 and the creation of a local shipbuilding industry, the port served the rapidly expanding American colonies.