Massachusetts Handbook

500 Pages·1998·72.585 MB·English

by  Jeff Perk

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MASSACHUSETTS
HANDBOOK
FIRST EDITION
JEFF PERK
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MASSACHUSETTS HANDBOOK
FIRSTEDITION Pleasesendallcomments,
corrections,additions,
Publishedby amendments,andcritiquesto:
MP.oOo.nBPouxbl3i0c4at0ions,Inc. MASSACHUSETTSHANDBOOK
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© TextandphotographscopyrightJeffPerk,1998.
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ISBN:1-56691-083-8
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ISSN:1096-9535 gp
Editor:GregorJohnsonKrause SMa37A5e3oX
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CopyEditor:AshaJohnson
EditorialAssistance:EmilyKendrick,DianeWurzel
Production&Design:CareyWilson
Cartography:ChrisFolksandMikeMorgenfeld
Index:GregorJohnsonKrause
Frontcoverphoto:WillMcCoy/courtesyRainbow
AllphotosbyJeffPerkunlessotherwisenoted.
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In memoryofmymother
Dreamdreams
Andthen writethem
Aye, butlivethemfirst.
—SamuelEliotMorison,
sailorandhistorian
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1-16
TheLand 4
StraddlingBoundaries; Geology;Climate
History 6
NativeAmericans; EarlyExplorers; Pilgrimsand Puritans; Revolution;
Industrialization; FastForwardtothePresent
GovernmentandEconomy 14
Made In Massachusetts
SPECIALTOPIC
AFewMythsaboutthePilgrims 8-9
ON THE ROAD 17-33
SightseeingHighlights 17
TheGreatOutdoors
AccommodationsandFood 21
LodgingOptions; FoodandDrink
Transportation 26
GettingThere; GettingAround
InformationandServices 30
HealthandSafety; MoneyandBanking;Communicationsand
Measurements
SPECIALTOPIC
MassachusettsBeachAccess:NoTrespassing 20
GREATER BOSTON 34-132
History
BostonSights 42
Beacon HillandtheWestEnd; DowntownandtheWaterfront;The
North End;Charlestown; BackBay;TheSouth End; Fenway; Roxbury,
JamaicaPlain,and Dorchester; Brookline
CambridgeSights 73
HarvardSquare; CentralCambridge;AroundMIT
FunintheHub 82
TheUrbanOutdoors; SpectatorSports;Tours; PerformingArts; Night
ClubsandAcousticCoffeehouses; MoreTreatsforEyesandEars
Accommodations 99
Budget: Under$35; Inexpensive:$35-60; Moderate:$60-85; Expensive:
$85-110;VeryExpensive:$110-150; Luxury:$150+
Food 106
Beacon HillandDowntown;TheNorth End; BackBayandtheSouth
End; FenwayandKenmore; ChowDownNtheHood:AllstonandJP;
Brookline;Cambridge; City-WideSpecials
Transportation 123
GettingThereandAway; GettingaroundTown
InformationandServices 130
SPECIALTOPICS
"/Hada Teacher": Boston Whalers 88
BeingBlackinBoston 35 OrganMusic 92
Sacco& Vanzetti:AGoodShoemaker SelectedAnnualMusicalEvents 94
andaPoorFishPeddler 41 DancingforGrownups . . 95
Bulfinch—TheBuilderofBoston . . 43 ShoppingHighlight:
BostonAttractionDiscountDays RagsbythePound! 108
andOtherDeals 47 TheBostonDeli—
TheFreedom Trail — 49 No,asaMatterofFact, It'sNotthe
CelebrationofIceCream SameasaNewYorkDeli. ... 117
It'stheScooperbowl! 53 IrishPubs 121
CemeteriesandBuryingGrounds. . 59 GreaterBoston
What'sWith ThoseAddresses? 73 FestivalsandEvents .... 124-125
. . .
SubwayBuskers Boston TaxiCompanies 127
andSidewalkVaudeville 76 Hellon Wheels:DrivinginBoston. 129
TourdeGraves 87 ForeignExhangeBrokers 131
NORTH OFBOSTON 133-161
TheNearNorthShore 133
Marblehead; Salem
CapeAnn 145
Sights; Recreation; Practicalities
TheNorthShoretotheMerrimackRiver 152
Essex; Ipswich; NewburyportandVicinity
MerrimackValley 158
Lawrence;Andover
SPECIALTOPICS
SamuelMclntire'sLegacy 141 SeeingGreen:TheBayCircuit. . . 156
METROWEST 162-187
Lowell 163
LowellNational Historical Park;OtherLowellAttractions; Sportsand
Recreation; Practicalities
CradleofRevolution 171
Lexington;Concord; NearbySights; Recreation; BattleRoad
Practicalities
TheCharlesRiverValley 181
Route135—TheMarathon Route; Route 135Practicalities; Route
109—Western NorfolkCounty
SPECIALTOPICS
MetroWestFestivalsandEvents 164 TheOldPostRoad 178
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JackKerouac, Lowell'sNativeSon 165 TheMetroWestLeg
TheLowellFolkFestival 767 oftheBayCircuit 187