Author: Geoff Nicholson Title: The lost art of walking : the history, science, philosophy, and literature of pedestrianism Publication Info: New York : Riverhead Books, 2008 ISBN: 9781594489983 Summary/Review: Geoff Nicholson takes on the quotidian topic of walking, something just about everyone can do, although there who some who can who fail to exercise the ability regularly. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Walking’
1 Dec
Book Review: Wanderlust by Rebecca Solnit
Author: Rebecca Solnit Title: Wanderlust : a history of walking Publication Info: New York : Viking, c2000. ISBN: 0670882097 Summary/Review: I like walking and a history of walking intrigued me. It was not quite what I expected as Solnit takes a philosophical and metaphysical approach to the concept of walking. The book includes ruminations on [...]
29 Aug
Boston By Foot Tour of the Month – Chestnut Hill
Today I took the excellent Boston By Foot Tour of the Month of Chestnut Hill. While the neighborhood straddles Newton, Brookline, and Boston, the tour covered the Newton portion viewing elegant houses along shady lanes. My photos are online here, with some samples below. The official description of the tour from the Boston By Foot [...]
23 Jul
Boston By Foot Avenue of the Arts Tour
Come out this Sunday July 25th at 2pm for a guided walking tour of Boston’s Avenue of the Arts lead by Boston By Foot guides (including yours truly). The tour begins in front of The Church of Christ, Scientist on Massachusetts Avenue and the cost is just $15/person. If you become a Boston By Foot [...]
27 Jun
The Best Dam Walking Tour in Boston
I promote a lot of tours on this blog, but if there’s one tour you must take this summer it’s the Exploring the Charles River Basin tour offered by Boston By Foot guides (including myself). The tour steps off at 2 pm on Sunday, June 27th from Nashua Street Park just opposite the exit from [...]
17 Jun
FREE Tour of Jamaica Pond on Saturday!
Saturday June 19th at 11 am, meet at the Jamaica Pond Bandstand near the intersection of Pond Street and Jamaicaway for a 90-minute tour around Jamaica Pond. Yours truly will be one of the guides for this Jamaica Plain Historical Society walking tour. Official description of the tour from the JPHS website: Once a gathering [...]
30 Aug
Boston By Foot Tour of the Month – Preserving Boston’s History
Today I took Boston By Foot’s August Tour of the Month focusing on the Historic Preservation movement entitled Preserving Boston’s History. The tour featured many familiar Boston landmarks and the guide informed us how historic preservationists saved many of them from the dustheap. I’ve put a gallery of photos from the tour on my website. [...]
22 Jul
Charles River Basin Walking Tour
I promote a lot of tours on this blog, but if there’s one tour you must take this summer it’s the Exploring the Charles River Basin tour offered by Boston By Foot guides (including myself). The tour steps off at 2 pm on Sunday, July 26th from Nashua Street Park just opposite the exit from [...]
9 Jul
Boston By Foot Waterfront Tour
Celebrate Sail Boston ’09 with a Boston By Foot walking tour of the Boston Waterfront. Meet at the Sam Adams statue in Dock Square by Faneuil Hall on Friday, July 10th 2009. The ninety-minute tour steps off at 6 pm and will cover much of the made land that once was the waterfront in colonial [...]
2 Jul
Benjamin Franklin in Boston
Does the name “Benjamin Franklin” bring to mind an elderly man with a bald pate and a pot belly? Well, Ben Franklin was a boy once too and his boyhood was spent right here in the city of Boston. Come learn about Benjamin Franklin’s early days and influences on the Boston By Foot walking tour [...]
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