CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE: ARCHITECTURE
When all is said and done, there’s no better place to shoot architecture than Boston … and no place in Boston more interesting than Beacon Hill.
Beacon Hill is the “original” Boston. From here, Paul Revere began his famed ride. Most of the rest of Boston was part of one or another gigantic land fill project, including all of Back Bay and Dorchester.
Only Beacon Hill was dry land in the early 18th century (1700s) when Boston was a young city full of firebrand revolutionaries.
The buildings on the hill are in amazing condition and look new, but don’t be fooled. Ongoing preservation work has kept them in marvelous condition … and of course … a lot of money lives on this hill. All these building are between two and three hundred years old. Some, even older.
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Categories: #Photography, Architecture, Boston, Cee's Photo Challenge, Composition, New England
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Beautiful buildings with detail right down to the railings.
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It’s one of the great things about older architecture. Those architects understood that finishing matters.
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Fantastic images. Such wonderful architechure
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Thank you! The architecture is the best part of old cities like Boston. Most of it is “Federal” (1700 – 1860ish) … or Victorian (1880s through early 1900s). More or less. Photographing it without getting hit by a truck is always an adventure 🙂
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Lovely architecture, Marilyn. The last photo reminds me of a place in Toronto.
Leslie
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Toronto reminds me of Boston. VERY similar architecture. I think the two cities were born around the same time.
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They probably were. There is a certain charm around older buildings especially with that classic architecture.
Leslie
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Marilyn these are great photos for this week. I really like your second photo. Interesting perspective.
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Thanks Cee. I like shooting almost straight up the sides. Sort of a child’s eye view of tall buildings.
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Ah, Beacon Hill. Home of the rich, famous and corrupt.
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Where the really IMPORTANT people live and can always find (gasp) parking.
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Nice photographs……………..
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Yes, it is a lovely place. We lived there in one of the “more affordable” (read: tiny, with roaches) flats. The romance vanished very quickly. But the architecture remains forever elegant.
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