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Tuthill, Louisa C. (Louisa Caroline), 1848, describing Boston Common, Boston, MA (1848: 318) “The Boston Common is the most spacious public pleasure-ground in the United States. Seventy-five acres were appropriated by the early ‘fathers of the town’ to this purpose, on the condition that it should ever remain devoted in this way to ...
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Feb 3, 2023 · Established in 1837 Two centuries separate the creation of the Boston Common and the Public Garden, and what a difference that period made. In 1634 the Common was created as America’s first public park; it was practical and pastoral with walkways built for crosstown travel. In contrast, the Public Garden was the first public botanical garden in America. It was decorative and flowery from its ...
Boston Common is interesting from a historical perspective, being America's oldest public park, but there's not a lot to see or do here as a tourist. We preferred the nearby Boston Public Garden that's full of beautiful trees and flowers. Boston Common had a lot of trash on the ground and overflowing trash cans.
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THE COMMON "The Embrace," a memorial honoring Dr. Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King, located near Parkman Bandstand The Boston Common, founded in 1634, is the oldest public park in America. Its fifty acres form a pentagon bounded by Tremont, Park, Beacon, Charles, and Boylston Streets. The Common
Frederick Law Olmsted never touched Boston Common, but his sons did. About 1913, their firm supervised the paving of walkways, the replenishment of the soil, and the moving of 15-ton trees. From a utilitarian common ground for activities like grazing, militia formations and public hangings, the Common evolved.
