{"id":499,"date":"2006-08-05T20:53:56","date_gmt":"2006-08-05T20:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=499"},"modified":"2006-08-05T20:53:56","modified_gmt":"2006-08-05T20:53:56","slug":"assorted_bahston_landmarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/assorted_bahston_landmarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Assorted Bah-ston Landmarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bah-ston was where the Revolution began. There&#8217;s a LOT of history here.<br \/>\nThis is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/bost\/Park_St_Church.htm\">Park Street Church<\/a> next to Boston Common.  This is NOT the Old North Church where Paul Revere got the signal for his ride.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/oldnorthchurch1.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/oldnorthchurch1.html','popup','width=480,height=640,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/oldnorthchurch-thumb.jpg?resize=240%2C320\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Elegant Spire<\/em><br \/>\nThis is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviewoncities.com\/boston\/statehouse.htm\">New State House<\/a>, brand new since 1797.  It&#8217;s the home of the Massachusetts State Government.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/oldstatehouse.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/oldstatehouse.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/oldstatehouse-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Looks impressive at night<\/em><br \/>\nThe New State House is at the top of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beaconhillonline.com\/cgi-bin\/index.cgi\">Beacon Hill<\/a>, a really posh area that&#8217;s like stepping back in time (except for all those horseless carriages and stuff).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/beaconhill.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/beaconhill.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/beaconhill-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>It&#8217;s lit by gaslamp, has bricks laid streets and NO PARKING to speak of<\/em><br \/>\nAnd when you see this hovering above you, you know you&#8217;re near Fenway Park!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/citgo.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/citgo.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/citgo-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Yup, a big oil company sign.  <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bah-ston was where the Revolution began. There&#8217;s a LOT of history here. This is the Park Street Church next to Boston Common. This is NOT the Old North Church where Paul Revere got the signal for his ride. Elegant Spire This is the New State House, brand new since 1797. It&#8217;s the home of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/assorted_bahston_landmarks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Assorted Bah-ston Landmarks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domestic-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2mgIi-83","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}