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In the late 19th century, Boston’s largest open space was renamed Franklin Park, after a “founding father” who advanced science by flying a kite in Philadelphia. If Benjamin Franklin can be credited with inspiring the park’s spring festival, the name change was, above all, a ploy to help fund the public treasure by tapping his estate. Over the next two centuries, the mission
From sledding to nightclubbing, other cities do much more to get people out and about in the bleakest months.
A peek at some of the most interesting shops, restaurants, outdoor spaces and cultural centers in Roxbury, Mass., one of Boston’s most historic and diverse neighborhoods
Since 2001, Russell Heller has supervised the maintenance and improvements at the second oldest municipal golf course in the country. As superintendent of Boston’s William J. Devine Golf Course at Franklin Park, Heller has been a steady hand for the must-visit public track where he has overseen the gradual implementation of the course’s master plan, including much-improved
A rescued kitten, a hiring spree, and 20,000 satisfied park-goers topped the list of the Boston Parks Department’s year in review.