Boston

I wish I could do more traveling than I do. In 2005, I began an initiative called Forgotten Boston with the aid of firefighter and Boston resident Sean Colby, in…

I’ve always preferred Boston’s “T” route maps to the MTA’s in New York (though apparently the locals disagree with my assessment). One one large surface, you have a line map,…

In Boston, subway and surface lines are identified by color: red, blue, green and orange. Recently, an express bus system was implemented, known as the silver line. Lines can be…

Stamped-metal sign commemorating Andrew F. Hayes, who was killed during World War I, at Tremont and Parker Streets in Roxbury, Boston. I’ve become fascinated with these signs, which can be…

When Boston’s MBTA Green Line Arlington station in Back Bay was under renovation in 2006, one of its original mosaic signs was discovered. The sign was incorporated into the redesign,…

New York City expunged the last of its small slotted mailboxes that were mounted on lampposts or separate concrete posts several years ago, but Boston still has a few, or…

Boston does a great job marking war heroes and local luminaries on hundreds of street corners with these embossed black and gold signs, like this one in the West End.…