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ABOUT THE HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS
Why aren’t there any restaurants along the banks of the Charles? Photos like these do raise the question. Anyone who's been to Paris or Seville, or 50 other river cities, knows how wonderful a riverfront restaurant can be.
In the foreground is the Charles River Dam. It was brand new in the older photo. Prior to the dam, the lower Charles wasn't really a river at all. Karl Haglund's superb book, Inventing the Charles River, tells the story. Up a...
Why aren’t there any restaurants along the banks of the Charles? Photos like these do raise the question. Anyone who's been to Paris or Seville, or 50 other river cities, knows how wonderful a riverfront restaurant can be.
In the foreground is the Charles River Dam. It was brand new in the older photo. Prior to the dam, the lower Charles wasn't really a river at all. Karl Haglund's superb book, Inventing the Charles River, tells the story. Up a...
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Location
Charles Street & Martha Road
Boston, MA 02114
United States
Boston, MA 02114
United States
Nearby Items
| Museum of Science | 471 feet |  | ||
| Charles River Park | 0.2 miles | | ||
| Bulfinch Building at Massachusetts General Hospital | 0.4 miles | | ||
| Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital | 0.5 miles | | ||
| 5 Beacons for the Lost Half-Mile | 0.5 miles | | ||
| The Ether Dome | 0.5 miles | | ||
| Nursing Sundial sculpture at MGH | 0.5 miles | |
