Tag Archives: boston

Architecture photo of the week: Shapiro Center at Brandeis

Shapiro Science Center at Brandeis University,Waltham, MA. Payette, Boston (architect). Landscape design by Landworks Studio.

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Aerial photo of the week: Cambridge & Harvard snow

Sunset lights up the taller buildings in this snowy landscape, from Cambridge looking east to Boston. Helicopter R-22.

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Aerial photo of the week: Copley Square snow

View of Copley Square at dusk with fresh snow, from the Prudential Skywalk. Boston Common at top left.

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Aerial/Architecture photo of the week: State Street

State Street and Financial District sunset, from the Customs House Tower observatory deck, Boston, MA.  Two-layer image to control contrast.

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Aerial photo of the week: “New Vitality” Downtown

Front page image Boston Globe 11/26/12 :”New Vitality” downtown, compared with similar aerial photo 10/13/12 helicopter R-22.

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Aerial photo of the week: U Mass Boston

University of Massachusetts Boston campus view sunrise,  Boston Sunday Globe this week  half-page ad. Helicopter Schweizer 300.  Blue Hill Helicopters.

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Aerial photo of the week: Boston, 1860 + reprise

First aerial photograph in the US, by J. W. Black, Oct 13, 1860. Ambrotype print from a wet-plate negative. Old South Meeting House is at the middle left. Washington Street cuts across lower third. Central Wharf (now Aquarium) top left.  My … Continue reading

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Aerial photo of the week: Boston, 1860

First successful aerial photograph in the US, by J. W. Black, Oct 13, 1860. Ambrotype print from a wet-plate negative. Old South Meeting House is at the middle left.  More detail on this image, and my “same view” photograph made Oct … Continue reading

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aerial / architecture photograph of the week

Customs House Tower, aerial view. (Peabody & Stearns = architect, 1913).  60 State Street on right, 75 State St. on left. © Steve Dunwell

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