Skaters on the Boston Common Frog Pond.
— Photo by Tkperlman
“I don’t believe in seeking sheet music
by Boston Common on a snowy day, don’t believe
in the lighting of malls seasonably
When I’m sleeping I don’t believe in time
as we own it, though some of the others might….’’
— From “Veteran,’’ by Fanny Howe (born 1940), a Boston-based poet and essayist
“Boston Street Scene (Boston Common),” by Edward Mitchell Bannister, a depiction of the street and Boston Common area in 1898–99
1890 map
