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Social Media Club Boston Photowalk #3: CambridgeSunday, August 22, 2010 from 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM (ET)Cambridge, MA |
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WEATHER UPDATE: 11:20AM SUNDAY 22 AUG: The rain is light, and lighting is still good, so unless things deteriorate, WE'RE GOOD TO GO (at least for the braver among you). Chance for rain went up to 80%, so be prepared to get a little wet, and let's meet at SOFRA, just down the street at 1 Belmont St., at 1:30.
It's summertime, and that means it's time for our next outdoor event. Weather permitting, we'll meet at the North Entrance to the Mount Auburn Cemetery at 1:30pm on Sunday, August 22nd (and we'll finish by 5:30, time enough for you to still make your dinner or BBQ plans). The entrance, with its prominent gate, is off of (logically enough) Mt. Auburn St. (which also become Rte. 16 right there).
At 1:45, we'll depart and start exploring the cemetery, famous for its landscape and well-known gravesites. We'll tweet updates of our location at @vanhoosear if you're late and want to connect up.
When we finish here, we can continue along the Charles and end in Harvard Square, or head up to Fresh Pond and see where the winds take us.
We anticipate a good 3 or 4 miles of walking walk, so bring comfortable shoes, your camera, and whatever advice you can give to budding photographers.
If the weather is lousy, we'll abort the walk, seek shelter at Sofra, and plan our next step from there.
About the Cemetery: Founded in 1831, Mount Auburn
Cemetery was the first
large-scale designed landscape open to the public in the United States.
It gave birth to the rural cemetery movement, the tradition of garden
cemeteries, and ultimately the National Park Service. Oh, and it's the
burial place for a long list of famous residents, including:
* Charles Bulfinch (1763 - 1844), architect
* Mary Baker Eddy (1821 - 1910), religious leader
* Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983), architect, visionary
* Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840 - 1924), art patron
* Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), author and poet
* Winslow Homer (1836 - 1910), artist
* Julia Ward Howe (1819 - 1910), reformer and author
* Harriet Jacobs (1813 - 1897), author and abolitionist
* Edwin H. Land (1909 - 1991), inventor, photography pioneer
* Henry Cabot Lodge (1850 - 1924), U.S. Senator
* Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985), U.S. Senator
* Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), poet
* Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925), poet
* James Russell Lowell (1819 - 1891), poet
* Josiah Quincy (1772 - 1864), Mayor of Boston
* Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842 - 1924), civil rights leader, journalist
* Charles Sumner (1811 - 1874), abolitionist and U.S. Senator
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Getting There: Mount Auburn Cemetery is located at 580 Mt. Auburn St. in Cambridge. By car, the start point is easy to get to -- the only trick is parking (you should be able to park in the cemetery). Rte 16, Aberdeen Ave., Brattle St., Mt. Auburn St. and Belmont St. all converge at this point, just a little east of Fresh Pond Parkway (Rte's. 2 and 3) -- see map below.
From Boston via Storrow Drive
Take Storrow Drive West past Harvard Square exit. Take next exit
marked Arlington, Fresh Pond Parkway. Bear right over Charles River on
Eliot Bridge following signs for Arlington, Fresh Pond Parkway. Get in
left lane at traffic lights in front of Mount Auburn Hospital, following
signs for Route 16 West, Watertown. At next traffic light bear left
onto Mt. Auburn St. and go .3 mile to Entrance Gate on left.
By MBTA (Public Transportation)
At Harvard Square Station (Red Line), take either the Watertown
Square or Waverley Square trolley (#71 or #73). Get off on Mount Auburn
Street at Aberdeen Avenue. Cross Mount Auburn Street to the Entrance
Gate. (Check schedules on the MBTA website.)
From North via I-93
Take I-93 exit 32 ("Route 60, Medford Square/Malden"). Take lst
exit onto MA-60 W/Salem St. which becomes Main St/MA 38 in Medford
Square after less than 1/10th mile. After 1.2 miles merge onto Mystic
Valley Parkway/MA Rte 16 which becomes Alewife Brook Pkwy at the Alewife
MBTA Station. At traffic lights, follow signs for "Route 16 West,
Watertown." Cross the overpass and at lst rotary, go halfway around onto
Fresh Pond Parkway, still following signs "Route 16 West." Continue on
16W to traffic lights at Huron Avenue, take right on Huron, "Rte. 16
West, Watertown." Take left on Aberdeen Street, "Route 16, Watertown."
Get in left lane and at lights turn left onto Mt. Auburn St. The
Entrance Gate is immediately on the right.
From I-495 and I-95 (Route 128)
Get on the Mass Pike (I-90) going east towards Boston. Get off at
Exit 17 marked "Watertown/Newton" and follow directions below:
From West via Mass. Pike (I-90)
Take Exit 17 marked "Watertown/Newton." Bear left, cross over the
Pike and get in the middle lane, following the signs for "Watertown."
Take Galen Street .5 mile to Watertown Square. Go straight through onto
Mt. Auburn St. (Route 16 East - Cambridge). Go 2.2 miles to the Entrance
Gate on your right, just after the Star Supermarket on the left.
From South via Route 3 or Route 24
Take I-93 north (Southeast Expressway) into Boston. Take the Mass
Pike (I-90) West to the Cambridge-Allston exit. Bear right towards
Cambridge and turn left onto Storrow Drive. Follow the directions in
'From Boston via Storrow Drive' above.
Etiquette: Mount Auburn is still an active burial place. It is a sacred site, and visitors are expected to behave appropriately:
- Visitors are allowed to drive in the Cemetery and may park on any roads without a green line.
- Bicycles and motorcycles are not permitted but may be parked at the Entrance Gate area.
- Buses and other large vehicles are not permitted.
- Groups wishing to visit the Cemetery must apply for permission at least two weeks in advance. (Click here for more information.)
- Pets are not permitted.
- Recreational activities such as picnicking, jogging, and rollerblading are not permitted.
- Gravestones are fragile. Please do not touch them. Gravestone rubbing is prohibited.
- Photographing funerals is prohibited. A special permit must be obtained for all film making and commercial photography. (Call 617-547-7105.)
When & Where
Mount Auburn Cemetery
580 Mt. Auburn St.
Cambridge,
MA
Sunday, August 22, 2010 from 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM (ET)
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