Urban Options : Boston MA The Public Garden.
Channel: Chris Rich
Date: 2013-10-01

The second segment of this late summer Boston excursion offers glimpses of the ornate and stately Public Garden.

The Swan Boats were already in the shed for the year but that lets the pond get a bit of quiet.

The thing was first proposed in 1837 and after nearly 20 years of craven bickering and venal real estate speculation scheming, it finally became a reality in 1856. 

Some things never change.

http://www.cityofboston.gov/parks/emerald/public_garden.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Garden_(Boston)