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Travel in and around Boston
For subway information, schedules, directions to local sites, and the like, see the MBTA web page.
Directions from Logan Airport to the hotels and conference venue
From the airport, catch a Massport bus to the subway. These blue and white buses run on the baggage claim level fairly frequently. Look for a sign on the bus which indicates that it goes to the subway because not all of them do. These buses are free. This short ride will take you to the Blue Line. After purchasing a token, take the inbound train (marked "Bowdoin" or "Government Center"). Once on the Blue Line, follow the specific directions below to get to each particular venue.
From Airport Subway Station to the John Hancock Center (primary accommodation site): Get off the Blue Line at State Street (2 stops; note that Aquarium station is closed for construction at present). Take the Orange Line marked "Forest Hills" three stops to Back Bay. Exit the subway station at the Dartmouth Street exit. Turn right on Dartmouth Street for 1/2 block, to Stuart Street. Turn right on Stuart Street and walk one block to Trinity Street. Turn right and the entrance is on the left side, 1/2 block down (40 Trinity Place). Click here for a map.
From Airport Subway Station to MIT Senior House (alternative accommodation site): Get off the Blue Line at Government Center (3 stops; note that Aquarium station is closed for construction at present). Change to the Green Line and take any westbound train (any train on the "B", "C", "D" or "E" lines; do not catch trains traveling to "Lechmere", which head eastwards). Get off at Park Street (1 stop), and change to the Red Line. Catch any northbound train (going to Harvard or Alewife; trains to Braintree and Ashmont go in the wrong direction). Get off at Kendall/MIT (2 stops), and go up the stairs to find yourself on Main Street. Walk west along Main Street (away from the river and downtown Boston) for 1-2 blocks, and turn left onto Ames Street. Proceed down Ames Street until turning left onto Amherst Street. MIT Senior House will be the first building on your right (building E2/E3, 70 Amherst St). Check-in is available at the front desk between 11:00am and 1:00am each day. Please note that if you have reserved a double room, then you should check in under the name of the person who reserved the room on their registration form. Click here for a map.
From Airport Subway Station to the Dorothy Quincy Suite (conference venue): Get off the Blue Line at Government Center (3 stops; note that Aquarium station is closed for construction at present). Change to the Green Line and take any westbound train (any train on the "B", "C", "D" or "E" lines; do not catch trains traveling to "Lechmere", which head eastwards). Get off at Arlington Station (3 stops), and go up the stairs to find yourself on Boylston Street. Walk west along Boylston Street for one block, until you reach Berkeley Street. Turn left on to Berkeley Street and walk south for 1.5 blocks; the entrance to the Dorothy Quincy Suite is at 180 Berkeley Street, near the corner with Stuart Street. Click here for a map.
Directions from hotels to conference venue
From John Hancock Conference Center to Dorothy Quincy Suite: Walk out of the John Hancock Center and on to Trinity Place. Turn left into Trinity Place, then turn right into Stuart Street. Walk east along Stuart Street for 1.5 blocks, and then turn left onto Berkeley Street. The entrance to the Dorothy Quincy Suite is on your immediate left, at 180 Berkeley Street. Click here for a map.
From MIT Senior House to Dorothy Quincy Suite: Walk out of MIT Senior House and on to Amherst Street. Turn left onto Amherst Street, and then turn right immediately into Ames Street. Walk along Ames Street until you reach Main Street, and turn right. Kendall/MIT subway station is 1-2 blocks east along Main Street. Take the entrance for "inbound" trains, and catch the Red Line to Park Street (2 stops). Change to the Green Line and take any westbound train (any train on the "B", "C", "D" or "E" lines; do not catch trains traveling to "Lechmere" or "Government Center", which head eastwards). Get off at Arlington Station (2 stops), and go up the stairs to find yourself on Boylston Street. Walk west along Boylston Street for one block, until you reach Berkeley Street. Turn left on to Berkeley Street and walk south for 1.5 blocks; the entrance to the Dorothy Quincy Suite is at 180 Berkeley Street, at the corner with Stuart Street. Click here for a map.
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Menus for Boston/Cambridge Area Restaurants
Boston & Vicinity Restaurants (Fodor's Guide)
Durgin Park (in Faneuil Hall
Marketplace) - According to Fodor's: "The atmosphere is uniquely Old Boston,
brusque bordering on rude bordering on good-natured." I'm told
it's an important part of the Boston experience...
Freedom Trail - Boston - A walking tour covering historic sites in Boston. On a nice summer day, this is hard to beat if you haven't seen Boston. Take the subway to Park Street and follow your nose (or grab a map here). You'll see Paul Revere's house, the Old North Church ("one if by land..."), Bunker Hill Monument, the U.S.S Constitution (Old Ironsides), and plenty of local color.
The Big Dig - Ok, it's not exactly an attraction, but you (literally) can't miss it. In the largest and most expensive highway project ever carried out in the US, the Big Dig is a massive effort in which major expressways are being built in tunnels under the city of Boston. It is an impressive engineering project and a classically American political escapade in which cost overruns that could fund an entire new Chandra X-ray Observatory have been announced more than once...
Boston Museum of Science - A nice science museum, easily accessible to the subway (take Green Line to Science Park). Planetarium and OMNI theater shows are also available (for separate price). The OMNI theater is currently featuring "Journey into Amazing Caves" and "Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure." OMNI tickets are $2.50 off Tuesday & Wednesday nights, 7 p.m. and later.
New England Aquarium - Highly recommended. Major renovations are underway, but access to exhibits is not impeded. Features include a central four-story cylindrical "Giant Ocean Tank" with a winding walkway, a sea lion show, an open penguin pool at the lower level, and lots of nice exhibits.
Museum of Fine Arts - A good art museum with a variety of collections from around the globe. Special exhibits during August, 2001 include "Piranesi and Architectural Fantasy" and "Takashi Murakami: Made in Japan."
Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park - Only a true Bostonian can explain the lure, magic, and agony that is the Boston Red Sox - the local professional baseball team. Wallowing in self-pity over a curse apparently cast upon the team in 1919, when the owner sold the legendary Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in order to finance a theatre project (the Red Sox haven't won the World Series since), fans drag themselves out to historic Fenway Park (one of the very few remaining classic, intimate American ballparks) year after year to follow what is always a roller-coaster season, only to be crushed by a final plummet that invariably leaves the team (and fans) grasping for, but never quite reaching, a World Series victory. The Red Sox are in town all week, with a game each night. Even if you aren't a baseball fan, a trip to Fenway is worth it. And the team promises to be very good this year. Really...
Harvard University - There are several museums at Harvard, including the Glass Flowers Exhibit at the Botanical Museum. Walking tours of the campus are also available Monday through Saturday.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT's neo-classical campus is right across the river from Boston, accessible via the "Kendall/MIT" subway stop on the Red Line of the MBTA system. Free tours of MIT are conducted at 10am and 2pm Monday through Friday. Adjacent to campus is the MIT Museum, which contains, among other things, the world's largest collection of holograms.
Children's Museum - You brought the family? Young kids (say 10 and younger) will love this spot.
Lexington/Concord - By car, you can easily follow the tracks of the Battle of Lexington and Concord which started the Revolutionary War. Start at Lexington Green and move on to Minuteman National Park in Lincoln, Lexington, and Concord. End up at the North Bridge where "the shot heard 'round the world" was fired. Right nearby is Great Meadows Wildlife Reserve. Canoe rentals are also available for pleasurable touring on the Sudbury/Concord River. If it is a nice day, this trip is wonderful.
