An historic tour; a pilgrimage to the birthplace of American liberty, and the homes of our foremost authors . private buildings. We now turn into Massachusetts Avenue extending fromthe water front in Dorchester to Concord a distance of twentysix miles. We next cross Commonwealth Avenue, the fineststreet in New P^ngiand. It is 228 feet wide from curb to the center of the street on the left is a statue of Leif Eric-son, sometimes called Eric the Red, who was supposed tohave landed on these shores in the year 1000. The statuewas designed by Miss Anne Whitney. In the distance are the hotel
An historic tour; a pilgrimage to the birthplace of American liberty, and the homes of our foremost authors . private buildings. We now turn into Massachusetts Avenue extending fromthe water front in Dorchester to Concord a distance of twentysix miles. We next cross Commonwealth Avenue, the fineststreet in New P^ngiand. It is 228 feet wide from curb to the center of the street on the left is a statue of Leif Eric-son, sometimes called Eric the Red, who was supposed tohave landed on these shores in the year 1000. The statuewas designed by Miss Anne Whitney. In the distance are the hotels Puritan and is the Back Bay section of Boston and is for the mostpart all made land. We are now approaching the HarvardBridge which spans the Charles River, connecting Bostonwith Cambridge. The river at this point is almost half a milewide. It is here the Harvard crews practice and hold someof their races. In the distance on the left is Corey Hill, the 7 beauty spot of Brookline, the richest town of its size in theUnited States; the marble building with the five domes is theTemple THE NEW $4,000,000 WEST BOSTON BRIDGE, (RESERVATION IN THECENTRE FOR CAMBRIDGE SUBWAY TRAINS) The bridge seen to the right with the four granite towersis the new West Boston Bridge built jointly by the cities ofBoston and Cambridge at a cost of ^4,000,000. In the dis-tance the tall granite shaft is Bunker Hill monument. Thecorner stone was laid in 1825 by Gen. Lafayette. It wascompleted 18 years later, the oration being delivered by DanielWebster. In the monument are 6700 tons of Ouincy Granite built at a cost of $170,000. The top is reached by 294 stepsand is 221 feet high. On the Cambridge side of the river isthe Shoe and Leather Exposition BuikUng now used as auto-mobile repair shops. On the left is Riverbank Court, thelargest apartment hotel in New England, containing sevenhundred rooms and one thousand windows. We now enter Cambridge, a city by itself with a popu-lation o
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