Thursday, October 6: Changing Boston Harbor
Today Boston Harbor is a draw for boaters, a backdrop for outdoor dining, and a destination for tourists and residents alike.
Clean up of the once polluted waters of Boston Harbor revived interest in and opened access to the 34 Harbor Islands, voting has returned people camp on the islands. It’s *** place where people can come out and experience nature in *** way that they can in the city. So all the sort of hopes of the islands are starting to come true. Spectacle Island was once *** polluted mountain of trash. Susan Cain, the South Region director at the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation says the island had nearly doubled in size. After 40 years of collecting waste. It was the dump for the city of boss. It would spontaneously combust on hot days like today before spectacle became *** city dump, The island was home to *** quarantine hospital for smallpox patients in *** factory that rendered horses into glue. Kane says the island’s stench traveled miles, but *** big idea transformed the island from *** dirty secret to *** dazzling destination. The thought was that will take some of the fill from the big dig capped spectacle island and make it *** public park.
Thursday, October 6: Changing Boston Harbor
Today Boston Harbor is a draw for boaters, a backdrop for outdoor dining, and a destination for tourists and residents alike.
Today Boston Harbor is a draw for boaters, a backdrop for outdoor dining, and a destination for tourists and residents alike. But it took decades, billions, and enormous political will to clean up the harbor and spark its economic potential. We check out the progress (a dog bakery on the Fish Pier!) and problems (flood risk); visit Spectacle Island; and meet a third-generation fisherman still making it on the working waterfront.
Today Boston Harbor is a draw for boaters, a backdrop for outdoor dining, and a destination for tourists and residents alike. But it took decades, billions, and enormous political will to clean up the harbor and spark its economic potential. We check out the progress (a dog bakery on the Fish Pier!) and problems (flood risk); visit Spectacle Island; and meet a third-generation fisherman still making it on the working waterfront.
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