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After walking around downtown Boston, getting on a boat and seeing the city from the Charles River or Inner Harbor gives you a different viewpoint.

Chinatown was the most colorful area I saw during my visit to Boston.

Chinatown Park provides a visual entrance to the neighborhood.

Boston’s Chinatown is downtown in the area just northwest of where of IH-90 and IH-93 come together and a few blocks southeast of Boston Common.

Copley Square in the Back Bay area includes the Boston Public Library, Trinity Church and the Old South Church as well as some strategically located public art.

The Boston Public Library has Renaissance-style architecture and was completed in 1895.

The Trinity Church has Romanesque architecture and opened in 1877.

The Old South Church has Gothic Revival architecture and opened in 1873.

The area of Cambridge, Massachusetts near Harvard University includes plenty of open spaces to walk around including Harvard Yard, Cambridge Common and, if you want to do some shopping or grab something to eat, Harvard Square by the Charles River.

A sunny day in the first week of November provided a perfect setting to wander around downtown Boston.

The historic city has great parks, tall modern buildings and friendly neighborhoods that are close enough together to enjoy on foot.

Only a quick subway ride away are places like Fenway Park and Cambridge.

The Boston Naval Shipyard was originally known as the Charlestown Naval Shipyard and began operations in 1827.

The shipyard closed in 1974 and became part of Boston National Historic Park.

It is in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston and is now the home of the USS Constitution, which was launched by the Navy in 1797, and USS Cassin.

During the winter, the USS Constitution is open to the public Thursday through Sunday. Unfortunately, my only chances to visit the location were on a Tuesday and Wednesday, so I could only take pictures from a distance.

Official site: National Park Service

The Bunker Hill Monument is on Boston’s Freedom Trail in the Charlestown neighborhood.

The monument is at the site of the historic Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 during the American Revolutionary War.

Official site: National Park Service

The Rose Kennedy Greenway runs through part of Boston and is crossed by the Freedom Trail.

The Greenway is best known as a 1 1/2-mile long downtown urban oasis and was created in 2008.

www.rosekennedygreenway.org

The Old South Meeting House is a church building along the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston. It was built in 1729 and was the meeting place for the planning of the Boston Tea Party in 1773.

The Old State House is about a block away on Washington Street. It was built in 1713 and served as the location of the Massachusetts General Court. The Boston Massacre ocurred in the square in front of the building in 1770.

Official site: National Park Service: Old South Meeting House

Official site: National Park Service: Old State House

When you are in the historic parts of Boston, you expect statues of people like Paul Revere, George Washington and Ben Franklin.

There are a number of other statues nearby including “Dying of Hunger” and local boxing legend Tony DeMarco. Here are a few I spotted while walking near the Freedom Trail.