Bikes At Night Bike Tour

Bikes@Night
with the Boston Preservation Alliance & Urban AdvenTours Discover Historic Hotspots Along the Boston Waterfront

Thursday, July 29, 2010
5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.

Join the Boston Preservation Alliance as we team up with Urban AdvenTours to ride the night away and explore Boston on two wheels! The Bikes@Night tour will show you the city as the sun goes down and the lights come up, focusing on Boston’s beautiful and historic waterfront. Watch the sun set over Boston Harbor, hear about architecture and history, and enjoy a delightful summer night in Boston!

Our ride will include:
• Long Wharf: once the busiest pier in the busiest port in America during early colonial times and now home to the New England Aquarium.
• The Rose Kennedy Greenway: the 1.5-mile-long long series of parks and public spaces that now exists where the elevated Central Artery once stood.
• Fan Pier: the historic location of railway lines that linked Boston to the rest of the country and where you can now take in the modern architecture of the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Moakley Court House.
• The North End: the city’s oldest residential community full of late 19th and early 20th century architecture (and arguably the best restaurants!)

Ride departs from Urban AdvenTours, 103 Atlantic Avenue and participants should arrive by 5:30 p.m. for a 6 p.m. departure.

Cost: This event is $30 for Alliance members/$37 for non-members and includes: bike, helmet, water bottle, and tour guide.

You may purchase tickets securely via PayPal at www.bostonpreservation.org or make a check Payable to: Boston Preservation Alliance, Old City Hall, 45 School Street,
Boston, MA 02108

RSVP: Space is limited and RSVPs are required by July 25th.
Contact Christine Piontek at [email protected] or 617-367-2458 to RSVP or for more information.

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Medford Historical Bike Tour

The Medford Historical Society is planning another historic bike tour of the city.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Starts at 10:00 AM, Whole Foods Market parking lot.
2151 Mystic Valley Parkway, Medford, MA

Join a group of avid cyclists and historians for the second annual historical bike tour of Medford. This year we will focus on Medford’s rum and ship-building industries and
explore some of the city’s hidden corners by bike. The tour will begin at Whole Foods Market in Medford, they will donate water and fruit bars at the start. It will last 8 miles (about 2 hours), and we will finish with a rum tasting and snacks.

Some stops on the Bike Tour will include: Mystic Riverbend Park , Forest Street Post Office, Isaac Royall House, and Historic Ship Street.

Helmets are required, all cycling levels welcome. Suggested donation of $5.00 will support future Medford Historical Society programming.

Information:
Kyna Hamill
Chair, Programming Committee
Medford Historical Society
[email protected]

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Cross Country To Raise Awareness Money Autism Research

My good bud Greg is going on an epic adventure, check it out!

Cross Country for Autism from Paper Fortress on Vimeo.

Find out more here! I think we can all safely say we hate Greg for going on this awesome adventure, and leaving us all here.

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Brick By Brick, A Historic Tour Of Medford

Ron is on fire!

Brick by Brick: A Historic Bicycle Tour of Medford.

Saturday, September 26 at 2 PM

Learn about the history of Medford’s brick industry and explore some of the city’s most interesting brick houses, buildings and structures. The tour will begin at Medford City Hall and cover about 10 miles.

Helmets required. Suggested donation $3.

Organized by the Medford Historical Society with the Medford Bi-Peds and Medford Saving Lives.

For more information email [email protected]

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Bicycle Tour Of Roxbury

Got this in the email today looks pretty interesting.

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6/27: Bicycle Tour of Roxbury

Dillaway Thomas House, Eliot Square, Roxbury
June 27, 11am-1pm FREE with RSVP

RSVP to [email protected]

RSVP REQUIRED!

Helmets are required.
Limit 20 people. Enrollment closes Thursday, June 25.
Tour departs Roxbury Heritage State Park/DCR (directions) at 11am.

Ride to the southern reaches of Roxbury through historic neighborhoods, Franklin Park, and the Forest Hills Cemetery. Begin in Colonial Roxbury with a ride to the top of Fort Hill for a view of the surrounding area. On the way to Franklin Park, ride past Malcolm X’s former home and the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists. In Franklin Park the tour will visit old stone ruins where Duke Ellington performed and another view of the area from Schoolmaster Hill, where Ralph Waldo Emerson once lived. After a stop for lunch at the clubhouse, we will continue into Forest Hills Cemetery, which was originally created as a public cemetery by the Mayor of Roxbury in 1848. During our visit, we will make a stop at the Chapel and see some of the more interesting gravesites. The tour will return to Roxbury Crossing via the Southwest Corridor Park.

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