Omni Parker House-Boston
Sep 2nd, 2001 | 01:09 AM
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The Parker House is in a very convenient location close to Faneuil Hall, Dowtown Corssing shopping area and the Boston Common. It has been recently renovated and has a long long history as a fine hotel here in Boston. It has lots of charm and ambiance ....but I have heard the rooms can be quite small.
Sep 5th, 2001 | 09:33 AM
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Glad you asked! I just returned from a 1 1/2 day stay in Boston at the Omni Parker House. I wanted to see the Boston Common, Public Gardens, Fanueil Hall, and Quincy Market, so it was perfect. We walked, with a stop at the Last Hurrah bar at Omni in between. We had lunch and dinner at Omni, too. It was wonderful. The staff is SO FRIENDLY, I will absolutely return. Yes, it is convenient to the places listed above. A T stop is a block away for a trolley tour. The Freedom Trail is right outside its doors. If those are all places you wanted to see on a walking tour (only way to go due to Big Dig).
Sep 5th, 2001 | 01:25 PM
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To MD: there is another thread on the board from someone who recently stayed at the Parker House. I think her posting is called "Boston trip Report." Evidently, she loved the Parker House.
To John: the "Big Dig," aka, The Boston Central Artery Tunnel Project, is currently the largest public works project in the US and the largest urban public works project in US history ($14 billion ... no $15 billion ... no ...). The project will suppress the elevated I-93 which runs through downtown Boston. The project is creating something like 10 mile-lanes of interstate tunnel right under the city. It also includes a large cable-stayed bridge over the Charles River and a third harbor tunnel directly linking I-90 (Mass Pike) to Logan Airport. It is extremely technical and complex (imagine digging tunnels through layers of coastal goop and colonial-era ruins beneath skyscrapers and subway lines while keeping everything open and operational). Since the city is still running full steam, observers have likened it to performing open heart surgery on a runner in a marathon. Check out www.bigdig.com. For all the work going on underground, there has been minimal impact on those of us who are not subterraneans (the random street closings and noisy trucks have just become part of everyday life here).
To John: the "Big Dig," aka, The Boston Central Artery Tunnel Project, is currently the largest public works project in the US and the largest urban public works project in US history ($14 billion ... no $15 billion ... no ...). The project will suppress the elevated I-93 which runs through downtown Boston. The project is creating something like 10 mile-lanes of interstate tunnel right under the city. It also includes a large cable-stayed bridge over the Charles River and a third harbor tunnel directly linking I-90 (Mass Pike) to Logan Airport. It is extremely technical and complex (imagine digging tunnels through layers of coastal goop and colonial-era ruins beneath skyscrapers and subway lines while keeping everything open and operational). Since the city is still running full steam, observers have likened it to performing open heart surgery on a runner in a marathon. Check out www.bigdig.com. For all the work going on underground, there has been minimal impact on those of us who are not subterraneans (the random street closings and noisy trucks have just become part of everyday life here).
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Sep 6th, 2001 | 04:45 AM
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Actually, John, the Big Dig offers guided tours through the construction zone (or at least did until recently). It is quite fascinating (but perhaps I am just an engineering groupie?). Friends and coworkers of mine have taken the tour and said it was pretty cool.
