Boston Warning or Danger Tips by cruisingbug

Not everything is open year-round in Boston. The following is a list of places that were closed when we tried to visit in late March 2006:

The Skyway Observatory, Prudential Tower: Closed due to private function. For the price of a drink, rather than the $10.50 for the Skyway, go up to the Top of the Hub restaurant for the same view.
Trinity Church: Closed for Monday Sabbath (??)
USS Constitution: Closed for tours Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays in winter. You can see the outside and go to the free museum on site though.
Boston Tea Party Ship: Closed for renovations. The weekly guidebook Panorama says it reopens in 2006 but its website says 2007.
Swan Boats: The lake appears to be drained for the winter, leaving a sorry mudflat.
King's Chapel: We were able to get inside for a quick peek, but a recital was about to begin so we couldn't walk around.
John Hancock Tower: Our guidebook said that the observation area was closed since 9/11 - we didn't walk in to find out if that was still true.

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Our first night in Boston we took a walk from the Prudential Center up Boylston to Copley Square. Almost as soon as we hit the street, I was accosted by a tall man with literature, so to speak. I didn't even get a chance to get the obligatory "no thanks" out than he started in on me - apparently for the social injustices of "my people" against "his people". Usually in NYC if you confront the crazy people they back down but this guy wouldn't let up and yelled at me for half a block. Meanwhile my husband was pushing our baby daughter in the stroller and this man walked in front of us - if he'd even started toward her I would honestly have risked my life to attack this guy. Dude, I didn't want your crappy pamphlet and I don't feel for your cause. Get over it!

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