{"id":9708,"date":"2010-06-14T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/06\/14\/freedom-trail-old-city-hall-new-book-store-old-corner-bookstore\/"},"modified":"2018-07-14T16:06:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T08:06:10","slug":"freedom-trail-old-city-hall-new-book-store-old-corner-bookstore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/06\/14\/freedom-trail-old-city-hall-new-book-store-old-corner-bookstore\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Trail: Old City Hall, New Book Store & Old Corner Bookstore"},"content":{"rendered":"

King\u2019s Chanel and Burying Ground lied along Tremont Street, so I backtracked towards School Street until the intersection of the street and Province Street where the Old City Hall sat:<\/p>\n

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This building served as Boston\u2019s City Hall for over a century starting from the mid 1800s, and has a French-styled facade.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a statue of Benjamin Franklin on the left hand side of the compound, with another statue of Josiah Quincy, the second mayor of Boston, on the other side.<\/p>\n

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Continuing just a little down School Street was Starbucks, which had a lot of its stores around the city. Sorely tempted to go get a drink but I didn\u2019t. The budget tourist.:)<\/p>\n

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I thought the above institution\u2019s name was fun: it sat along School Street! These days, to start a POSBank account I think you need a lot more money than that.:)<\/p>\n

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At the intersection of School and Washington Streets sat the Old Corner Bookstore, which was first opened as a drug store in 1718 before turning into a book store in 1829. Many well-known authors of the day met here, though today the place is an exhibit for handmade furniture artifacts than any sort of actual book publishing business.<\/p>\n

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This Chippendalde Side Chair cost a very cool USD2150.:)<\/p>\n

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Along the intersection between School and Washington Street where the Old Corner Bookstore sat was a very new and modern Borders bookstore.:)<\/p>\n

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Not very large with just two midsize floors occupied by the store, but nonetheless still lovely decorated and designed. There wasn\u2019t much of a crowd at this time \u2013 late Saturday morning \u2013 and it was a welcomed chance browsing books without the usual rancor and noise from the similar store at Wheelock Place back at home. Picked up a couple of books here too.:)<\/p>\n

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OK \u2013 in the next post, the walk of the Freedom Trail continues into Old South Meeting House and the Boston Massacre Site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

King\u2019s Chanel and Burying Ground lied along Tremont Street, so I backtracked towards School Street until the intersection of the street and Province Street where the Old City Hall sat: This building served as Boston\u2019s City Hall for over a<\/p>\n

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