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It juxtaposes bnDomingo Sarmiento [1811-1888] is an imposing Boston from the clutches of the British after the long stark modernism in the polished granite base with full-length bronze of the Argentinean president and Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue finds its 19th- siege of 1775-76. The sense of motion and imperturbable poignant realism in the fireman’s coat and hat draped diplomat, donated by Argentina in 1973. His Boston century inspiration in the boulevards of Europe. might quaking in the giant bronze is most fitting. The across it. The inscriptions tell the story of the fire and connection stems from his 1847 visit with and admiration The centerpiece of the elegant Back Bay, the avenue sword clutched in his right hand disappears from time to the unexpected collapse of the building’s rear portion. of local education reformer Horace Mann. Subsequently, is 200 feet wide, with generous carriageways and time, a target of overzealous collectors, and is replaced 8 Hotel Vendome [1871] is a Second Empire style he designed his country’s entire school system on sidewalks. The gracious central walkway, called the by the city from its reserve. Cross Arlington Street and structure that now houses galleries, offices, and Mann’s principles. The sculpture, created by Yvette Mall, is enlivened with sculpture and landscaping. enter the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. residences. In 1882 it was the first public building Compagnion, recalls the work of Rodin in its raw, Installation of statuary began in 1865 and continues 3Alexander Hamilton was sculpted by Dr. William in Boston to have electric lights. For many glorious almost pockmarked bronze surface. to this day. Because nearly all of the sculptures face Rimmer in 1865, shortly after the Mall opened. years, it was Boston’s premier hotel. Burrage Mansion, at 314 Commonwealth Avenue, east toward the Public Garden, this walk is devised bo Hamilton faces his mentor George Washington. The was designed in the Chateaux style by Charles Brigham to allow you to go west and approach each frontally, 9 William Lloyd Garrison was sculpted in 1886 by brooding Machiavellian statesman is in stark contrast in 1899 for lumber magnate Albert Burrage. It features as sculptors meant them to be seen. Olin Levi Warner. The stern abolitionist is seated, to Washington’s triumphal pose. The statue, in manuscripts in hand and scattered beneath his chair, intricately carved details throughout its facade Commonwealth Avenue attracted the city’s newly quintessential New England granite, is the only staring contemplatively, perhaps envisioning a future and a magnificent steel, copper and glass-encased rich financiers, industrialists and Civil War profiteers, stone sculpture on the Mall. in which man no longer enslaves his fellow man. Be conservatory on the Hereford Street side. who commissioned the pre-eminent architects of Starting at Arlington Street, Commonwealth Avenue sure to read the inscription of Garrison’s statements Leif Eriksson and his Viking ship was sculpted by the day to design luxurious townhouses that still bp follows a straight line [unusual for Boston] through the from his publication, The Liberator. The green oxidized Anne Whitney in the 1887 statue of Eriksson standing stand from this bygone era. Uniform setbacks and Back Bay. Note that the cross-streets are in alphabetical copper surface of the statue is unique along the Mall. on a ship pedestal. Eben Horsford, who discovered heights of dwellings, combined with the tasteful order: Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, Dartmouth, Garrison’s presence here is unquestionably fitting, as baking powder, commissioned this work. Horsford landscaping and plantings of the Mall, culminate Exeter, Fairfield, Gloucester, Hereford. They alternate he was largely based in Boston. believed that Eriksson came to America before in a richly harmonious whole. In the 20th century, as one-way streets; careful as you cross! Columbus and discovered a place called Vinland many structures became condominiums, but facades bkSamuel Eliot Morrison—sailor, Harvard professor, on the Charles River. were protected in this largest cohesive Victorian 4 John Glover was a Revolutionary War hero who maritime historian, and author of many books on maritime neighborhood in the nation. helped Washington cross the Delaware and whose and Massachusetts history—was sculpted by Penelope At Charlesgate East, the elegant 19th century mall brigade helped give the Marines their name. Martin Jencks in 1982. Perched on a pedestal that mimics a connected to Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald As you walk along the avenue, be sure to admire Milmore sculpted the piece in 1875. Glover’s left leg coastal rock formation, Morrison is rendered in a casual, Necklace parks. This link was broken in the mid the many fine examples of late 19th-century is perched on a cannon barrel in a defiant gesture of engaging way that is a welcome contrast to the stiff 20th century by intrusive overpasses. architecture that line it. Architectural styles conquest, perhaps from one of his skirmishes with 19th-century figures preceding him. Many visitors pose include French Academic, Gothic, Richardsonian British troops and his capture of artillery installations. for photos with Morrison. Romanesque, Beaux-Arts . an eclectic mélange Two Copley Place of historic styles typical of the Victorian era. 5 First Baptist Church was designed by Henry Hobson blAlgonquin Club, at 217 Commonwealth Avenue Richardson in 1871. Built of local Roxbury puddingstone, on your right, has a gracious facade designed by the Suite 105 it features a frieze on the upper reaches of the bell tower renowned architectural firm of McKim, Meade and Points of interest by Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty. White [architects of the Boston Public Library]. Both Boston, MA 02116 Trumpeting angels perched high on the campanile gave buildings are High Italian Renaissance Revival in style, 888-SEE-BOSTON 1Copley Square is framed by the Boston Public it a local nickname “Church of the Holy Bean Blowers.” but the club boasts the delicate surface articulation and decorative carvings associated with the firm’s BostonUSA.com Library, Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, the 60-story 6 Patrick Andrew Collins was mayor of Boston from gregarious partner Stanford White, while the grand Hancock Building, Trinity Church, and “New” Old South 1902-1905. His bust was commissioned by community masculine lines and bulk of the library are the work of Map: Ken Dumas Design: Nina Garfinkle/Garfinkle Design Church. Statues of “Art” and “Science” crafted by B.L. leaders after Collins’ premature death while in office. It the more staid and conservative Charles Follen McKim. Text: Duncan Sanger Pratt in 1911 stand at the main library entrance. The was sculpted by Henry and Theo Alice Kitson in 1908. handsome bronze doors are by Daniel Chester French. Neoclassical female figures stand impassively on either bmBoston Women’s Memorial was created by Meredith Walk down Boylston Street and turn left