Boston's Secret Spaces: 50 Hidden Corners In and Around the Hub - Hardcover

A beautifully photographed journey behind the scenes to some very special, little-known spaces in and around Boston?from athletic spots to historical attractions As a hotelier, I have enjoyed access to the inner sanctums of many great cities of the world. None of them matches Boston. . . . It takes a while, however, to know this city. . . . Boston is subtle, a beautiful woman with a soft voice. When you’re not looking, she steals your heart.
In these pages, The Boston Globe and Boston.com have done the homework for us by scouting the secret settings that make Boston special. . . . Boston is a kaleidoscope, and we just turn it to find another wonder. ?Robin Brown, from the Foreword
The secret spaces include:
Inside the Bruins’ locker room
Feeding the lions at Franklin Park Zoo
Sleeping at Lizzie Borden’s home
The mummy at Mass General
Inside the tank at the New England Aquarium
In the orchestra pit at Blue Man Group
Inside the steeple at Old North Church
Behind the scenes at the Boston Ballet
Underground at the Broadway train station
At the air traffic control tower, Logan Airport
Behind the scenes with a mounted police unit
At the NASA training center, Northeastern University
In the cockpit, WBZ traffic helicopter
At the Breyers ice cream factory
Inside the Christian Science Center’s Mapparium
Beneath the Citgo sign
Underneath the Zakim Bridge
Cruising in the state police Corvette
Inside Bob Kraft’s box at Gillette Stadium
Visiting a nuclear reactor|A beautifully photographed journey behind the scenes to some very special, little-known spaces in and around Boston—from athletic spots to historical attractionsAs a hotelier, I have enjoyed access to the inner sanctums of many great cities of the world. None of them matches Boston. . . . It takes a while, however, to know this city. . . . Boston is subtle, a beautiful woman with a soft voice. When you’re not looking, she steals your heart.
In these pages, The Boston Globe and Boston.com have done the homework for us by scouting the secret settings that make Boston special. . . . Boston is a kaleidoscope, and we just turn it to find another wonder. —Robin Brown, from the Foreword
The secret spaces include:
Inside the Bruins’ locker room
Feeding the lions at Franklin Park Zoo
Sleeping at Lizzie Borden’s home
The mummy at Mass General
Inside the tank at the New England Aquarium
In the orchestra pit at Blue Man Group
Inside the steeple at Old North Church
Behind the scenes at the Boston Ballet
Underground at the Broadway train station
At the air traffic control tower, Logan Airport
Behind the scenes with a mounted police unit
At the NASA training center, Northeastern University
In the cockpit, WBZ traffic helicopter
At the Breyers ice cream factory
Inside the Christian Science Center’s Mapparium
Beneath the Citgo sign
Underneath the Zakim Bridge
Cruising in the state police Corvette
Inside Bob Kraft’s box at Gillette Stadium
Visiting a nuclear reactor

Foreword by hotelier extraordinaire Robin Brown. During 13 years as general manager of the Four Seasons Hotel Boston, he transformed it into the city's first five-star hotel and restaurant as he pampered power brokers, celebrities, and dignitaries. Today, he is parlaying his reputation -- and the connections he made at the Four Seasons -- into a top-flight hotel and condominium project, The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Boston, opening Summer 2008. Mr. Brown's reputation as an outstanding hotelier is matched by his personal commitment to the Boston community. He has served as Vice Chairman of the Wang Center for the Performing Arts for over 10 years, and is a Trustee for the Beth Israel/Deaconess Hospital. Mr. Brown is also Director of the Boston Library Foundation, and serves as Vice Chairman of the Back Bay Association of Boston. He recently launched a foundation dedicated to the support of Alzheimer's research in memory of his father, Jim Brown. Due to the guidance of Mr. Brown's fundraising and event planning, the foundation has been able to fund multiple research and care projects at Boston-area facilities as well as underwrite a film and book which are distributed to new Alzheimer patients across the country. Mr. Brown has served as an Overseer to the Boston Symphony Orchestra for over 10 years and is now currently involved in multiple aspects in fundraising, historical renovation, community outreach and community care for Park Street Church in Boston. Mr. Brown has dedicated hundreds of hours to dozens of charities throughout the Boston area in their fundraising efforts. He has served as MC and auctioneer at these events raising well over $5 million for charities over the years.