50 min

Boston Part 3: Boston Harbor & Harbor Islands Out Of Office: A Travel Podcast

    • Places & Travel

On this episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan wraps up the Great Boston Trilogy by diving deep into Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor Islands. Kiernan speaks to Boston Harbor Now’s Director of Programming Rebecca Smerling, who shares her encyclopedic knowledge of the must-do’s and secret gems of Boston’s epic waterfront.
Things we talked about in today’s podcast:
Boston Harbor Islands
https://www.bostonharborislands.org/ 
Boston Harborwalk
https://www.bostonharbornow.org/what-we-do/explore/harborwalk/ 
USS Constitution (Old Ironsides)
https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/visit/museum-ship/plan-your-visit/ 
Boston Sea Wall Murals
https://seawalls.org/activation/boston-usa/ 
Long Wharf Middle Passage Marker
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2020/12/02/in-the-age-of-black-lives-matter-new-england-faces-its-own-role-in-slavery 
Deer Island tour
https://www.mwra.com/02org/html/faqstidi.htm 
Castle Island Sugar Bowl Walk
https://www.mass.gov/doc/castle-island-trail-map/download 
Spectacle Island
https://www.bostonharborislands.org/spectacle-island/ 
Georges Island
https://www.bostonharborislands.org/georges-island/ 
Historic Boston Light Lighthouse
https://www.nps.gov/boha/learn/historyculture/boston-light.htm 
Blackberries on Lovells Island
https://www.bostonharborislands.org/lovells-island/ 
Little Island
https://littleisland.org/ 
London Highline
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/a-new-sky-garden-for-london 

On this episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan wraps up the Great Boston Trilogy by diving deep into Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor Islands. Kiernan speaks to Boston Harbor Now’s Director of Programming Rebecca Smerling, who shares her encyclopedic knowledge of the must-do’s and secret gems of Boston’s epic waterfront.
Things we talked about in today’s podcast:
Boston Harbor Islands
https://www.bostonharborislands.org/ 
Boston Harborwalk
https://www.bostonharbornow.org/what-we-do/explore/harborwalk/ 
USS Constitution (Old Ironsides)
https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/visit/museum-ship/plan-your-visit/ 
Boston Sea Wall Murals
https://seawalls.org/activation/boston-usa/ 
Long Wharf Middle Passage Marker
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2020/12/02/in-the-age-of-black-lives-matter-new-england-faces-its-own-role-in-slavery 
Deer Island tour
https://www.mwra.com/02org/html/faqstidi.htm 
Castle Island Sugar Bowl Walk
https://www.mass.gov/doc/castle-island-trail-map/download 
Spectacle Island
https://www.bostonharborislands.org/spectacle-island/ 
Georges Island
https://www.bostonharborislands.org/georges-island/ 
Historic Boston Light Lighthouse
https://www.nps.gov/boha/learn/historyculture/boston-light.htm 
Blackberries on Lovells Island
https://www.bostonharborislands.org/lovells-island/ 
Little Island
https://littleisland.org/ 
London Highline
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/a-new-sky-garden-for-london 

50 min