Word: parkes
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From Harvard Square, take the Red line inbound and get off at Park Street. There you will find Boston Common, a 48-acre green oasis of fountains, monuments, relaxed Bostonians and other tourists. Bought by the city in 1634 as pasture land for cows, goats and sheep--and later used as a military training ground--the Common is the oldest public park in the nation...
...list of things to see and do in Boston goes on and on. Catch a Red Sox game at historic Fenway Park, featured in the movie Field of Dreams (T: Kenmore, Green Line). Watch an omnimax film at the Museum of Science (T: Science Park, Green Line). Or make a visit to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library (T: JFK/UMass, Red Line...
First of all, Cambridge is not your average urban sprawl. Green, shady oases like Harvard Yard, Radcliffe Yard, JFK. Park at the Kennedy School and the Cambridge Common (only during daylight hours) offer plenty of space for frisbee games, touch-football and soccer...
...tour the islands--some were used for military operations in the Civil War and George's Island, the site of Fort Warren which held about 2000 Confederate prisoners during the war, contains a network of damp, dark tunnels which you can explore. The islands comprise Boston Harbor Island State Park...
...Alice Park...