http://spotstory.com/tags/spots/boston+public+garden spotstory: stories and photos of your favorite places en-us http://spotstory.com/spots/show/30 http://spotstory.com/spots/show/30 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:28:03 +0000 42.3538 -71.071 boston public garden <img alt="71_preview" src="http://spotstory.com/image_files/00/00/71_preview.jpg?1173372735" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" />This fine bronze statue of George Washington on his mount can be found near the Arlington Street gate of the Boston Public Garden. The statue was sculpted by Thomas Ball and dedicated on July 3, 1869 after a year of construction.The statue itself is twenty-two feet tall and thirty-eight in total with the pedestal, which is solid masonry. The statue cost $15,000.Edwin M. Bacons describes the statue in &ldquo;Illustrated Boston&rdquo; less than 20 years after the erection of the statue:The... http://spotstory.com/spots/show/60 http://spotstory.com/spots/show/60 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:53:15 +0000 42.3527 -71.0709 boston public garden <img alt="153_preview" src="http://spotstory.com/image_files/00/00/153_preview.jpg?1174920990" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" />I was walking past the other day and there were a bunch of people skateboarding across the top edge of the memorial.&nbsp; Something about that bothered me.&nbsp; I&#39;m curious about who designed the memorial and if there are any plans to modify its design.