On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 12:19:49PM -0500, Ronald J Kimball wrote:
> Andrew Langmead will be posting directions.
This months Boston.pm tech meeting will be help at the offices of
boston.com.
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Driving directions:
>From the South Shore:
Drive north on the expressway (Rt 93.) take exit 20 (the
Downtown Boston/Chinatown/Mass Pike exit) and stay towards the left
when on the exit ramp. At the bottom of the exit ramp, take a left
onto Kneeland Street and then your first right onto Surface
Road. Drive straight past South Station, and past the Federal Reserve
building, take a right Congress St. (At the Congress Street turn there
will be a shop Lannan Ship Model Gallery on your right.) On Congress
Street, drive straight over the bridge, (passing by the Boston Tea
Party replica exhibit), past the Milk Bottle, and the Children's
Museum. 320 Congress Street is on the left, the next building after
the Children's Museum.
>From the North Shore:
Drive south on the expressway (Rt. 93) and take exit 23, (the High
Street/Congress St exit.) The exit ramp puts you on Oliver
Street. Take the first left onto High Street, and then after a few
streets take a left onto Congress St. (it looks like two streets on
the map I'm looking at, but I don't think that it is counting a couple
of very wide looking alleys) Once on Congress, do your best to keep to
the right, since the intersection at Surface Rd has two left turn only
lanes. Drive straight past Lannan Ship Model Gallery, straight over
the bridge, past the Tea Party replica, and past the Children's
Museum. Boston.com is in the next building on the left. 320 Congress
St.
Parking info:
The cheapest for-pay parking in the evenings is the lot across the
street from Boston.com (I think it is a Kinney lot, evenings are a $6
flat rate.) The next least expensive parking lots are the $7 lots on
either Service Rd (a few blocks down from Boston.com on the left) or
the Northern Ave lots (Instead of the above driving directions, drive
to the Federal Courthouse and walk up Sleeper Street, Boston.com will
be at the corner of Sleeper and Congress on the left.) The parking lot
at the corner of Congress and Farnsworth is outrageously expensive at
any hour, as is the Farnsworth St Garage.
For street parking, I think there are a few non-resident parking
spaces still on the block Boston.com is on, but it seems that they
convert more non-resident to resident spaces every week. More street
parking is available on Summer Street (the street parallel to Congress
on the south) and Dorchester Ave. (not to be confused with the well
known Dot Ave. This one is just the short stretch of road that
connects the Fort Point Post Office to Three Cheers). There is also
parking on East Service Road and West Service Road. If you are looking
for street parking I'd suggest driving circles around
Congress/Service/Summer/Dorchester or driving down to E Service Rd/W
Service Rd (around Anthony's Pier 4) If you park on Summer St, walk
towards Downtown Boston and look for the small downward stairway on
the last building before the bridge. That stairway will lead to
Congress St and help you avoid having to cross the bridge twice.
Food info:
If you are planning on heading to around the Boston.com office first
and then picking up dinner or coffee (maybe a small snack to tide you
over until the tech meeting's pizzas are served), you will be serverly
disappointed. Everthing on Congress and Summer Street closes by
5PM. Your best bet is either the South Station food court (which is
open until about 8PM), or along Summer Street heading toward Downtown
Crossing. (If you choose South Station, I recommend the Bourbon
Chicken.)
--
Can I have a piece of paper? I want to show you a magic trick I saw on
TV. First I take this twenty dollar bill and fold it in the paper.
Then I rip it into pieces... -- Samantha Langmead, age 3 1/2.
