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On May 15th, Camille Saidnawey posted the first installation of this two-part blog. For a little context: we both took Boston Architecture and Urbanism this semester, which was a class all about examining the history of Boston through an architectural lens. At the end of the semester, we went on a walking tour of the city to experience some of the buildings in person. Camille and I knew this field trip would make for great blog post content… but we are both a bit photographically challenged. In all of their ill-aligned, imperfect glory, please enjoy this unfiltered collection of photos of Boston!

Believe it or not, the building on the left was once the largest in all of Boston! Old South Meeting House was the gathering site of thousands of colonists before the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Though this historic building may be literally overshadowed by younger skyscrapers today, its significance is still felt in the city.

Trinity Church sits in the center of Copley Square, which was designed to be the cultural center of Boston in the heart of Back Bay. Designed by H.H. Richardson, the building is incredible from the outside and even more captivating from the inside! If you can, check out the stained glass works inside because the glaring lights in my photo don’t quite do the exquisite interior justice…

The Boston Public Library is right across the street from Trinity, and anyone is welcome to relax in its garden courtyard, study in its reading room, or selfie in its stairways! In a city that values education as much as Boston, you can imagine that this is a popular spot. 

The Christian Science Center was under construction when we visited, but it’s home to a huge plaza in the center of Boston that I didn’t even know existed before this class! Given Boston’s history as a place for many colonists who were fleeing religious persecution in Europe, there are churches galore in the city, but many different religions represented in the area. This was the last stop on our tour, but these pictures are only a small taste of what we saw on that day and learned in this class.

 
This wraps up the two-part blog Camille and I shared, and I want to give a little shout out to her for being the warm, approachable person she is! So many people at Tufts are kind and interesting, and you simply never know who you’ll meet or where your paths will cross with other Jumbos. We are two years apart in school, but met through Jumbo Talk and our involvement with the Society of Women Engineers. Classes and clubs crossover often, I've found, and I'm so grateful for intersecting interests that allow me to find friends like Camille. I know she will be successful wherever her future takes her, so I can’t wait to see where she and other recent graduates end up!