PICTURE GALLERY - AMERICA
This page si dedicated
to Boston e Philadelphia, another must-see during your exploration
of the East Coast.
Boston today
is being devastated by a huge road improvement program. The town is a
big construction place.Traffic is tremendous. Think twice before booking
a hotel outside the city centre: you may need more than one hour get to
downtown attractions.
Consider a
one-day car tour of the historical landmarks of the Indipendence War:
Concord, Lexington (see pictures) and, of course, Boston.
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All images
© 2000 Manuel Hood
Date: Settembre
1999
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A New York newstand selling international magazines.If you don't find an Italian newspaper here.... |
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Boston, traditional chinese costumes during the Moon Festival (August) |
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A dance performance during the Moon festival (Boston) |
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Group of young dancers during the chinese festival. |
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Newport, Rhode Island.Belcourt Castle was built by the Vanderbilt family. |
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Philadelphia, the bridge over Delaware River |
| Curiosity: Harvard University, one of the most famous in America, is the cradle of the political and economical élite. It is located in Cambridge, a small town near Boston (you have to croos a bridge) and it is conceived as a brain factory. Students here listen to renowned teachers and eat in refectories like the one shown in the picture. How much ? About 20,000 $ per year, if I remember well. | |||
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Guggheneim Museum in New York, designed by the famous architech Frank L. Wright |
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Inside Harvard University.The picture shows the students' refectory. |
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Urban decay in Philadelphia's poor suburbs. What you see here is an elevated subway. |
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The skyscriper considered a landmark of Philadelphia |
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Boston, old-fashioned eyecare shop. For those who don't realize it's a leaning house |
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Boston panorama taken from the tower of the John Hancock Center. |
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Washington, the Capitol. Among the various achievements of humankind, a wall painting depicts the Man on te Moon ! |
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Lexington, Massachussets. Tthis field was the theatre of the battle between the rebels and Her Majesty's troops. |