To count down the days to the end of summer, I will be taking you on a virtual walking tour of Arlington–the same one outlined in 1937’s The WPA Guide to Massachusetts. Each entry will include an excerpt from the book about each site visited. Hopefully this will give us a little insight as to how things have changed in the past 73 years. Our fifth stop is Russell Park.
“Russell Park is one of the recreational areas of Arlington.
A tablet at the rear of the school records the exploits and longevity of Samuel Whittemore,
the hero who survived a bullet and a bayonet wound
and very nearly lived to see his hundredth birthday.”
Russell Commons Parking Lot hosts the Arlington Farmer's Market every Wednesday during the summer--and, of course, a whole lot of cars year round. September 9, 2010.
Pictures of Arlington 
When is the walk? What is the cost? Where is the assembly point?
Sorry if this was unclear, but this is merely an online tour of the sites listed in The WPA Guide to Massachusetts. The tour, as listed in the book, has 17 stops (18 in my online version) and covers approximately 6 miles. Perhaps a walk could be organized in the future, but I don’t have plans to do so at this time.
But a unified brochure or website of some kind? I wonder if the text is still under copyright.