People watch Boston’s fireworks from Robbins Farm Park, a yearly tradition for many Arlingtonians.
July 04, 2012.
Happy Fourth
Category Summer
Atop the Hill
The classical Greek inspired water tower holding 1,995,000 gallons of water 382 feet above sea level.
August 08, 2014
“And Only Pausing To Fire and Load”
Menotomy Minutemen emerge from “under the trees at the turn of the road” to cross the Jason Russell house lawn during Town Day.
September 15, 2012.
Which Way?
Geese along the banks of the Mystic River.
August 08, 2014.
Design Group
Jacqui’s Design Group on Broadway in Arlington Center.
June 27, 2014.
Can’t Wait ‘Til Morning
Lights illuminate night work on Pheasant Avenue.
July 16, 2014.
Sunny Summer and Mystic
A sunny day at the intersection of Summer Street and Mystic Street.
August 08, 2014.
Brush It Off
A wide selection of paint brushes at an Arlington Center arts and crafts store.
June 27, 2014.
Scouring the Flower
A bee goes over a flower in Town Hall garden searching for pollen to bring back to the hive.
July 05, 2013.
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The front door of a home requests the no solicitors call.
September 11, 2013.
Recycling Out
Recycling and trash bins at the curb on Candia Street.
September 11, 2013.
Visiting Team
A visiting girls soccer team warms up before a match on Pierce field behind Arlington High School.
Septmber 11, 2013
Brattle View
A view down Brattle Street and across Arlington.
September 11, 2013.
Winter Hat
A knitted winter hat tied around a street sign on the corner of Orlando Avenue and Richfield Road.
September 11, 2013.
Red and White
Chairs for weary exercisers outside of the Bike Stop along the Minuteman Bikeway.
September 11, 2013.
Kind of Blue
A house on Summer Street doing its best to match the sky.
September 11, 2013.
G-6?
An old rusted railroad sign along the Minuteman Bikeway.
September 11, 2013.
CFL
A compact fluorescent light bulb in a Washington Street lamppost.
September 11, 2013.
Camouflage
A cricket—or possibly a grasshopper— blended into the mostly dried late summer grass at Hill’s Hill.
September 11, 2013.
Fenced Up
Fences between the Minuteman Bikeway and Massachusetts Avenue.
September 11, 2013.
A Goal and a Moon in the Sky
The moon can be seen over a soccer net on the Hill’s Hill playing field.
September 11, 2013.
Twisted Around
Spiraled flora along the Minuteman Bikeway.
September 11, 2013.
Along the Banks of Massachusetts Avenue
A view down a busy Massachusetts Avenue.
July 19, 2013.
Scouring Flowers
A bee crawls from flower to flower in Town Hall garden collecting pollen.
July 05, 2013.
Old Building
The old brick wing of the Pleasant Street Congregational Church seen just as construction started on a new addition (which is now complete.) September 12, 2013
Oh Buoy
A buoy on Spy Pond.
September 12, 2013.
Netted
A detail over the main door of the Italian Renaissance library built in 1892.
September 12, 2013.
Tilted
Centuries old headstones in the Old Burying Ground.
September 12, 2013.
The Town Flagpole
The flag at half staff on the Town Hall flagpole. The Cyrus Dallin sculpture “Allegory of Massachusetts” the finial.
September 12, 2013.
Fresh Lumber
Newly built structures on theirs Brigham’s headquarters site next to Shattuck’s hardware.
September 12, 2013.
Blocks
The redone stone wall along the side of the Robbins Library.
September 12, 2013.
In Her Ear
A crew coach shouts instructions through a megaphone during a practice on Spy Pond.
September 12, 2013.
Step Up
Steps, perhaps a relic of the railroad, in the corner of Spy Pond field.
September 12, 2013.
Flagstone
A bee on a flagstone stays still for a photograph as colder temperatures have slowed it to a literal crawl.
September 12, 2014.
On the Edge
A bee, hampered by the cooler temperatures, crawls to the edge of a stair.
September 12, 2014.
Time For Town Day
Smoke rises from Town Day food stalls along Massachusetts Avenue in front of the distinctive architecture of the Unitarian Universalist Church.
September 13, 2014.
Changeover
A single leaf signals the imminent transition from summer to fall.
September 12, 2014.
Come Hear Uncle Sam’s Band
A band plays in front of the Samuel Wilson Statue at Uncle Sam Plaza during Arlington Town Day.
September 13, 2014.
Take That, Little Boy!
An instructor demonstrates a move at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu booth during Town Day.
September 13, 2014.
Saturday Afternoon Traffic
People pack Massachusetts Avenue for fun and food on Town Day.
September 13, 2014.
Swordplay
One of the younger members of the Menotomy Minutemen shows off an element of his costume for his friends during Town Day.
September 13, 2014.
Norman
An ACMi cameraman capturing the main stage entertainment outside of Town Hall during Town Day.
September 13, 2014.
The Line Starts Here
A long line for the pony rides at Arlington Town Day 2014.
September 13, 2014.
Old Tyme Snack
A girl dressed in colonial garb enjoys a plate of fried dough on the sidewalk outside the Jason Russell house.
September 13, 2014.
Dallin School
The front of the Cyrus E. Dallin School the week before being swarmed with students for the start of the school year.
August 31, 2014.
Guest Appearance
John Lennon made an appearance on the main stage at the 2014 Arlington Town Day festivities by way of Rob Surette’s Amazing Hero Art.
September 13, 2014.
A Bird in the Holly
A bird perches in a holly bush keeping careful watch for potential predators before swooping over to a feeder nearby.
September 12, 2014.
St. Paul
St. Paul Lutheran Church along the Concord Turnpike.
August 31, 2014. SC
Poets’ Corner
Poets’ Corner field on a hot summer day.
August 31, 2014. SC
Sunflowers and Morning Glories
Sunflowers and morning glories on Florence Avenue.
August 31, 2014.
The Lights of Summer
A long exposure of lights along Summer Street during a heavy rainstorm.
August 31, 2014.
August Rain
A heavy rain falls on a deserted corner of Massachusetts Avenue late on a Sunday night.
August 31, 2014.
Moonlight Beach Party
A sign along Park Avenue advertising the Moonlight Beach Party at the Arlington Reservoir.
August 8, 2014.
Hearts
A home on Claremont Avenue.
August 31, 2014. SC
77 Mass Ave
Calm traffic on Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington Heights.
August 31, 2014. SC
Frolf
A disc golf goal in the yard of a Wright Street home.
August 31, 2014. SC
Heavy Rain
The clock tower of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Arlington Center in the heavy rain of a summer night.
August 31, 2014.
Wire Frame
A wire frame elephant decorates the side lawn of a Dothan Street home.
August 31, 2014. SC
Closing Up
An employee vacuums the foyer of the CVS on Massachusetts Avenue while people stand outside the entrance taking shelter from a hard rain.
August 31, 2014.
Arlington Animal Clinic
The front entrance to the Arlington Animal Clinic on Broadway.
August 25, 2014.
Menotomy Laundryland
A coin operated laundry on Broadway in East Arlington.
August 25, 2014.
Left Overnight
Toys scattered around the Magnolia Field playground under interesting shadows cast by the LED streetlight.
August 25, 2014.
Jungle Gym
The play structure at the Magnolia Field playground.
August 25, 2014.
Magnolia Field
The entrance to Magnolia Field in East Arlington at the end of Magnolia Street.
August 25, 2014.
Dearborn Academy
Dearborn Academy—formerly the Crosby School—on Winter Street.
August 25, 2014.
Potted Plants
The front porch of a Summer Street home.
August 1, 2014.
A&F
A man smokes out on the sidewalk along Massachusetts Avenue.
August 1, 2014.
Ram
A pickup truck in the driveway of a Hemlock Street home.
August 1, 2014.
Blushing
An embarrassed plant on Waldo Road.
June 20, 2014.
Exterior Work
Scaffolding surrounds the The Locke apartments (formerly the Locke School,) as viewed from Paul Revere Road.
August 8, 2014.
Lens Flare
The sun shines bright over the top of the Park Ave water tower.
August 8, 2014.
Solar
A view of Arlington Heights and the clouds beyond over the solar paneled roof of a Farmer Road home.
August 8, 2014.
Middle School
A shot of the Ottoson Middle School, vacant during summer break.
August 8, 2014.
Double Decker
A recently built wooden deck on a two family home as seen from Mystic Valley Parkway.
August 8, 2014.
Art on Display
A detail of a painted utility box in Arlington Center.
August 8, 2014.
No Parking
A man packs a van while parked at the crest of a hazardous blind hill on Brattle Street.
August 8, 2014.
Wild Growth
Wild plants grow tall at a spot that once was a dusty, rocky patch; a base of operations for recent updates to the Alewife Brook corridor.
August 8, 2014.
Down and Out 2
Geese feed in the grass along the Mystic River near a busted streetlight.
August 8, 2014.
Down and Out
A streetlight along Mystic Valley Parkway lies in a tangled mess on the ground, as it has for a few weeks now.
August 8, 2014.
Let Me Point Out This Supermoon
The chisel tipped bellower of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Arlington Center seems to point at the perigee full moon.
August 10, 2014.
Crossing Traffic
A goose struts across a path along the Mystic River (leaving a small obstacle in the way) as a mother and baby approach.
August 8, 2014.
Prescreening
A crew sets up a movie screen at Robbins Farm Park for the Arlington Short Animation Film Festival.
August 08, 2014.
Private Lamppost
An angle of the condos at Massachusetts Avenue and Mill Street under a mostly cloudy sky.
August 01, 2014.
eReading Bench
A woman reads on an electronic device while sitting on one of the benches installed outside of Town Hall.
August 01, 2014.
Motorhome
A 70s era GMC motorhome parked on Massachusetts Avenue outside of Mass Convenience.
August 01, 2014.
Public Art
A painted utility box brightening up Arlington Center on an overcast day.
August 01, 2014.
Cruising
A man cruises down Grove Street on his motorbike past the Department of Public Works yard.
September 11, 2013.
N4
A large stone planter, apparently planter N4, on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Park Avenue.
July 7, 2014.
Heights
A sign welcoming visitors to Arlington Heights obstructed by shrubbery.
July 7, 2014.
Two Little Flowers
Arlington garden flora.
July 11, 2014.
1% Milk
A rendition of a bottle of milk on the side of a utility box that seems to have a “cows and cow products” theme.
July 25, 2014.
Cows
Cows on a utility box next to Stop and Shop on Massachusetts Avenue.
July 25, 2014.
Historic District
A view down Broadway and the sign marking the Broadway Historic District.
June 27, 2014.
After the Rain
Large drops of water collected on the trunk of a car after day of heavy rain.
July 16, 2014.
Night Crew
A crew works into the night on Pheasant Avenue to repair a telephone pole that came uprooted—heavy rain being the likely culprit.
July 16, 2014
Apartment Lot
A view of an apartment building, spacious parking lot adjacent, near Arlington Center.
July 7, 2014.
Artist at Work
An artist works on her painting, making a colorful attraction of a once drab utility box in Arlington Center.
June 27, 2014.
Blue Bird Box
Artwork as part of an ongoing effort to beautify electrical boxes around Arlington Center.
July 27, 2014
Motorcycles
Bikers outside of Greater Boston Motorsports on Massachusetts Avenue.
July 7, 2014.
Dumpling
Szechuan’s Dumpling restaurant in Arlington Heights.
July 7, 2014.
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