A small passage from Massachusetts Avenue to public parking behind Not Your Average Joe's, named for the leader of the Menotomy Minutemen, David Lamson. July 9, 2011.
More information on David Lamson can be found in former Arlington Historical Society President Howard B. Winkler’s Memorial Day address at Prince Hall Cemetery.
The sun rises between the trees and behind the clouds at Skyline Park. August 1, 2011.
A car passes in front of a signpost that distinguishes Belmont from Arlington near Route 2. August 1, 2011.
A truck from Abilene, Texas, on its way to MIT with a large boiler, is parked in the lot of Walgreens near Arlington center after being denied passage through Somerville. August 1, 2011.
Goose. July 25, 2011.
Shopping carts lined up near the entrance to Johnnie's Foodmaster. July 10, 2011.
One really does detest convenience that is hard. June 24, 2011.
The empty Arlington center on the night of July 2, 2011.
Small white signs, each with the name of a Pope, nailed to the trees in St. Paul's Cemetery to help visitors locate grave sites. July 25, 2011.
See a blurb on the topic, with pictures by yours truly, at www.yourarlington.com
Children go ashore at the Boys and Girls Club after sailing and kayaking on Spy Pond. July 25, 2011.
The Mystic Valley Lodge under the stars on Academy street. July 3, 2010.
Another view can be seen here.
The diamond and backstop of Buzzell 2 on Summer Street. July 22, 2010.
Houses on Lillian Lane with no backdrop but the twilight sky. July 14, 2011.
A silky web stretched under an overhanging rock in Menotomy Rocks Park. August 9, 2010.
The Mirak Hyundai dealership on Massachusetts Avenue. July 3, 2011.
The alley running alongside the Bank of America in Arlington Center lit up for the safe passage of pedestrians at night. July 9, 2011.
A plaque marks the spot of the Russell Store, "plundered during the British retreat of April 19, 1775," where, according to story, the redcoats left the molasses running. The storefront at left is the vacated Quizno's sandwich shop. July 9, 2011.
An electronic road sign warning motor vehicles (and their drivers) that, starting July 15th, they are only allowed to turn right onto Massachusetts Avenue from Water Street and Peg Spangler Way. July 9, 2011.
A closed circuit television hangs above the entrance at Johnnie's Foodmaster to remind would-be thieves that they are being recorded. July 10, 2011.
The Bunker Hill monument, perfectly framed by the trees, taken looking east-southeast on Gray Street near its intersection with Bartlett Avenue. This view, easily seen while driving at night, is reminiscent of the seal of Arlington. July 10, 2011.
A detail of the seal of Arlington can be seen here.
St. John's Episcopal Church on Pleasant Street. July 9, 2011.
The entrance to Flora restaurant in the old Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank building on the night of July 2, 2011.
The monument to the men of Menotomy--who fought for this country before it even existed--reaches towards the starry abyss from the middle of the Old Burying Ground on July 2, 2011.
The parents and their tired children head home after the conclusion of the Fourth of July activities at Robbins Farm Park. July 4, 2011.
A sign outside Arlington Town Hall advertising the Independence Day festivities at Robbins Farm Park. July 4, 2011.
Arlingtonians and friends watch in amazement as fireworks explode over the Charles River 6.1 miles away. July 4, 2011.
A man at Skyline Park throws a light up frisbee to pass the time before the start of the Boston fireworks show. July 4, 2011.
Revelers at Skyline Park silhouetted against the finale of the Boston fireworks. July 4, 2011.
The glow-stick'd crowd at Robbins Farm waits in the dark for the colors and lights of the Boston fireworks show, oblivious to the magnificent natural display of colors and lights behind them. July 4, 2010.
The inscription on the plinth of the Samuel Wilson statue in Arlington Center. July 3, 2010.
A plane flies across the open sky above the Fidelity House gymnasium on Medford Street. July 22, 2010.
In the foreground, remnants of the old Grove Street tennis courts--and in the background, gravel which will be used to construct the new Grove Street tennis courts. June 24, 2011.
A combination trash and recyclables receptacle at Menotomy Rocks Park. August 9, 2010.
A motorcycle and sidecar for sale on Massachusetts Avenue. June 24, 2011.
A sign on Paul Revere Road marks the route along which the British marched to and from Lexington and Concord, encountering armed militia and engaging in skirmishes along the way. August 31, 201.
A plane flies over Arlington High School at sunset on June 29, 2010.
A view of Sonny and Son Autobody from Mystic Street. July 22, 2010.
An aerial on a Mountain Avenue home. June 24, 2010.
The corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Medford Street in Arlington center on the night of September 5, 2010.
The entrance to the Park Avenue Congregational Church on August 31, 2010.
The Concord Turnpike, which borders Arlington to the south, on the night of June 27, 2010.
Two high chairs on the curb outside Stratton School on June 24, 2010.
The magnificently decorated façade of the W.T. Kenney Co., Inc. building on Prescott Street. July 22, 2010.
A sign on the side of Capri Pizza at Massachusetts Avenue and Park Avenue, August 31, 2010.
The Edison building on Mystic Street at night. September 5, 2010.
A sign on the front lawn of the Jason Russell House points towards the entrance. At left, the plaque on the flagpole honors Judge James R. Parmenter, former president of the Arlington Historical Society. August 9, 2010.
Warm glow from the rarified gases neon, argon (with mercury vapor) and xenon illuminate the inside of EZ Nails & Spa on the night of July 27, 2010.
The Cambridge Savings Bank building at one of Arlington's busiest intersections, the convergence of MA Route 2A, MA Route 60 and U.S. Route 3. July 22, 2010.
Thunder clouds in the last rays of daylight on July 19, 2010.
A macrocell base transceiver station pokes up through the trees at the Symmes site on June 24, 2010.
A Department of Public Works truck on Stone Road. June 24, 2010.
As the most expensive building in Arlington at the time of its construction on Appleton Street in 1894, Idahurst Mansion is now split into apartments. August 31, 2010.
Blue Oval homes are structures designated by the Arlington Historical Commission as historically or architecturally significant. There are approximately 1,200 such structures in the Town of Arlington.
For more information, visit http://www.arlingtonhistoricalcommission.org/
The Cox-Knowles House (1860) which formerly sat on Hemlock Street at the last family farm in Arlington, now sits at the end of Knowles Farm Road, a development on the former farm. August 9, 2010.
Blue Oval homes are structures designated by the Arlington Historical Commission as historically or architecturally significant. There are approximately 1,200 such structures in the Town of Arlington.
For more information, visit http://www.arlingtonhistoricalcommission.org/
As the 77 bus rumbles down Massachusetts Avenue, it passes in front of the Wayside Inn (1750) on the night of September 5, 2010.
Blue Oval homes are structures designated by the Arlington Historical Commission as historically or architecturally significant. There are approximately 1,200 such structures in the Town of Arlington.
An apartment's stairwell lights visible from Massachusetts Avenue near Lockeland Avenue. September 5, 2010.
A grotesque on the side of St. Anne's Chapel, August 31, 2010.
The chipped glass appearance of Mill Brook as it passes under Ryder Street on August 31, 2010.
A biker on the Minuteman Bikeway--"America's Revolutionary Rail-Trail"--as it winds away from Mill Street on August 9, 2010.
A car parallel parking in front of the shops on Medford Street near the intersection with Massachusetts Avenue. July 22, 2010.
A large sinkhole on Hemlock Street, complete with rat (far right,) on July 22, 2010. It was repaired the next day. More on the Pictures of Arlington Facebook page.
A home that bends around the corner of Oldham Road and Old Middlesex Path. July 21, 2010.
The ghost of a farmhouse beyond the fence at Hurd Field during a thunderstorm. July 19, 2010.
A couple of treeless homes on Epping Street. June 24, 2010.
The blue and white steeple of the Highrock Church (formerly a Greek Orthodox church,) against the blue and white sky of a sunny August 9, 2010.
Gold's Gym located near the spot at which Park Avenue meets the Park Avenue Extension. August 31, 2010.
The sign above a Medford Street entrance to Arlington Catholic High School on July 22, 2010.
An electric road sign reminds people that Arlington needs to be securely fastened at all times. August 9, 2010.
The Central Fire Station on the night of September 5, 2010.
The Gulf station advertising "regular" at $2.75 a gallon at the intersect of Mystic Street and Summer Street. July 2, 2010.
A relic of the Boston and Maine Railroad alongside the Minuteman Bikeway near Arlington Center. July 22, 2011.
Pieces of bark lay scattered around the "signpost tree," a dead tree at the height of Menotomy Rocks Park. August 9, 2010.
A fair weather cumulus cloud hangs over an Arlington neighborhood on June 24, 2010.
The front door of the Keefe Funeral home on Chestnut Street. July 22, 2010.
Formerly an occult bookstore, the yellow house at the crux of Massachusetts Avenue and Appleton Street is now The Children's Room, a "center for grieving children and teenagers." August 31, 2010.
Fog carries light from street lamps, wrapping it around the Stratton School. September 3, 2010.
Looking up into the lantern that crowns Town Hall. August 9, 2010.
One of the four medallions next to the front arches of Town Hall. August 9, 2010
All the medallions can be seen on the Pictures of Arlington Facebook page.
A carport on the side of a Cherokee Road home. June 24, 2010.
Venus in the twilight zone over Robbins Farm on July 1, 2007.
Weeds grow high around the sign for "Arlington 360," a stalled construction project on the former Symmes site. July 22, 2010.
The sign for the popular European restaurant Scutra on Summer Street. July 22, 2010.
A detail of what looks to be a Buddhist temple bell from China hanging in a small display outside St. Anne's Chapel. August 31, 2010.
An Apache Trail home on July 21, 2010.
A memorial outside the Community Safety Building those police who have died while performing their duty. July 22, 2010.
Old cars line the lot of Anderson Automotive on Broadway. Some of the cars here have been loaned out for use in films such as Mystic River. July 27, 2010.
A look into the closed Brigham's restaurant on Mill street. At the time of this photo, the restaurant had been shut down for almost nine months. August 9, 2010.
A view of Hill's Pond in Menotomy Rocks Park, August 9, 2010.
A National Grid station on Washington Street. July 28, 2010.
After it was closed by the Archdiocese of Boston, the Church of St. James the Apostle was sold to the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Athanasius the Great, who's parish was looking for a larger space. They held their first service in their new location on December 3, 2005. August 31, 2010.
Arlingtonians and friends at Skyline Park await the start of the Boston fireworks on Independence Day. July 4, 2010.
The monument at the Mary Anne Greeley Playground at Stratton School surrounded by bricks with names and messages from donors who gave money to help fund the park. Mary Anne Greeley also has a scholarship named in her honor. July 21, 2010.
Arlington Fire Department's Engine 1 passes through the intersection at Route 60 and Route 3A on July 22, 2010.
Two girls walking their dog down the long sidewalk of Broadway on July 22, 2010.
A soccer game under the lights at Warren A. Pierce Field on August 10, 2006.
An American flag displayed on the chimney of a garage abutting Robbins Farm on July 4, 2010.
If there is a car in the garage, it hasn't been driven for a while. July 21, 2010.
Homes on Dickson Avenue, June 24, 2010.
The monument to the "Revolutionary Soldiers known to be Buried In This Cemetery" in the Old Burying Ground on August 19, 2006.
The Millennium Time Capsule, which was dedicated on Patriots' Day 2001 and is set to be opened on Patriots' Day 2101, nestled in the garden between the Robbins Library and Town Hall. August 9, 2010.
The childhood home of composer Alan Hovhaness on August 31, 2010.
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