Great pics there Jim.... I use to spend a lot of time down there when in college....I enjoyed all the history "right there"....

Was back there in 2013 during September and with friends that live there went down to Boston Common and had a meal with Leighton...

We parked in the parking garage under the Commons...

When we got up to street level, on the Commons, they were having a rally to legalize marijuana, 40 yards away Barney Frank was getting ready to speak.. the rally also was for promotion of gay rights...

I hadn't been on Boston Commons for 35 plus years...going on close to 40....however when we got up to ground level, my first comment to my local friends was " well I see not much has changed in the last 40 years around here..."