Harvard College Observatory
The Harvard College Observatory (HCO) is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.
Quincy (pronounced /ˈkwɪnzi/ KWIN-zee) is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a major part of Metropolitan Boston and is Boston's immediate southern suburb. Its population in 2010 was 92,271, making it the 8th largest city in the state.
Population: 92,271
Latitude: 42° 15' 10.37" N
Longitude: -71° 00' 8.17" W
The Harvard College Observatory (HCO) is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.
The Dexter School was an independent school for boys located in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. The school was founded in 1926. The school motto was "Our Best Today, Better Tomorrow." In 2013 the Dexter School merged with the sister school Southfield…
Breed's Hill is a glacial drumlin located in the Charlestown section of Boston, Massachusetts. It is best known as the location where in 1775, early in the American Revolutionary War, most of the fighting in the Battle of Bunker Hill took place.
The Middle East is a live music venue, bar and restaurant in the Central Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Having featured a huge variety of musicians since 1987, the establishment, with its upstairs and downstairs rooms, "is the nexus of met…
The Radcliffe Quadrangle at Harvard University, formerly the residential campus of Radcliffe College, is part of Harvard's undergraduate campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Generally just called the Quad, it is a traditional college quad sligh…
Kenmore (also known as Kenmore Square) is an MBTA light rail station in the Kenmore Square area of Boston, Massachusetts, and serves the Green Line B, C, and D branches. The station is located at the convergence of three major surface roads: Commonw…
Great Blue Hill (Native Americans called it Massachusett) is a hill of 635 feet (194 m) located within the Blue Hills Reservation in Milton and Canton, Massachusetts 10 miles (15 km) southwest of downtown Boston. It is the highest point in Norfolk C…
Forest Hills Station is an intermodal transfer station located in Forest Hills in the southern part of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the southern terminus of the rapid transit MBTA Orange Line, a stop on the MBTA Com…
Boston Children's Museum is a children's museum in Boston, Massachusetts, dedicated to the education of children. Located on Children's Wharf along the Fort Point Channel, Boston Children's Museum is the second oldest children's museum in the United…
Wellesley High School is a public high school in the affluent town of Wellesley, Massachusetts, educating grades 9 through 12. Its current principal is Dr. Jamie Chisum, who assumed the position in 2014 after the departure of Dr. Andrew Keough. Its …
One Lincoln Street, also known as State Street Financial Center, is a skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts on the edge of both the Financial District and neighborhood of Chinatown. Completed in 2003, it was built using Boston Redevelopment Authority …
The Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. Tunnel is a highway tunnel built as part of the Big Dig in Boston, Massachusetts. It carries the Central Artery underneath downtown Boston, and is numbered as Interstate 93, U.S. Route 1, and Route 3. It roughly foll…
The Wayside is a historic house in Concord, Massachusetts. The earliest part of the home may date to 1717. Later, it successively became the home of the young Louisa May Alcott and her family, author Nathaniel Hawthorne and his family, and children'…
Quincy College (QC) is a public junior college located in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is an open admission commuter school that offers associate's degrees and certificate programs in professional fields of study.
Naval Air Station South Weymouth, was an operational United States Navy airfield from 1942 to 1997 in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. It was first established as a regular Navy blimp base during World War II. During the postwar era the base part of t…
The Natick Mall, named the Natick Collection from February 2007 to July 2011, is an upscale shopping mall owned by General Growth Properties. It is located between Routes 9 and 30 in Natick, Massachusetts and is adjacent to Shoppers' World in Framin…
Malden Catholic High School is a private, Catholic secondary school for young men located in Malden, Massachusetts. The school was founded by the Congregation of the Brothers of St. Francis Xavier, an international congregation of religious brothers.
The John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science (abbreviated as O'B), formerly known as Boston Technical High School is a college preparatory public exam school along with Boston Latin School that specializes in mathematics, science, technolo…