You think your windowsills need repair and paint? Boston’s Old State House is over 300 years old, and preserving and maintaining this Boston Landmark is a never-ending task. This spring and summer watch on-going preservation as artisans work on restoring the façade. 

This exhibit's outdoor activity is free to the public. Indoor activity is included with Old State House admission.

This Bostonian Society ongoing event starts in May and continues until the work is complete.

The Ancient Fishweir Project on Boston Common will be installed by students from Boston's Josiah Quincy School.
On June 5, school groups attending Making History Day will participate on-site in dance and music performances by the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers.
Event sponsored by the Friends of the Public Garden.

Unlike the casual, chaotic way in which early Boston was laid out, the streets of Back Bay are arranged in an orderly grid.  Renowned for its elegant homes, the architectural marvels of Copley Square, and its signature stately boulevard, Commonwealth Avenue, the Back Bay is one of Boston’s most charming neighborhoods.

On this tour you will learn how the Back Bay was filled in and developed in the mid-1800s to become one of America's richest collections of art and architecture. The treasures of the Back Bay tour include Trinity Church, the Boston Public Library, Old South Church and the grand Back Bay townhouses.

Boston By Foot offers the "Back Bay" tour every Friday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and on Sundays at 10 a.m. The tour is free for Boston By Foot members, otherwise there is a fee. Visit the Boston By Foot website for fee details.

Since its founding in 1928, the Beacon Hill Garden Club has encouraged the love of horticulture and urban gardening. Enjoy multiple garden locations in a historic neighborhood, for a good cause.

This tour offers spectacular views of historic and contemporary architecture along Boston Harbor, through the Charles River Locks, and the Charles River basin. The tour includes landmarks such as:

• the Customs House
• the Hancock tower
• the Old North Church, and
• cutting-edge contemporary design by today’s top architects.

These are simply the best waterfront views of Boston and Cambridge!

The tours start on May 28, and take place every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Tours depart from Cambridgeside Galleria Mall.

For more information, and to learn about fees, visit the Boston by Foot website.

Explore a former industrial area at the geographic heart of Boston with:

• 19th-century tannery and brewery buildings
• homes of early German settlers, and
• today’s Boston Beer Co., brewers of Samuel Adams beer

In the 1970s, a coalition of community groups joined together to block construction of the Southwest Expressway through Jamaica Plain and other Boston neighborhoods. Today, the Southwest Corridor Park that runs through the Stony Brook neighborhood stands as a testament to the power of community activism.

This free event is sponsored by the Jamaica Plain Historical Society.

The Back Bay is one of the largest neighborhoods of preserved Victorian and Edwardian residential architecture in the United States.

This free event is sponsored by the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay and BackBayHouses.org. Reservations required. 

The Neighborhood Coffee Hours give residents a unique opportunity to speak directly with Mayor Walsh about open space and other needs in their neighborhoods.

For more information and updates on possible weather cancelations, please contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 617-635-4505. There's also a full schedule of Mayor Walsh's 2017 Neighborhood Coffee Hours.