Dorchester Heights Monument (8.28 mi), Boston National Historical Park, 95R G St, Dorchester MA photographed from Buck Hill. Fighting a bit of turbulance in this one. Hopefully, one day I can catch it on a day when the air is more still.

The house visible directly in front is, 56 Thomas Pk, Dorchester MA

The buildings in the background are the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport (9.28 mi), 450 Summer St and Gables Seaport (apartments), 501 Congress St, both in South Boston MA.

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Two war memorials photographed from Buck Hill.

With the white pillars and gold dome, is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Clock Tower (6.26 mi), Victory Rd, Quincy MA

Above and to the left is a peninsula with two flagpoles at the tip. This is the South Boston Korean War Memorial (9.06 mi), Castle Island, South Boston MA

To the right of the South Boston memorial there is some kind of man-made structure on the water that I cannot find any name for. I suspect it is some kind of navigational beacon. It can be seen in Google 360 photos from Castle Island. The large beige shed like structure in front of the Clock Tower is a film studio and sound stage. Marina Studios, 260 Victory Rd, Quincy MA.

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The newly completed South Station Tower, 711 Atlantic Avenue, Boston MA, photographed from Buck Hill. This tower was already under construction when I started to bring my camera up on the hill, so I went through and found the earliest photo I could find. The recent photo was taken in Nov 2025 and the older photo is from Dec 2023. At that point, only about half of the tower was built and none of the glass panels were yet attached. The bright white building to the right is the The Federal Reserve Bank Building, 600 Atlantic Ave, Boston MA, which I featured in an earlier post.

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St Joseph's Church, 115 Union St, Lynn MA photographed from Buck Hill. The olive green spire is a little hard to pick out against the brown background and the tip of the spire only just rises above the land behind it.

In front of the church is the Harbor Loft Apartments, 7 Liberty Square, Lynn MA. To the left of that is a fuel storage tank, National Grid, 277-399 Blossom Street Ext, Lynn MA. To the right of the church on the horizon is a water tower, 15 Colby St, Salem MA.

This photo is a great example of the stripes of land and water that form Boston Harbor. The first strip of land below has several houses visible, inclusing several on Lorean Terrace that are in Winthrop MA. The next strip of land is part of the runway for Logan Internation Airport, East Boston MA and to the left of frame a Jet Blue airliner can be seen. Below that is Castle Island, with a view of parts of Fort Independence. While most of the fort is behind trees, the structure can be made out through the bare branches. Below that is Head Island which has what looks like a lookout tower at the tip.

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Neptune Towers apartments, 130 Neptune Blvd, Lynn MA photographed from Buck Hill.

I was going through some of my past photo shoots and came across this photo of this pair of apartment buildings reflecting the late day sun. I had not previously identified these buildings or much of the detail seen in this image. This particular day (Nov 2024) was marred by wildfire smoke and air turbulence, but with some corrections, I was able to get a decent resulting image.

As I am looking at the two apartment buildings, I noticed what appeared to be the faint outline of a tower, exactly between the two buildings. At first I thought my eyes were playing a trick on me, but it turns out this is the steeple of Saint Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church, 74 S Common St, Lynn MA.

To the right of the aparment building is the former Mary T Ronan School, 154 Bradstreet Ave, Revere MA. This building now serves as housing for the elderly. Below the apartments and school building there are many houses that can be seen, most of which are on Pearl Ave, Revere MA.

Below the houses and above the water there is a bridge that spans between Saratoga St, East Boston and Main St Winthrop MA.

Below the bridge is a portion of Logan Airport with a couple of jets on the runways. Below the airport is part of Conley Terminal, 700 Summer St, South Boston MA. These look like they are adjoined in the photo, but they are on different pennisulas.

A the very bottom of the frame is an apartment building at 171 Walnut St, Dorchester MA and the spire of the Community Church of Neponset, 51 Walnut St, Dorchester MA.

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Just back from this bike ride https://urbanists.social/@NeponsetGreenway/114830358350180331 from Tenean Beach to Castle Island.

First time I've ridden on this new bike path. And actually the first time I've ridden on the path going around UMass

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The Gate of Heaven Catholic Church, 615 E 4th St, South Boston MA photographed from Buck Hill.

Immediately behind the church is Hampton Inn Boston Seaport District, 670 Summer St, Two Drydock, 2 Drydock St, and 12 Channel, 12 Channel St, all in South Boston MA.

Above the Hampton Inn is the Margolis Apartments, 260 Clark Ave, Chelsea MA.

On the lower left is the Foley Apartments, 199 H St, South Boston MA. And at the bottom of the frame are two apartment buildings that are part of Harbor Point on the Bay Apartments, North Point Dr, Dorchester MA

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The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, 415 Summer St, South Boston MA photographed from Buck Hill.

I have never been to this place before, but it is a huge structure in terms of area. I would estimate it takes up about ten city blocks. It fills the entire width at the bottom of this photograph.

Behind the BCEC are the following buildings, generally from left to right, all in South Boston MA.

22 Boston Wharf Road
68 Seaport Blvd
One Boston Wharf Road
400 Summer St
55 Pier Four Blvd
MassDOT Highway Operations Center, 50 Massport Haul Rd
The Metlo, 399 Congress St
Echelon Seaport, 135 Seaport Blvd

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So bicycles are not allowed on Castle Island now?

Some guy in one of the maintenance / golf cart things rode up to me and told me that.

I really don't know why this is a problem. I've never seen those clicky shoe bike riders, who use bike/ped paths as their personal race tracks, on Castle Island.

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The Federal Reserve Bank Building, 600 Atlantic Ave, Boston MA photographed from Buck Hill. This building is the sixth tallest building in Boston and was completed in 1977.

Behind this is the office complex 125High, 125 High St, Boston MA. In front is the smaller office building at 245 Summer St, Boston MA. At the bottom of the frame is the P & G Gillette factory complex, One Gillette Park, South Boston MA.

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