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.

Residents played an important role in stopping the planned I-95 and in the efforts to create a park out of the razed land. This walking tour will follow the path of the park and discuss the changes in landscape to that section of Jamaica Plain and the communities that forged those changes.

We invite you to continue the conversation after the tour at Doyle’s Café, where light refreshments will be on offer (cash bar). Please note the tour starts at the Jackson Square T stop and ends near the Green Street T stop.

This free event is sponsored by Jamaica Plain Historical Society.

This National Historic District features fine examples of Victorian houses, including the ancestral home of the founder of Dole Pineapple Co. You'll also see homes of activist abolitionists and women suffragists of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

This free event is sponsored by Jamaica Plain Historical Society.

This tour focuses on the Channel itself from how it came to be through the activities of the:

• Boston Wharf Company
• South Station development
• Central Artery/Tunnel Project, and
• recent activation efforts.

The tour will feature the workings of its three remaining historic bridges, plus the memories of the Mt. Washington, the rolling bridges at South Station, and the ambitious cofferdam.

Tickets for the event cost $15 for general admission; $5 for Boston By Foot Members.

Does new construction within a landmark district need to imitate the architecture of the district? The answer to this may surprise you.

A long-time Boston Landmark Commissioner and the South End Landmark District Commission staff preservationist will take you on a walking tour of the South End Landmark District. This tour is updated with new buildings for 2017. We'll be using the South End as a case study for new construction in a historic district, explaining what makes a building “a South End building.”

Boston's historic South End, the country's largest Victorian Rowhouse District, was made a Landmark District in 1983. This event is sponsored by Boston Landmarks Commission.

Of the thousands of flowering plants in the Arboretum, only one, the lilac, is singled out each year for a daylong celebration. Mainly located on the edge of Bussey Hill Road in the heart of the landscape, the lilac collection at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is among the premier collections of these plants in North America. Lilac Sunday has been celebrated at the Arnold Arboretum since 1908.

Tours of the lilacs and family activities are available from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., but the Arboretum is open as usual from dawn to dusk.  Learn more about picnicking rules, tours, parking options, and accessibility on the Arboretum's event website.

Take a tour that showcases three centuries of architecture, including the oldest community theater company in the United States and the Eliot School, founded in 1689.

Meet up outside the historic Loring-Greenough House. This event is sponsored by the Jamaica Plain Historical Society.

This event was rescheduled to May 31.

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. Also see full schedule of Mayor Walsh's 2017 Neighborhood Coffee Hours.