Sam Nelson
@masnoslen.bsky.social
Public Historian, Urban Explorer, Vegetarian, Craft Beer Drinker, Budding Cyclist, Enthusiastic Pedestrian, BPS Mom, Cat Lover, Proud Bostonian. She/her.
In all the 250th hullabaloo, I forgot to share this! Talking to Henry was so much fun! 😃
Boston By Foot@bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · 2mo agoListen and learn! Samantha Nelson, Boston By Foot’s executive director, talks to Henry Santoro at GBH about the organization’s 50th anniversary, our tours and our volunteers. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... #BostonByFoot #walkingtours #history #architecture
Self-promotion: New @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social tour of Eliot Burying Ground in Roxbury's Nubian Square! Offered multiple times on Saturday August 22, 2026. bostonbyfoot.org/tours/eliot-...
Eliot Burying Ground | Boston By Foot
The Eliot Burying Ground has stood at the crossroads of Roxbury's history for nearly four centuries. From early Puritan settlers and Indigenous history to Roxbu
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benjaminsiegel.github.io/enough-is-en... I've just signed this open letter to @mayorwu.boston.gov to resume the many stalled Safe Streets Projects across the City. I'm shaken and devastated by the death of Louisa Gag, cyclist and safe streets advocate.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH — An open letter to Mayor Wu on street safety
Boston has been warned for years that delayed street-safety projects would cost lives. Read and sign the open letter.
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One way to commemorate Massachusetts Emancipation Day is with the Boston By Foot Slavery and Abolition in Massachusetts tour, tonight at 6pm. bostonbyfoot.org/tours/slaver...
Slavery & Abolition in Massachusetts | Boston By Foot
Securing full citizenship rights for African-Americans in Boston and the United States required enormous will. Learn how slavery started, evolved, and finally ended here with the passage of the 13th A...
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Liam@othemts.bsky.social · 4w agoToday is Massachusetts Emancipation Day, or Quock Walker Day, which marks the court cases in which Walker successfully sued for his freedom from enslavement and effectively abolished slavery in Massachusetts in 1783.
My two favorite cities! To me they've always been clear siblings. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/26/l...
Glasgow will soon be Boston’s 12th sister city. It will also be the best of them all. - The Boston Globe
With apologies to our 11 other sister cities, Glasgow is the perfect sibling for Boston.
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In honor of Boston’s new sister city, I'm drinking coffee from my Glasgow mug this morning! 🏴☕️❤️
I went to a meeting at the new Franklin Cummings Tech building and got to park my bike at one of these adorable Ben Franklin themed bike racks! It was hard to choose between the spectacles or the kites. 🤓🪁
**BOSTON ACTION ALERT** please sign this petition and share with friends and neighbors to tell @bostoncitycouncil.bsky.social to end parking minimums with new construction We need homes for people not cars! @universalhub.com @berkie1.bsky.social petition.betterparkingforboston.org
Better Parking for Boston — Sign the Petition
Urge the Boston City Council to remove wasteful residential parking mandates citywide. Sign before the June 4 hearing.
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As I rushed to get home with my kids before a thunderstorm blew in, my 7 year old calmed my scared 3 year old by assuring him: "Don't worry! You're MUCH more likely to get hit by a car than get hit by lightning!" 🫠🫠🫠
"What are you up to this weekend Matt? "Oh I'm helping out @wutrain.bsky.social who showed up at a safe streets event and had no idea where her @streets.boston.gov had removed all the bike lane separation even though there are hundreds of @311.boston.gov reports youtu.be/mUMLQ8zBmw8?...
fixing boston's bike lanes, without permission
YouTube video by Matt Ognibene
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This is the future I want for Boston. There are lots of ways to get around in a city that don't involve massive and highway designed SUVs and gargantuan gender-affirming pickup trucks #CarLiteBoston
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 5mo agoIn cities, most people don’t need anything bigger or that goes faster than a golf cart.
Join us on February 25 at 6:30 pm for our next free virtual program! “Evolution of Boston Buildings from the Inside Out” looks at the changing construction techniques of Boston’s houses, from the earliest colonial era to current times. Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/evolut... #virtualevents
Honoring Catherine O'Hara with a rewatch of A Mighty Wind. ❤️
a woman in a suit is holding a cup of coffee in her hand .
Alt: Catherine O'Hara in a suit is holding a cup of coffee in her hand. "Nothing wrong with treating yourself, dear"
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Watching cars speed down cleared streets while watching pedestrians scramble over three foot high snow banks or having to walk in the street to avoid uncleared walkways has the War on Cars part of my brain very activated
Congestion pricing in NYC has worked and has become popular. Cities like Boston should follow. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/o...
Three takeaways for Boston from NYC’s congestion pricing scheme - The Boston Globe
After a year of the first American program of its kind, there’s enough data to recommend the idea.
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Sadly this is so obvious (and appalling) analyzing the data isn't really necessary. All you have to do is looks at the road designs and lack of pedestrian infrastructure in these neighborhoods. mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/01/a...
Ambulance Data Reveals That Boston Drivers Are 4 Times More Likely to Run Over Pedestrians From Black Neighborhoods - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"Overall, residents of predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods are about four times more likely than residents of predominantly white neighborhoods to be struck as a pedestrian."
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It was wonderful to celebrate with 41 new, committed, curious, and excited volunteers last week!
Boston By Foot@bostonbyfoot.bsky.social · last yr.Congrats to our new grads! In one of the biggest guides-in-training classes we've enjoyed in years, Boston By Foot now boasts 41 newly-minted walking tour guides! Read more about them and the amazing tours of history and architecture they are prepared to lead. bostonbyfoot.org/blog/bbf-wel...
Our tours go on rain or shine! Check out our calendar of 18 tours this weekend and reserve your spot to walk through time with a #BostonByFoot guide! #walking #history #architecture bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/
"Hey, why don't you want to use your new electric toothbrush?" 6yo: "It's too dramatic"
Had a blast at @icaboston.bsky.social on #BostonFamilyDays! We love museums and are happy to support them with membership and tickets purchases when we can, but this awesone program allows us and so many other families to explore so much more than we'd otherwise be able to.
Somehow my 6yo's new favorite song is none other than Tears for Fears's 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World.' He wants to listen to it on repeat at bedtime...and I'm totally into it! 👨🎤
Just bought this new (to me) bike! I love our long tail cargo bike, but I needed something lighter and smaller for commuting, and this fits the bill! 😃🚲
Greatly appreciate @hcrichardson.bsky.social 's thoughtful insights in my inbox every morning. Though her increasingly frequent references to the 1850s is growing concerning. Today's post drawing parallels to Anson Burlingame's 1856 speech "Defense of Massachusetts" gives me chills.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · last yr.March 15, 2025
