Two downtown building fiercely reflecting the setting sun around 4:05 p.m.
By adamg - Sat, 12/07/2024 - 4:34pm

The view of downtown from the Bates School parking lot in Roslindale at 4:05 this afternoon.

And yes, the Hancock wanted to get in on the act: Read more.

By adamg - Wed, 11/29/2023 - 4:21pm

An employee of an accounting firm in the Hancock Building today sued Los Amigos Tacos for what she says were the horrifying effects of eating salmonella-contaminated food from its Brighton Center outlet three days before Boston health inspectors ordered the place shut due to a salmonella outbreak. Read more.

By adamg - Mon, 07/24/2023 - 10:01am

Show of hands: How many of you call the Hancock 200 Clarendon St.?

X marks the, um, something.

An apocolyptic looking Boston
By adamg - Wed, 10/26/2022 - 5:35pm

BLVCK.machina looked out the window of his office next to the State House around 4 p.m. and spotted an apocalyptic hellscape - and only partially because of the window tinting.

A calmer view further down the Charles: Read more.

Sunset over Cambridge, reflected on the Hancock
By adamg - Mon, 07/20/2020 - 12:04am

Through his (legal, he assures us) drone, Drew captured the sunset over Cambridge and reflecting on the Hancock on Sunday.

By adamg - Thu, 09/12/2019 - 9:42am

UPDATE: Police have left, say the threat was not credible.

Boston Police have set up patrols inside entrances to Boston's tallest building after somebody threatened the Hancock buildings in both Boston and Chicago.

Bill reports seeing a heavy police presence there at 2:30 this morning.

Fog on Frog Pond
By adamg - Sun, 06/02/2019 - 8:16pm

Around 5:20 p.m., fog was rolling off Frog Pond as ducks looked for a late-afternoon snack. It then collected around the Hancock tower: Read more.

Godzilla, Mothra take out the Hancock
By adamg - Thu, 05/30/2019 - 1:50pm

There's yet another trailer out for the new Godzilla movie (like the 97th?) and in this one, the Hancock gets destroyed in a battle between Godzilla and, um, Mothra?

Earlier:
Kenmore Square gets destroyed.
All of the Back Bay gets destroyed.

Boston Common Christmas tree and the towers of Back Bay
By adamg - Fri, 11/30/2018 - 8:52am

Louise Miller got a dawn look today at the Nova Scotia Christmas Tree on Boston Common - lit up last night - and the towers of the Back Bay.

Longfellow Bridge in some fog
By adamg - Mon, 11/26/2018 - 11:17pm

617 Images took in the renovated Longfellow Bridge in the early morning fog.

Jason the roving UHub photographer, meanwhile, got a good look at the Back Bay in the fog from the turnpike around 8:30 a.m.: Read more.

Boston is destroyed by a giant wave or something in next Godzilla movie
By adamg - Sun, 07/22/2018 - 6:18pm

Eagle-eyed kaiju fan Chris Devers alerts us that the trailer for next summer's "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" features Boston being destroyed by a tsunami (coming, oddly, from Cambridge). Read more.

Hancock over the Public Garden
By adamg - Wed, 07/18/2018 - 9:18am

Rick Macomber went for a walk through the Public Garden this morning.

South End in the morning
By adamg - Thu, 06/21/2018 - 9:00am

Rick Macomber greeted the new day - and the new season - in the South End.

The South End wasn't the only place summer was breaking out: Read more.

Fog over the Back Bay
By adamg - Mon, 10/23/2017 - 11:54am

The Boston Architectural College Library peered into the abyss over the Back Bay this morning.

Others took note of the fog as well: Read more.

Rain storm over Boston
By adamg - Sat, 07/08/2017 - 6:12pm

John Gage watched a rain cell mover across Boston around 6 p.m.

Sunrise over Boston Harbor
By adamg - Wed, 10/12/2016 - 11:28am

Christine Sullivan watched the sun come up over Boston Harbor this morning.

She wasn't alone: Read more.

Clouds reflected in Boston's John Hancock Building after a downpour
By adamg - Wed, 09/14/2016 - 6:38pm

The Hancock Building got an interesting look for a few minutes after this afternoon's downpours as the clouds moved away.

Meanwhile, out in Roslindale: Read more.

Rainbow over Boston area
By adamg - Thu, 03/17/2016 - 5:15pm

Jan spotted a rainbow shortly before 5 p.m. from the 49th floor of the Hancock building.

Storm over the Back Bay and South Boston
By adamg - Fri, 11/13/2015 - 3:32pm

Around 1:45 p.m. at Castle Island.

The view across Pleasure Bay towards the Kennedy Library was equally dramatic: Read more.