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Alewife Cambridge
Red #walking #nature #parks
Red Line terminus that feels more like a park-and-ride than a neighborhood — but step past the garage and you're in the Alewife Brook Reservation, where great blue herons stalk the wetlands a half-mile from the train.
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What to do
• Walk the 2.25-mi Fresh Pond loop • Bike the Minuteman start (16 mi to Bedford) • Catch a 76 bus to Hanscom Field • Birding the boardwalks at sunrise Fun facts & history
✦ Named for the alewife herring that still spawn in the brook each spring. ✦ Deepest underground T station in the system at 102 ft. ✦ The Alewife garage is built directly atop the brook — listen for water under the floor. Explore more · Alewife
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Boston facts
✦ Boston was founded in 1630 — the oldest major city in the U.S. ✦ The MBTA opened the country's first subway in 1897 (the Tremont Street tunnel, now part of the Green Line). ✦ There are over 250,000 college students living in Greater Boston during the school year. ✦ Fenway Park (1912) is the oldest active Major League Baseball stadium. ✦ The Boston Marathon (1897) is the world's oldest annual marathon. ✦ The MBTA color codes (Red, Blue, Green, Orange) date to a 1965 redesign by Cambridge Seven Associates. ✦ September 1 is unofficial 'Allston Christmas' — the city's lease cycle dumps couches, lamps, and rugs onto every curb. ✦ Boston's tides swing ~9.5 ft on average — among the largest of any major U.S. city. ✦ Dunkin' was founded in Quincy in 1950 as 'Open Kettle.' ✦ The Charles River is brackish — fresh upstream of the dam, salty downstream.