The Boston Sun reports there'll be a celebration at 11 a.m. for the annual first spritzing from the spray pipe.
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Frog Pond
By adamg - 12/31/23 - 10:03 pm
Myron Freeman took in the family fireworks over Boston Common tonight - after first watching some ice skating under the lights at the Frog Pond.
By adamg - 10/12/22 - 11:35 am
Half the Frog Pond would go from wading pool to splash pad.
The city yesterday released its Boston Common Master Plan, an "aspirational" set of goals for bringing the nation's oldest park into the 21st century as a more inclusive, less confusing area for Bostonians and visitors to relax and play in. Read more.
By adamg - 11/17/20 - 10:16 am
A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint to suggest chaining down the horses on the Boston Common carousel, because people are removing them.
By adamg - 6/2/19 - 8:16 pm
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.
By adamg - 5/9/18 - 6:42 pm
— Beth Gavin (@BostonBethy) May 9, 2018
Beth Gavin watched the fog roll over the Common this afternoon.
By adamg - 9/18/17 - 10:45 am
Aline Kaplan has put together a guide to the bronze animal statues of Boston. Start with the Frog Pond frogs (then follow the links at the bottom).
By adamg - 8/17/17 - 1:31 pm
The Frog Pond on Boston Common will be shut on Saturday as part of the security arrangements for the white-supremacist rally on the Common. The city has also ordered the pushcart vendors who normally sell food and clothing on the Common to find some other place to be on Saturday.
By adamg - 7/10/17 - 9:23 am
Damaskin took this photo of an overflowing Frog Pond from the safety of higher ground this morning.
Even fearless turkeys were forced to flee. Mike spotted this gobbler on the Park Street side of the Common around 7 a.m.: Read more.
By adamg - 5/31/17 - 9:06 am
Damaskin spotted a turkey doing its morning ablutions in the Frog Pond.
By adamg - 4/7/17 - 12:47 pm
The frog guarding the playground at the Frog Pond on the Common got a new uniform this week.
By adamg - 8/9/16 - 9:14 pm
The frog who welcomes kids to the Frog Pond playground on the Common is clearly rooting for the local team in the Summer Games.
By adamg - 12/24/15 - 2:26 pm
With temps approaching 70, Rachel reports the ice skating on Frog Pond today was more like puddle skating.
By adamg - 12/1/15 - 12:10 pm
The folks who oversee the Frog Pond report their Zamboni is hard at work today, getting the surface just right for the opening of skating season at 10 a.m. on Friday.
By adamg - 1/11/15 - 1:01 pm
Photo by Christine Espino. Used under this Creative Commons license.
David Phillips, who sculpted six frog statues at Frog Pond, says Macy's violated his copyright when it used a replica of one of them in a Christmas display at its Downtown Crossing store.
In a ribbeting lawsuit filed last week in US District Court in Boston, Phillips, whose studio is in Medford, charges:
By adamg - 12/29/14 - 5:38 pm
Police responded to the Frog Pond around 5:30 p.m. when a guy got on the ice for some skating clad only in a bikini.
By adamg - 9/1/14 - 10:22 am
Ed Hatfield watched kids enjoying the spray at the Frog Pond the other day. Today would be a great day to try it out, especially since today's the last day it will be open, at least, as a spray pond.
Copyright Ed Hatfield. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 3/19/14 - 2:43 pm
Darrell Daniel offers another sign of impending spring: The annual melting of the ice on Frog Pond.
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