tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26468091.post5399510375253349485..comments2023-10-14T06:09:24.624-04:00Comments on Balaenius Rex!!: The Dot's got your goatLa Belle Esplanadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14034685868644119249noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26468091.post-78663692648593459532009-06-22T20:21:45.865-04:002009-06-22T20:21:45.865-04:00Thanks, Raf. My neighbor, who's lived here his...Thanks, Raf. My neighbor, who's lived here his whole life tells me about how people went duck hunting in the marshland where the Globe is now. Boston's contours have been changing since Day One it seems and this part of town is no different.La Belle Esplanadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14034685868644119249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26468091.post-77850137117235646812009-06-22T18:41:28.380-04:002009-06-22T18:41:28.380-04:00Hi WhK - doesn't sound as though the little ty...Hi WhK - doesn't sound as though the little tykes were traumatized, that's good!<br />what we call the primitive boat launch area near the Commercial Point National Grid gas tank [and soon to include a solar farm] property is complicated because of a continuous process of marshland filling on the Dorchester waterfront to create a railroad right-of-way, yacht clubs, industrial complexes, etc. that ended up in the 1920s/1930s with the Old Colony Parkway causeway that cut across the Dorchester shoreline creating a man-made tidal lagoon, on a smaller scale but similar to the Pleasure Bay and Sugar Bowl in Southie. Speaking of which we need a walking circuit around the Malibu Beach/Savin Hill Beach basin...<br />see Nancy Seasholes book Gaining Ground for some fascinating maps and such.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06600490578012455811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26468091.post-18299037204528657092009-06-21T21:56:14.930-04:002009-06-21T21:56:14.930-04:00Hmmmmmm...I don't mean to be funny about this,...Hmmmmmm...I don't mean to be funny about this, but the records speak for thenselves. No policeman or politician's scion is worth having this stretch of beach named after them? I pass dead end streets with semi-official, city-endorsed placards and numerous, off-the-beaten-track intersections called 'squares' in honor of veterans all the time. Why doesn't this stretch of sand deserve a commemoration? <br /><br />Could this be "The Beach of the Unknown Dorchesterite?" If I had my druthers, I would call it "Dottoman Beach." And from now on, I think I will. <br /><br />Thanks for doing the due dillegence, Kevin. It didn't have a name until this evening. Dottoman Beach it is!La Belle Esplanadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14034685868644119249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26468091.post-74718815920116171782009-06-21T18:17:17.996-04:002009-06-21T18:17:17.996-04:00I do not think it has a name. It is essentially Mo...I do not think it has a name. It is essentially Morrissey Blvd.<br />The beaches are on the inside.<br />There is also a small beach at the south end of HarborPoint; this too does not have a name.<br />A Map here shows all that is named by DCR.<br />http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/maps/dorch_sh.gif<br /><br />BTW, I love your blogAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443221837520013584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26468091.post-65557218150138654032009-06-21T13:44:43.379-04:002009-06-21T13:44:43.379-04:00Thanks for the clarification, Kevin. Any idea wha...Thanks for the clarification, Kevin. Any idea what the boat launch area is called? I can't believe something has gone unnamed for this long.La Belle Esplanadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14034685868644119249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26468091.post-57191001331214733852009-06-20T19:38:01.744-04:002009-06-20T19:38:01.744-04:00It most likely came from Thompson's Island.
S...It most likely came from Thompson's Island. <br />Savin Hill Beach is not where the boat ramp is, it is near the ballfield and playground, including the concrete boardwalk. Malibu is off Morrissy and connect to Savin Hill Beach right at the "elbow" , near the houses.<br />At both, The Dorchester Beach Festival will be held 8/8 , it was awsome last yearAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443221837520013584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26468091.post-24056885417924352052009-06-20T13:59:26.883-04:002009-06-20T13:59:26.883-04:00These things happen. Living goats tend to have a ...These things happen. Living goats tend to have a bit of a smile, but you're right: after an unspecified time soaking in seawater they loose their naturally endearing expression.La Belle Esplanadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14034685868644119249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26468091.post-23616144031246320852009-06-20T12:47:47.561-04:002009-06-20T12:47:47.561-04:00That's horrible! But some very interesting com...That's horrible! But some very interesting comments and reactions. That goat did not look happy indeed!Lisa Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096947438461486505noreply@blogger.com