Marvin E. Goody Memorial

The Marvin E. Goody Memorial by Joan Goody is installed in Boston's Public Garden, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The red granite and Dakota mahogany memorial was dedicated in 1984, having been funded by Friends of the Public Garden and Common.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Boston Public Garden and Swan Boats.

Boston Public Garden

Park

Photo: Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0.

The Public Garden, also known as Boston Public Garden, is a large park in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, adjacent to Boston Common. It is a part of the Emerald Necklace system of parks and is bounded by Charles Street and Boston Common to the east, Beacon Street and Beacon Hill to the north, Arlington Street and Back Bay to the west, and Boylston Street to the south.

Swan Boats

Photo: Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Swan Boats are a fleet of pontoon pleasure boats which operate in a pond in the Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Swan Boats have been in operation since 1877, and have since become a cultural icon for the city.

Bagheera Fountain

Fountain

Photo: Vkulikov, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bagheera Fountain is a 1939 fountain by Lilian Swann Saarinen, installed in Boston's Public Garden, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Back Bay-Beacon Hill and Bay Village.

Back Bay-Beacon Hill

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.

Bay Village

Suburb

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

Bay Village is the smallest officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2010, its population was approximately 1,312 residents living in 837 housing units, most of which are small brick rowhouses.

Chinatown

Suburb

Photo: HouseOfScandal, Public domain.

Downtown Boston is really the heart of the city. Boston City Hall is here, and many powerful companies and agencies are headquartered in the area. Since urban planning was done here before the advent of the automobile, this area of town has secured a decidedly European flavor.

Marvin E. Goody Memorial

Type: Memorial
Description: Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Category: historic site
Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.35361° or 42° 21′ 13″ north

Longitude

-71.0686° or 71° 4′ 7″ west

Inception

1984

Open location code

87JC9W3J+CH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7610330940

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=flagpole

Wikidata ID

Q85784067

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