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| Newton Free Library |
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| Newton City Hall |
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| Newton War Memorial at the City Hall |
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| Salvatore A. Balsamo Millenium Park |
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| Chess Board outside |
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| City Hall Pond |
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| Bullough Pond |
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| View of City Hall from Bullough Pond |
From here, I visited several other places before heading to the Charles River area near Watertown.
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| Oxford House, 391 Walnut Street |
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| Nonantum Office Park, 330 Nevada Street |
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Coletti Magni Memorial Park,
Watertown Street and Bridge Street |
Heading to the
Charles River on California Street and Bridge Street, there were beautiful views of the river from the bridge joining Newton to Watertown.
On the Watertown side of the bridge, there is a set of interesting old mill buildings called the Aetna Mills on the corner of Bridge Street and Pleasant Street.
Heading back into Newton, I went to
Forte Memorial Park, which has nice views of the river as well.
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| Charles River |
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| Forte Park |
I headed back to Watertown again, this time to
How Park on Pleasant Street and Bacon Street, a playground area which did not have good views at all, although there were views from a boardwalk on the other side of Pleasant Street.
Next, I headed to the
Watertown Dam area on Pleasant Street between Brook Street and Conant Road. There is a pedestrian bridge in this area from which there are great views of the river. Pictures of the dam, bridge and river follow.
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| The Pedestrian Bridge |
From here, it was back to more sightseeing in Newton. Pictures of the places I visited before I headed for lunch follow. Some places of note include the
Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, and the Newton campus of
Boston College.
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Newton Corner Worship Center,
187 Church Street |
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Old Newton Corner Methodist Episcopal Church,
515 Centre Street |
Lunch today was at
Aji Fine Japanese Cuisine and Sushi Bar in town. The decor was pretty nice, both outside and in, so next up for judgement was the food.
As always at Japanese restaurants, I decided to go for the special rolls, choosing the Spicy Crispy Mango Tuna Maki and the Princess Maki. Both were really delicious, although they were not filling enough. However, I decided to save up stomach space for dinner, so I chose not to order any more.
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| Spicy Crispy Mango Tuna Maki |
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| Princess Maki |
After lunch, I continued my sightseeing in town before heading for my first hike of the day.
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| West Newton Armory, 1137 Washington Street |
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Captain John Ryan Memorial Park,
Washington Street and Cherry Street |
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| Warren House, 1600 Washington Street |
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Fountain in front of Auburndale Library,
Ash street and Melrose Street |
My first hike was at
Norumbega Park, the parking found at the end of Woodbine Street. The path I took is highlighted below in pink.
From the parking area, I headed left to the sunken garden, which was nothing much to look at. At the boundary with the
Boston Marriott Newton, I turned right to head past the North Knoll to the shore of the Charles River.
Turning left, I headed to the gazebo area to take in more views of the Charles River.
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| The Gazebo |
I then headed across the Marriott parking lot to head to the other side of the park with the log bench overlook.
From here, I headed to the open field to head back to my car.
From here, I headed to the nearby
Charles River Canoe and Kayak Newton Boathouse, where one can rent canoes/kayaks to traverse the river, to see more views of the Charles River.
The last place I went to was the
Dolan Pond Conservation Area, found at the junction of Cumberland Road and Stratford Road. The route I took is shown below in pink.
From the parking area, I headed right first down Cumberland Path to get to Dolan Pond.
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| Dolan Pond |
Backtracking a little, I headed to Bana Pond, but did not see much of interest there, so I headed back to the other side of the boardwalk to see Quinn Pond, which wasn't impressive either.
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| The boardwalk |
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| Quinn Pond |
Overall, a small area not worth coming back to.
With that, I decided to end my day with dinner at the
Coconut Cafe. This is a tiny Thai restaurant on Beacon Street in Newton that seemed to have good reviews, so I had to go check it out. Deciding to get something different, I got the vegetable soup, and the Crispy Pad Thai Bangkok Style noodles. Both were delicious, and I must say it was the best Pad Thai I ever had. I'm definitely coming back again in future.
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| Vegetable Soup |
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| Crispy Pad Thai Bangkok Style |
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