THINGS to see and do while in town
Beyond the competitive
events, Boston has a lot to offer tourists of all ages. Vis- itors can walk the Freedom Trail, with its 17 historic sites telling the story of Boston’s history from its Native Ameri- can and Colonial roots to the present day; follow the Black Heritage Trail, which begins at Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial
across
from the gilded dome of the Massachusetts State House; or visit literary landmarks associ- ated with the region’s greatest authors.
The Skating Club of Boston President Joe Blount and Executive Director Doug Zeghibe are counting down the days to the exciting 2014 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships. The Olympic-qualifying event, they promise, will be filled with excitement and drama.
complished Olympic competitor, brings renewed at- tention to SCOB’s big plans for the region. Te Club, which marked its 100th anniversary in
2012, is more than halfway to its multi-million dollar fundraising goal to build an expanded new training and performance center half a mile from its current facility.
Te new state-of-the-art building, due to be com- pleted in 2015, will include one Olympic-sized and two NHL ice surfaces. One rink will accommodate
2,000 spectators and be fully equipped for television production — needs that Zeghibe knows well, hav- ing produced many figure skating events and specials. Te facility, designed by Architectural Resources of Cambridge, Mass., will also include studios, offices, a sports medicine center, social spaces and a gallery with trophy and medal displays and interactive exhib- its.
“We are so proud to bring the top skating events in the world to Boston,” SCOB President Joe Blount said. “We’re an ambitious organization with a big vi- sion.” In fact, SCOB feels that it has won figure skat-
ing’s Triple Crown. In 2013, it hosted the World Syn- chronized Skating Championships. Next month, the Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships return to Boston. And in March 2016, for the first time, the SCOB will host the World Figure Skating Champion- ships.
One of the most popular
things to do when in Boston in January is to skate at the Bos- ton Common Frog Pond. Kids 13 and under skate free, and there are skate rentals and a cafe that serves everything from hot chocolate to fresh- made Belgian waffles. Boston’s museums in-
clude the Museum of Fine Arts and Museum of Science, and the Institute for Contempo- rary Art in the Seaport district close to the Boston Conven- tion & Exhibition Center. Restaurants will please
every taste; the Cheers bar on Beacon Hill is the stuff of tele- vision legend, and subways run regularly between TD Gar- den and the heart of Boston at Park Street.
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PHOTO BY SARAH S. BRANNEN
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