The Boston Public Market location is prominent as there are great many historic places surrounding it. These are older buildings, of course, and they are worthy of curiosity. For example, around the corner there is has an old restaurant called “The Bell In Hand Tavern.” It is acclaimed as “America's Oldest Tavern: First Pour 1795.” It is definitely worthwhile to see and taste their New England clam chowder. Also, behind that building there is another called “Union Oyster House.” Most importantly, there is the famous Boston Stone nearby. This stone is on Freedom Trail, so you can see it while walking. There are a great many legendary stories about the stone. I suggest checking it out on Wikipedia. The sketch was from in front of the Boston Public Market, where people can find local and fresh prepared foods, fruits and vegetables.

After the completion of the station, finally, people do not need to see signs of construction in Government Center. It was a summer day and the humidity was oppressive, so I got a cold beverage from the Boston Public Market and started to sketch. That time was not rush hour and tourists were probably eating something around the corner at Quincy Market. Luckily for me, I did not have to draw figures. Anyway, the sketch was from in front of John F. Kennedy Federal Building. It was a great place to understand how Boston is heroic in terms of concrete, though.

There is considerable foot traffic in Quincy Market when the summer comes to Boston. This is because the place is part of a larger tourist area. So many musicians and other street performers -I do not understand what they really do- try to garner attention for themselves. This sketch was done when my sister was visiting me in the summer. She was shopping, of course, and sampling foods in the building’s food court. I should say there are a great deal of opportunities to find good food places in that location and also a stomach-turning stench.

Another interesting museum to see in Boston is the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, which is very close to the MFA. Do not think about visiting them on the same day! My mother loved it, without a doubt. I did, as well, but I was more interested in the added building which Renzo Piano designed. Quite simply, it was terrific. I could not sketch Renzo’s building and yet I wandered in it, seeing a very unusual concert hall -a must see for those who study architecture. This sketch was from the courtyard of the museum, where everyone takes a photo and shares it on Instagram.

I always take visitors to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston as this is the fourth largest museum in the United States. There are exquisite collections which I very much admire, such as, from Europe, Monet, Rembrandt, Botticelli, Manet, Degas, Cézanne, Renoir, and Vincent van Gogh. Of course, the list goes on and on. It is certainly impossible to finish the whole museum in merely a day, as my guests always bemoan. On this occasion, my mother was visiting me and we were relaxing on the grass. The sketch is from there.

These days, a great deal of green buildings have appeared in Boston’s landscape, in a last-ditch attempt to ward off global warming. Of course, it is too late and we are all going to die, but we have to say we tried, right? Architects, at least, try to improve buildings system that have a minimum impact on the environment. This sketch is across from the Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research, Cambridge Campus, built by CANNONDESIGN. There are a myriad of laboratories in the building, so you can only guess at the size of the budget, especially when you consider who the neighbors are.

First, he gives his middle finger to critics, and, secondly, told them, "So let me tell you guys. In the world we live in, 98 percent of the buildings that are built are pure shit, there is no sense of design, respect for humanity, for judgement for anything. Just dumb buildings. He is the Frank Gehry, one of the pioneers of parametricism. Of course, he is definitely right against those who ridicule his design. Embellishing and creating new thinking ways can lend itself to uniqueness and perfection, which, in turn, lend themselves to being certainly disparate and successful, in lieu of merely emulating those who came before. He is bold as he did not repeat what others have done. Although my first studio professor at the BAC was from MIT and said that some parts of his buildings are useless, I genuinely admire them. This sketch was from MIT, and is one of Boston’s icons.