Boston, 2003 · Clint Eastwood · a game on a street
The film opens on boys playing street hockey. Wikipedia says the story puts that game in Charlestown; the fan location lists put it on a street in East Boston. Above: the Tobin Bridge from the Bunker Hill Monument, 2008. This page follows the neighbourhoods around it and leaves the crime out.
The game
Seven marks on a chalked road, one for each place. Flick the ball to the next mark, or tap a mark to put it there. Flick past the last one and see where the ball goes.
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The ball sits on mark 1, Condor Street. Flick it down the road.
Mark 1 · East Boston and Charlestown
Both fan location lists put the opening street hockey game of 1975 on Condor Street at Meridian Street in East Boston.
Wikipedia says the film sets that scene in Charlestown. The fan lists place the filming in East Boston.
Both fan lists say the storm drain the ball disappears into was added for the film.
An ordinary residential street in East Boston. Walk it from the pavement and keep to the public footway.
The drain
Both fan lists say the storm drain the ball disappears into was added for the film.
Wikipedia says the film sets that scene in Charlestown. The fan lists place the filming in East Boston.
Charlestown, Boston
Free admission to climb 294 stairs, 25 people at a time, with a view over the Charlestown side of the Tobin Bridge. The photograph here was taken from the monument. The climb can close for weather.
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The fan lists put a pub and a monument works on the same road, Washington Street, at numbers 3484 and 3841.
Washington Street house numbers, 3400 to 3900. The gauge shows the numbers only, not distance.
Wikipedia says Doyle’s was founded in 1882 and appeared in Mystic River among other films.
It says the pub stood near the Samuel Adams brewery and was where Samuel Adams Boston Lager was first put on tap.
Wikipedia says Doyle’s closed at midnight on 26 October 2019, and that a project to revive it was approved in October 2021.
Wikipedia says the Bear Dens were built in 1912 as the focus of the original zoo, with a grand staircase, a courtyard and iron cages.
The exhibit closed in 1954, Wikipedia says, and the area was removed from zoo property in 1958.
Wikipedia calls Franklin Park the largest and last part of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace, at 527 acres.
Both fan lists give Wellsmere Monumental Works, 3841 Washington Street, Roslindale, as the monument maker in a quiet scene of choosing a memorial.
The two lists put Doyle’s Cafe at number 3484 and the monument works at number 3841, both on Washington Street.
A business address from the fan lists, not pinned here. Check what stands there before you travel.
The walk home
Condor Street, the Tobin Bridge and Doyle’s Cafe are pinned. The Falcon Street houses are private, so only the street is named. The Bear Dens, the monument works and the K Street market are named without a pin.
3 places you can visit around Boston, plus four more named by their streets or grounds without a pin.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Area reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. An ordinary residential street in East Boston. Walk it from the pavement and keep to the public footway.
Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working road bridge on Route 1, not a walking route. Look at it from the Charlestown side; the photograph here was taken from the Bunker Hill Monument.
East Boston and Charlestown · Condor Street at Meridian Street, East Boston
Both fan location lists put the opening street hockey game of 1975 on Condor Street at Meridian Street in East Boston.
An ordinary residential street in East Boston. Walk it from the pavement and keep to the public footway.
East Boston and Charlestown · Tobin Memorial Bridge, between Charlestown and Chelsea
Wikipedia says the Tobin Bridge carries U.S. Route 1 over the Mystic River between Charlestown and Chelsea.
A working road bridge on Route 1, not a walking route. Look at it from the Charlestown side; the photograph here was taken from the Bunker Hill Monument.
Stay
A downtown waterfront hotel, a short ride from East Boston and Charlestown.
Rowes Wharf, Boston
A waterfront hotel at 70 Rowes Wharf, downtown, with the harbour and city views its page lists. East Boston and Charlestown are a short ride away. Pictured: the Tobin Bridge, 2008.
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A free monument climb, a zoo beside the Bear Dens, and film location tours.
Charlestown, Boston
Free admission to climb 294 stairs, 25 people at a time, with a view over the Charlestown side of the Tobin Bridge. The photograph here was taken from the monument. The climb can close for weather.
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The zoo in Franklin Park, at 1 Franklin Park Road. Its page lists daytime hours of 9am to 4pm; check dates before you go. Pictured: an iron cage in the Bear Dens ruins, 2013.
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Condor Street at Meridian Street, East Boston
Both fan lists place the opening game of street hockey on Condor Street at Meridian Street, East Boston.
Both fan lists say the storm drain the ball rolls into was added for the film.
Falcon Street, East Boston (a block south of Condor Street)
Both fan lists put two of the film’s family homes on Falcon Street, a block south of Condor Street.
Tobin Memorial Bridge, between Charlestown and Chelsea
Movie-Locations.com says the Tobin Bridge shows behind the hockey game and again in a later scene.
3484 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain
Both fan lists give Doyle’s Cafe as the bar the film calls McGill’s.
Long Crouch Woods, near the Seaver Street entrance to Franklin Park
Both fan lists place a woodland scene at the old Bear Dens in Long Crouch Woods.
3841 Washington Street, Roslindale
Both fan lists give Wellsmere Monumental Works as the monument maker in a quiet scene.
336 K Street, South Boston
Both fan lists give Miller’s Market on K Street as the film’s Cottage Market.
Every place in Mystic River leads somewhere else.
