Once a district that only included the houses of Boston’s elite, Jamaica Pond later was put to industrial use as tons of ice were harvested there each winter (see below.) Learn about the movers and shakers such as Francis Parkman and James Michael Curley who made their homes on the Pond’s shores. Discover how the Pond was transformed from private estates and warehouses into the parkland we know today. This August 10 walking tour will begin at 11 am at the Bandstand on Pond Street and Jamaicaway, and is sponsored by the Jamaica Plain Historical Society, www.jphs.org.
