TodayNetworkAbout
Boston 400
← Boston 400 atlas
Building / Landmark

Ghost bike - Paula Sharaga

A white-painted ghost bike near Park Drive remembering Paula Sharaga, a Brookline librarian killed while cycling here in 2019.

Follow the civic storyOpen in the atlas
Why it matters

A single canonical record that surfaces on 3 of the network’s properties — the same place, understood through 3 different civic lenses.

Open the full civic recordCurrent pulse, routes, recommendations, and memory
Living object

Now, then, future

Every object is temporal: what it feels like now, what it used to mean, and what it can become next.

Now

quiet enough to notice details. Best now: one good detour.

Then

1649: Boston's Second Church gathered in 1649 and counted Increase and Cotton Mather among its ministers; its final home stood here near Audubon Circle before the congregation merged into First Church in 1970.

Future

2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.

Current modegolden hour
Historical echoSecond Church, Boston
Connected eventAmerica’s 250th — July 4, 2026
Pulse

How it feels right now

Current energyquiet enough to notice details
Best nowone good detour
Best timegolden hour
academiclivelyFenway–Kenmore
Rain scoremodest

Indoor escapes within a few blocks.

Laptop friendlinesslow

Coffee, libraries, bookstores, and campus edges.

Student presencehigh

How strongly the nearby graph reads as campus life.

Tourist pressurelow

Fame, landmark pull, and visitor-facing assets.

Historic densitylight

Older records and historical edges around this object.

Serendipityquiet

Different kinds of things hiding within a short walk.

Turn this into a walk

Routes with a point of view

Make it walkableShow me the best 45 minutes from here

Turn the surrounding graph into a short, walkable next move.

Nearby · editorially filtered →
What should I see next?

Chosen moves from here

01The right next stopIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumClose enough to feel spontaneous, different enough to change the texture of the visit.8 min walk02The connection you would miss on a mapFenway–KenmoreA civic relationship that is easier to understand once you see the graph.Neighborhood
The editor's hand

Human recommendations

The Civic Graph Editorial DeskEditorial standardLook for the older layer before you move on. This object is connected to more than its facade suggests.Samuel Gridley Howe →
Civic memory

What this meant before

1649Second Church, BostonBoston's Second Church gathered in 1649 and counted Increase and Cotton Mather among its ministers; its final home stood here near Audubon Circle before the congregation merged into First Church in 1970.1839Boston UniversityPrivate research university along Commonwealth Avenue and the Charles River, chartered in 1839; Martin Luther King Jr.1870Museum of Fine Arts, BostonOne of the most comprehensive art museums in the world — nearly 500,000 works, from Egyptian funerary art to John Singer Sargent’s murals.1898Northeastern UniversityPrivate research university on Huntington Avenue founded in 1898, known for its signature co-op program embedding students in industry.
Plan your visit
Get there
T · TransitUberLyftWalk

In the graph 1 relationships — first-class data, not links

Explore Ghost bike - Paula Sharaga in the interactive Graph Explorer — click to expand every connection →
Located in
Fenway–Kenmore

Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk

Building / Landmark · 2 min walk

401 Park

Historical event · 3 min walk

The First World Series (1903)

Museum / Cultural · 4 min walk

Wheelock Family Theatre

Historical context

The First World Series (1903)1903
An unexpected connection

Ghost bike - Paula Sharaga is linked, through the graph, to Fenway–Kenmore — neighborhood, 7 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.

Keep exploring graph-powered — every path below is a real relationship, not a guess

NearbyA few minutes’ walk away
401 ParkBuilding / LandmarkThe First World Series (1903)Historical eventWheelock Family TheatreMuseum / CulturalBrookline Arts CenterMuseum / CulturalAudubon CircleBuilding / Landmark
Also in Fenway–KenmoreShares a neighborhood
Boston UniversityUniversityNortheastern UniversityUniversityFenway ParkBuilding / LandmarkMuseum of Fine Arts, BostonMuseum / CulturalIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumMuseum / Cultural
More landmarksOther landmarks in the graph
Granary Burying GroundBuilding / LandmarkFaneuil HallBuilding / LandmarkOld State HouseBuilding / LandmarkOld South Meeting HouseBuilding / LandmarkOld North ChurchBuilding / Landmark
Visitors also exploreReached through the same connections
Mission HillNeighborhoodThe Citgo SignBuilding / LandmarkFenway Victory GardensPark / Public spaceSecond Church, BostonBuilding / LandmarkSecond Church in BostonBuilding / Landmark

One record, 3 framings cross-property publishing — never duplicated

Boston400.com · you are hereGuideToBU.comGuideToNorthEastern.com

How we know graph confidence — we explain our certainty, not just assert it

Verified byThe Civic Graph Editorial Desk
56
Provisional
How this is scored →
○Source qualityBest source is open reference
○Independent corroboration1 source
✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified
○Institutional backingNo primary source yet
○Record completeness40% of canonical fields present
Sources, by tier
OpenStreetMap node/11134793627 Open reference
The same entity, elsewhere
OpenStreetMapnode/11134793627
Graph scores — our north star is relationship density, not page count
Relationship density13
1 connection
Record coverage48
metadata completeness
Graph authority28
centrality + reach + trust
Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@graph": [
    {
      "@type": "LandmarksOrHistoricalBuildings",
      "@id": "https://boston400.com/e/landmark-ghostbikepaulasharaga-93627",
      "name": "Ghost bike - Paula Sharaga",
      "description": "A white-painted ghost bike near Park Drive remembering Paula Sharaga, a Brookline librarian killed while cycling here in 2019.",
      "url": "https://boston400.com/e/landmark-ghostbikepaulasharaga-93627",
      "geo": {
        "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
        "latitude": 42.34332,
        "longitude": -71.10286
      },
      "sameAs": [
        "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/11134793627",
        "https://guidetobu.com/e/landmark-ghostbikepaulasharaga-93627",
        "https://guidetonortheastern.com/e/landmark-ghostbikepaulasharaga-93627"
      ],
      "citation": [
        {
          "@type": "CreativeWork",
          "name": "OpenStreetMap node/11134793627"
        }
      ],
      "containedInPlace": {
        "@id": "https://guidetobu.com/e/fenway-kenmore"
      },
      "relatedLink": [
        "https://guidetobu.com/e/fenway-kenmore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "@type": "Place",
      "@id": "https://guidetobu.com/e/fenway-kenmore",
      "name": "Fenway–Kenmore",
      "url": "https://guidetobu.com/e/fenway-kenmore"
    }
  ]
}