Building / Landmark

The Lotta Fountain

The Lotta Fountain, Boston.

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Photograph · I took this photograph. / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Why it matters

Part of the connected record of this place — 1 relationship link it into the wider graph, each one a thread worth pulling.

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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: the older layer.

Then

1791: Historical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history.

Future

2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.

Current modegolden hour

Historical echoMassachusetts Historical Society

Connected eventAmerica’s 250th — July 4, 2026

Pulse

How it feels right now

Current energyquiet enough to notice details

Best nowthe older layer

Best timegolden hour

storiedlivelyhistoric

Rain scoremodest

Indoor escapes within a few blocks.

Laptop friendlinesslow

Coffee, libraries, bookstores, and campus edges.

Student presencepresent

How strongly the nearby graph reads as campus life.

Tourist pressurelow

Fame, landmark pull, and visitor-facing assets.

Historic densityextreme

Older records and historical edges around this object.

Serendipitypromising

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.

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What should I see next?

Chosen moves from here

01The right next stopGibson HouseClose enough to feel spontaneous, different enough to change the texture of the visit.2 min walk 02Hidden in plain sightChurch of the CovenantA quieter stop nearby that rewards a second look.Building / Landmark 03The connection you would miss on a mapBack BayA 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

1791Massachusetts Historical SocietyHistorical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history.1841Church of the DisciplesUnitarian congregation founded in 1841 by James Freeman Clarke on a then-radical plan of free pews and lay participation; it worshipped in Boston until 1942.18601 Commonwealth Avenue1 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.1861Emmanuel Episcopal Church, BostonChurch in Boston, United States.

Online: Official site ↗
Graph connections: 1

Plan your visit

Websiteesplanade.org/projects-programs/lotta-fountain ↗

Get there

T · Transit Uber Lyft Walk

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

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Located in

Back Bay

Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk

Building / Landmark · 2 min walk

Arthur Fiedler Memorial

Museum / Cultural · 2 min walk

Gibson House

Building / Landmark · 3 min walk

David Ignatius Walsh

An unexpected connection

The Lotta Fountain is linked, through the graph, to Back Bay — neighborhood, 9 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

Arthur Fiedler MemorialBuilding / Landmark Gibson HouseMuseum / Cultural David Ignatius WalshBuilding / Landmark John WinthropBuilding / Landmark Cherry Tree PlaqueBuilding / Landmark

Also in Back BayShares a neighborhood

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Visitors also exploreReached through the same connections

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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 way/813505801 Open reference

The same entity, elsewhere

OpenStreetMapway/813505801 Official sitehttps://esplanad…

Graph scores — our north star is relationship density, not page count

Relationship density13

1 connection

Record coverage52

metadata completeness

Graph authority18

centrality + reach + trust

Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read

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