Sat May 7, 1 – 3 PM. (Rain date Sun May 15 )
Your neighbors in Upper Falls invite you to a FREE! self-guided walking tour of the history of Newton Upper Falls. The route is a roughly 1 ½ mile loop with a dozen stops along the way. At each stop one of our neighborhood volunteers will tell you about what you are seeing and its history.
We’ll mostly cover the last 300 years of Upper Falls but the walk will encompass 10,000 years of Upper Falls history with some ancient geologic history from the past and a stop about an alien invasion in the future. Extra bonus – Pop-Up Market in Dunn Gaherins parking lot is that same afternoon and along the walking route.
Arrive at either the corner of Oak and Chestnut St OR the Echo Bridge Antique Mall at Elliot and Chestnut between 1 – 2 PM. A guide will be waiting there with a map of the route and introduction. Follow the circular route back to your starting spot.
If you walk the entire route and see all the stops we’ll give you an Newton Upper Falls magnet (below) designed by neighborhood artist Shogun Curtis as a souvenir – while supplies last.
Thank you Jerry,
I’ll try to read up more on the history of 44-46 High st and perhaps provide some insight. Ill plan to join everyone for the tour.
Saturday’s a great day for free fun Newton activities. Come down to Oak and Chestnut St from 1 – 2 for the Upper Falls History Walk OR head down to The Second Church for the first concert of the Newton Piano Summit AND/OR head over to 1615 Beacon St in Waban for drumming, dance, and music performances at the Newton Multicultural Festival at 2, 3, 4 and 5 PM
Being your hand drum or your dancing feet! It will be loads of fun!
It was indeed a gala affair in Upper Falls. I was representing Friends of Hemlock Gorge at the top of Echo Bridge and two to three times more people dropped by to talk with me than I thought would turn up. You could tell that everyone really enjoyed walking the entire route. Saw 5 or 6 people that I hadn’t seen since the pandemic started. The only drawback was it was really cold up on the bridge and I hadn’t dressed for it. Didn’t walk the entire route, but still got my magnet.
Like Bob I was stunned by the size of the crowd and everyone seemed to be having a fine time.
I was representing the future of Upper Falls with the alien contingent and had a wonderful time confusing passersby.
@Jerry. You guys did a great job of making this a go.
It was fun: the volunteers did a great job. I met several friends who live in Newton Centre and Newtonville and knew very little about NUF: they were blown away by the history.
Kudos to one volunteer who brought up, on her own, the fact that Newton (and the rest of the North East) benefited from the cotton planted and picked by slaves. On the other hand, no one mentioned the Indigenous population (the Massachusetts) who lived around here (and may still do)…until I probed.