Talk:Back Bay Fens/Archive 1

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Versus "Back Bay"?

I am a local, but I have never understood this term. After reading the article, I still don't. Are "Back Bay", "The Fens", and "Back Bay Fens" distinct entities, or 3 versions of the same? Are either "Back Bay Fens" or "The Fens" subsets of "Back Bay"?

Parts of the article claim the Fens is just the park...but later on it lists a whole bunch of things (Berklee, for example), which locals routinely refer to as being "in Back Bay".

Still not getting it.

66.3.106.5 (talk) 23:35, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

The Fens are?

The Fens in Boston is a park. As such, the name should be singular. The Fens in Britain are a series of wetlands, and are thus plural. The first sentence of the article "the Fens... are [a parkland], is correct when it calls the area a parkland - singular. So why is it treated a plural? I'll leave this up for a while, come back, and change it if no one puts up a good objection. MarkinBoston 02:45, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

What do the locals say? We are here to report, not to dictate on the basis of what, theoretically, should be. Local usage should control. I see you are "inBoston". Can you ascertain prevailing usage? If not, my advice is: if in doubt, leave it alone. Personally, I find it hard to believe anyone would say, out loud, "the Fens is...", just as one would not say "whose woods this is"; it offends the ear. Hertz1888 03:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

A puzzling answer. And yes, I am a local.

From the Emerald Necklace Conservancy site linked in the article:

"The Fens, like all landscapes, has changed over time."

The Fens is a place - singular - not a collection of this fen and that fen. Very simple, and easy to believe.MarkinBoston 22:18, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Pronunciation?

Can somebody please clarify the proper pronunciation? Is it like 'fence' or 'fenz'? —Preceding unsigned comment added by BillMcGonigle (talk • contribs) 18:05, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I propose that Bridge in Fenway Park be merged into this article. The only thing I got from reading the article was that it is a bridge in the Fens; which one, I could not tell, but it doesn't seem notable enough or have enough info to be its own article. In addition, Fenway Park is the ballpark, so the title is grossly misleading. Grk1011/Stephen (talk) 17:08, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Connection to British Fens?

Boston, Lincolnshire, is situated within the Fens. Was this the origin of Boston, Massachusetts's Fens? Not currently mentioned in the article, curious if there are any sources out there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.103.124.141 (talk) 21:31, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

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needs to be wikifyed with sections and all that fun stuff

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War memorials

See related discussion re: war memorials at Talk:World War II Memorial (Boston). Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 01:24, 15 November 2019 (UTC)