Jamie Breen | Veritas NewsA group of people gather between trees as a tour guide speaks about the Boston Commons.

Jamie Breen | Veritas News
A group of people gather between trees as a tour guide speaks about the Boston Commons.

 

Jamie Breen | Veritas NewsA view from the top of the bridge: the stream that flows through the Boston Common.

Jamie Breen | Veritas News
A view from the top of the bridge: the stream that flows through the Boston Common.

Jamie Breen | Veritas NewsThe used bookstore, Brattle Books, can be found off Park Street.

Jamie Breen | Veritas News
The used bookstore, Brattle Books, can be found off Park Street.

Jamie Breen | Veritas NewsIn between two buildings lies the outside bookstore, Brattle Books. Used books priced as low as $1 line the shelves. The brick building on the left is the inside of Brattle Books, which holds three floors of fiction and nonfiction used books.

Jamie Breen | Veritas News
In between two buildings lies the outside bookstore, Brattle Books. Used books priced as low as $1 line the shelves. The brick building on the left is the inside of Brattle Books, which holds three floors of fiction and nonfiction used books.

Jamie Breen | Veritas NewsOld books are found on the third floor of Brattle Books.

Jamie Breen | Veritas News
Old books are found on the third floor of Brattle Books.

Jamie Breen | Veritas NewsBooks more than 200 years old can be found on the third floor of Brattle Books.

Jamie Breen | Veritas News
Books more than 200 years old can be found on the third floor of Brattle Books.

Jamie Breen | Veritas NewsA waitress at the Algiers Coffee House (off the Harvard T stop) answers the phone before helping a customer.

Jamie Breen | Veritas News
A waitress at the Algiers Coffee House (off the Harvard T stop) answers the phone before helping a customer.

 

Jamie Breen | Veritas NewsAnother waitress at Algiers Coffee House stirs coffee for a waiting customer.

Jamie Breen | Veritas News
Another waitress at Algiers Coffee House stirs coffee for a waiting customer.

Jamie Breen | Veritas NewsAlgiers Coffee House serves more than just flavored hot chocolate and Turkish coffee. The menu features other treats, such as lamb cabob, chicken cabob, and falafel sandwiches.

Jamie Breen | Veritas News
Algiers Coffee House serves more than just flavored hot chocolate and Turkish coffee. The menu features other treats, such as lamb cabob, chicken cabob, and falafel sandwiches.

Jamie Breen | Veritas NewsCustomers try on hats at the small Goorin Bros. Hat Shop in Harvard Square.

Jamie Breen | Veritas News
Customers try on hats at the small Goorin Bros. Hat Shop in Harvard Square.

Jamie Breen | Veritas NewsA worker at the Goorin Bros. Hat Shop fixes a stack of falling hats.

Jamie Breen | Veritas News
A worker at the Goorin Bros. Hat Shop fixes a stack of falling hats.

Jamie Breen | Veritas NewsAnother worker at the hat shop laughs as customers take pictures of themselves wearing hats.

Jamie Breen | Veritas News
Another worker at the hat shop laughs as customers take pictures of themselves wearing hats.

Jamie Breen | Veritas NewsA ladder lines the wall with hats, giving the room a very Oliveander’s Wand Shop from Harry Potter feeling.

Jamie Breen | Veritas News
A ladder lines the wall with hats, giving the room a very Oliveander’s Wand Shop from Harry Potter feeling.