“Growing up in Boston, this was one of my favorite places to visit.”
I know! Can remember how she smelled from my childhood, running all around her - most of her is restricted these days, glad to have grown up in the 60s, 70s.
I remember the aroma too!
They used to call sailors from that era “Tars”. Tar was part of the smell, and old wood, and brine, and brass polish and iron. I remember it too.
Did you ever go to Battleship Cove in Fall River?
WW2 Ships there.