Tag: Downtown Boston BID

“Step On It!” Sidewalk Scavenger Hunt a success!

“Step On It!” Sidewalk Scavenger Hunt a success!

On a Nov. 3rd, sightseers, residents, friends, and families ventured out and braved the forecast of rain and wind to gather at Old City Hall and participate in WalkBoston’s scavenger hunt.  Teams and individuals alike grabbed their clues and eagerly set off within the Downtown Boston area to search the sidewalks and uncover embedded images/phrases.  Fun wrapped up with a bit of history sums it up as participants hunted for over a dozen items: the lyrics to the “Tea Tax,” a plaque commemorating the building of the first subway in America, and many more.  The two-hour hunt ended with a celebration of food, drinks and announcement of four winning teams: Ali’s Alley Explorers, Lovely Ladies, Spark, and The Sidewalk Raptors.

The winners: Ali’s Alley Explorers!

Thanks to our staff, board members, and volunteers who put this event together and our co-sponsors MP Boston and the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District, who generously invested their resources promoting our event.

Lastly, we thank all the local businesses that donated prizes for the event: Synergy Investments, Hyatt/Downtown Boston, Zipcar, Roche Bros., Sweet Bakery, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Serafina Boston, Boston By Foot, Freedom Trail Foundation, Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, and Zoo New England.

See our album of pictures on Facebook

Results

TeamScore
Ali’s Alley Explorers37
lovely ladies34
Spark34
The Sidewalk Raptors34
Schuerhoff Team29
Allsfair27
Codd Squad25
Fish-ionaries25
Scooby Doo25
Tech Networks of Boston24
Ladies who Lunch23
Team Ahearn23
Diego13
Clueless12
#WBSignTest comes to an end

#WBSignTest comes to an end

Thank you to the staff members from the Downtown Boston BID for removing our faded wayfinding decal from the top of Pi Alley today. We installed this as a prototype in June 2016, and gathered feedback from people walking by through email and social media using the Twitter hashtag #WBSignTest. This lasted much longer than we expected: it had a good run!