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Concord Bridge in fall. courtesy of Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau

Two special parks on the new Kennedy Greenway will be completed and open for visitors in November 2011: The new Armenian Heritage Park between Faneuil Hall Marketplace and Christopher Columbus Park will feature a Labyrinth & abstract sculpture.

On the southern end of the new Greenway at Beach Street, Chinatown Mary Soo Hoo Park (formerly the Chinatown Gateway Park) will feature a shady sitting benches, moveable seating, tables with inscribed Chinese chessboards, a signature red fence, & a Tiananmen Square granite memorial to those who died in the struggle for freedom in June 1989. A unique feature of the Mary Soo Hoo Park on the Greenway will be custom-designed replication of 13th–14th century Jin or Yuan dynasty Chinese painting "Clear Weather In The Valley" owned by the Museum of Fine Arts Boston to cover a major vent and accentuate the park concept.

The New Pirates & Patriots Tour, a new Freedom Trail Foundation walking tour features costumed actors who tell salty tales of John Hancock’s smuggling and the hanging of pirates Jack Quelch and William Fly as they visit Boston’s 300-year-old Long Wharf and to the site of Griffin’s Wharf where the tea went in to the water in 1773. Details: www.thefreedomtrail.org.

The new 90-minute Kennedy Walking Tour highlights sites and landmarks in the city which played an important role in John F. Kennedy's rise to the White House. The tour explores the emergence of an Irish political machine in Boston—led by Kennedy's grandfathers, P.J. Kennedy and John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald—which paved the way for Kennedy's political ascent, from Congressman, to Senator, to Vice-Presidential candidate, to President of the United States. Details: www.kennedytour.com.

Upper Deck Trolley of Boston has expanded its tour, visitor services & tour features. Visitors can now enjoy the 2_day ‘hop-on_hop-off’ tour throughout Boston and Cambridge including Harvard Square. The tour includes a choice of one of the following, a Boston Harbor Cruise, Charles Riverboat Cruise, Harvard's Museum of Natural History or Old South Meeting House.

Upper Deck Trolley has opened a new air-conditioned wheelchair-accessible Oasis facility to transfer visitors from the Trolley to their 45 minute Splash Tour. Tour visitors receive $4.00 all day parking at the Cambridgeside Galleria Mall and groups receive free coach parking at their port facility Details www.bostonsupertrolleytours.com.

Segway of Boston Tour has teamed up with the Museum of Science on the Charles River to offer their one-hour that features the river-front, MIT, NorthPoint Park, and dramatic views of the Boston skyline. Developed in conjunction with Museum staff, these excursions include information about the science, natural history and technologies of the area, all while you roll along on your own high-tech Segway Personal Transporter! Details www.segwayofboston.com.

Blue Man Group recently launched a new production of their fantastic performance at Boston’s Charles Playhouse, the first major change since 2004.

Boston Movie Tours is now On Location Tour Boston:

See where the chase scene from The Town took place. Grab a drink at L Street Tavern, home of Good Will Hunting. Visit the spot from the climatic rooftop scene in The Departed. Catch a glimpse of the buildings used in Boston Legal and Ally McBeal. Get insider information on the secrets behind filming Mystic River, Legally Blonde, Fever Pitch, 21 and Gone Baby Gone.

On Location which offers TV & movie tours in Washington DC & New York is now managing the highly popular "Boston Movie Mile walking tour" and the Boston TV & Movie Sites coach tour. Details: www.screentours.com/tour.php/boston.

Three wonderful new visitor centers have opened to help visitors: The Boston Harbor Islands Visitor Center on the Kennedy Greenway at State St. , The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum Visitor Center on the Fort Point Channel/Harborwalk, & The Emerald Necklace Visitor Center on the Fenway. The Official Freedom Trail Visitor Center operated by the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau on the Boston Common will reopen soon following a $1.0 million renovation (during construction the GBCVB has provided visitors with a large Visitor Center at 151 Tremont St.). In Spring 2012 the National Park Service will open a new National Park Visitor Center utilizing the entire ground floor of the historic Faneuil Hall.

Courtesy www.bostonusa.com