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4 unusual facts about Storrow


Storrow

Thomas Storrow Brown (1803–1888), journalist, writer, orator, and revolutionary in Lower Canada (present-day Quebec)

James J. Storrow (1864–1926), Boston-area investment banker instrumental in forming General Motors, and its third president

Helen Storrow (1864–1944), American philanthropist, early Girl Scout leader, and chair of WAGGGS for eight years

Storrow Drive, major cross town expressway in Boston, Massachusetts


James J. Storrow

With police Commissioner Edwin U. Curtis at odds with the rank and file police, Boston Mayor Andrew J. Peters appointed Storrow to chair an ad hoc Citizen's Committee to review the matter.

Storrow Drive

For example, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has proposed covering Storrow Drive near the pedestrian Arthur Fiedler Bridge, replacing the old overpass with a wide, ground-level park space that would better connect the green space of Boston's Public Garden with the Esplanade.


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