Boise, Idaho
Boise is Idaho's capital, with the Boise River running through the heart of the city. The way you know it, from your favorite stretch of path to your favorite place to eat, is worth keeping.
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Boise, Idaho
The Boise River Greenbelt is a tree-lined pathway that follows the north and south sides of the river through the heart of the city for about 29 miles. People walk it, bike it, run it and sit beside it to watch the water go by. It may be where you taught someone to ride a bike, or where you went when you needed to think something through. A path like this slips into a person's life without anyone noticing. Telling those small moments now keeps them from fading.
Grove Street, one of the first plotted areas of the city, is home to the Basque Block. There you will find the Basque Museum and Cultural Center, which began in a house built in 1864 that later served for decades as a boardinghouse, along with an indoor fronton court and the Basque Center, a hall known for dinners and dances. Granite inserts in the sidewalk carry hundreds of family names. However you came to Boise, your story of arriving, or of staying, belongs here too.
The Idaho State Capitol stands on West Jefferson Street, and around it Boise keeps changing, with new buildings, new businesses and new neighbors. If you have been here a long time, you have seen a great deal of it happen. If you just arrived, you are seeing the city with fresh eyes. Both points of view are worth having. One day the generations after you will want to know what Boise was like right now, from someone who actually lived it.
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