A crisp fall day offered scenes of pedestrians enjoying warm sunshine
A customer browses discount books as reflected light plays on West Street at the Brattle Book Shop.Lane Turner/Globe Staff
Colorful foliage isn’t the only fall pleasure. For those urban dwellers unable to trek north for the spectacular displays of forested color, a warm shaft of sunlight on a downtown street can lift moods just as well. The temperatures might be dropping, with daylight disappearing ever earlier, but a pedestrian can still luxuriate with a place in the sun.
Nashtarr pauses in reflected light on Knapp Street in Chinatown.Lane Turner/Globe Staff
A pedestrian shields her eyes as she looks down Tyler Street in Chinatown. Lane Turner/Globe Staff
Festive lanterns decorate the Rose Kennedy Greenway - Auntie Kay & Uncle Frank Chin Park in Chinatown.Lane Turner/Globe Staff
A pedestrian pauses in a pool of colored light - sunshine passing through stained glass - on Washington Street in downtown Boston. Lane Turner/Globe Staff
A pedestrian enters the Opera House on Washington Street in downtown Boston. Lane Turner/Globe Staff
Visitors leave the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common. Lane Turner/Globe Staff