Reader Comments on What the Locals Know about Pittsfield from YankeeMagazine.com http://www.yankeemagazine.com/rss/index.php Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:41:09 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2007-11/travel/pittsfield/ As recent transplants to Pittsfield from Southwick, MA, my husband, Jim, and I can attest to all of the riches this city and region have to offer. Not only does the Appalachian Trail run the entire length of Berkshire County (Jim is the Chairman of the Berkshire Chapter of the trail), but state parks, wildlife preserves, beautiful lakes and country farms abound as well as all the cultural and culinary treats one can imagine. The city of Pittsfield also provides many free events to simply stroll through town on Third Thursdays, picnic at the lake with free concerts, and numerous other delights to meet, eat, shop and walk during the warm weather months. One of the best surprises for us was the incredible historical significance of this area - Herman Melville's Arrowhead Museum home, Chesterwood (home of Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial), Edith Wharton's Estate and so many more wonderful homes of history as well as the popular Norman Rockwell Museum in nearby Stockbridge are treats not to be missed. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:40:22 +0100