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Boston’s Copley Square

April 16, 2013 Featured, Travel 2 Comments

Watching the news yesterday I thought the block where the first bomb exploded in Boston looked familiar. I’d only been there once, just over 24 hours, in January 2008, just 2 weeks before my stroke.

I searched online for specifics on the location of the Boston Marathon finish line (see graphics from the Boston Globe’s here and NY Times here) and I quickly realized why I recognized the location, I had stayed the night at the finish line!

The Charlesmark Hotel at 555 Boylston St
The Charlesmark Hotel is basically the finish line point for the Boston Marathon.

My room in the Charlesmark Hotel (655 Boylston St) was in the front, facing Boylston St and the Boston Public Library.  That night I had dinner at the Globe Bar & Cafe at 565 Boylston, facing Copley Square.  The next morning I got up early to see as much Boston as I could before my late afternoon flight back to St. Louis.

Looking west up Copley St from my hotel room. The first bomb went off in this area (right).
Looking west up Copley St from my hotel room. The first bomb went off in this area (right).
From what I've seen online so far the first bomb went off within the left side of this view of Boylston St.
From what I’ve seen online so far the first bomb went off within the left side of this view of Boylston St.

 

Looking east from my hotel room with Copley Square (left) and the Boston Public Library (right)
Looking east from my hotel room with Copley Square (left) and the Boston Public Library (right)
Looking east at Copley Square and Trinity Church
Looking east at Copley Square and Trinity Church by H.H. Richardson
Looking west across Copley Square at the Boston Public Library
Looking west across Copley Square at the Boston Public Library by McKim, Mead and White

The Copley Square area was upscale and I felt safe walking around, the scale was very nice. The events of yesterday are not an indictment of the area, it was just a target because of the event.  I hope to return again!

My heart goes out to the victims and the people of Boston.

— Steve Patterson

 

Currently there are "2 comments" on this Article:

  1. Simon Nogin says:

    Such a tragic event in such a beautiful city. Will we ever be as safe in our cities/towns/homes like we were in the 50s? (I was born in the 90s so no first hand experience, but seemed like that was a very safe time for Americans).

     

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