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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Boston, Massachusetts, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1991 (alteration)en_US
dc.creatorCopley Square Centennial Committeeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-12T18:37:53Z
dc.date.available2013-04-12T18:37:53Z
dc.date.issued2013-04-12
dc.identifier207967en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 923en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/115841
dc.descriptionGeneral view, looking east, showing Boylston Street at left, Trinity Church at center, and the John Hancock Tower at right; Copley Square, named for the American portraitist John Singleton Copley (1738-1815), is located in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. A bronze statue of Copley, by sculptor Lewis Cohen, is located on the northern side of the square. The name Copley Square is frequently applied to the larger area extending approximately two blocks east and west along Boylston Street, Huntington Avenue, and St. James Avenue. The square is adjacent to the finish line of the Boston Marathon and a monument in the park commemorates the marathon. The square was created following the 1858 filling of most of the Back Bay Fens. In 1983 to address public dissatisfaction with the lack of greenery and sightlines, the Copley Square Centennial Committee was formed. A series of public meetings and seminars established design criteria for a new park. A national design competition was held in 1989 and the current design was selected. In 1991 the new Copley Square Park was dedicated. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 2/11/2008)en_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectcityscapesen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectplantsen_US
dc.subjectFountainsen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.titleCopley Squareen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-US-B-CS-A2en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling) gardeningen_US
vra.worktypesquare (open space)en_US
vra.worktypegardenen_US
vra.worktypeOlympic villageen_US
vra.worktypefountainen_US
dc.contributor.displayCopley Square Centennial Committee (American non-profit organization, 1983-1992)en_US


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