Lafayette Place

Ron Newman said:
This is a 1982 promotional brochure for Lafayette Place. It's a poor-quality scan from a library collection. It has some drawings that show how the site was laid out.

The brochure says that Lafayette Place would include a multi-screen cinema, but this was never built.
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I was gonna ask about the cinema it notes.

Anyway, thanks for posting that brochure. It pretty much answers every question I had, right down to an interior rendering. The models and site planning look interesting. The interior circle looks a bit odd in the design.

Also, thanks Suffolk 83 for pointing out the flikr search. I tried "lafayette place" numerous times but never "lafayette place boston." They've got great exterior shots and some amazing shots of the old DTX in general.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28175182@N07/with/3617145477/

Awesome channel. Look at that mirrored facade! I thought you didn't get anymore 80s than Copley Place...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28175182@N07/3617145477/

Shot from Hancock observatory (I miss that view). You can clearly see Lafayette Place and the hotel
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28175182@N07/3821254955/sizes/l/in/photostream/
 
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bosma said:
Is this what your looking for?

http://www.archive.org/stream/jordanmarshlafay00bost#page/14/mode/2up

http://www.archive.org/stream/lafayette82place#page/n1/mode/2up

http://www.archive.org/stream/lafayetteplaceur00bost#page/n3/mode/2up
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The first link is awesome! It didn't quite end up looking like that in the end, but it reveals that IM Pei was the architect.

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I also just realized that if you look at it from Google earth, all they did was infill the circle and access road. It maintains the exact shape. It's now a garage entrance:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+Ave...=0NsAxHJc34LgiTmV45iJkg&cbp=12,31.26,,0,-15.1

Here's an aerial view of the "new" LCC courtyard that was obviously the Lafayette Place open courtyard/access road:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UD2DqTkE-Hp3vsp9EM8gHQ
 
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Hamill Gallery of African Art
at Lafayette Place

Our gallery at Lafayette Place in downtown Boston was part of the Arts Circle, a collaborative effort of several museums and galleries, the City of Boston and the owners of the Mall, lasting from Oct. 1, 1991 - Jan. 31, 1992. It filled 4,500 sq. ft. and gave many visitors their first look at traditional African tribal art.​


Pretty cool it shows 3 photos
http://www.hamillgallery.com/EXHIBITIONS/LafayettePlaceGallery.html
 
Plenty of empty storefronts in DTC that could use an installation like that right now...
 
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