Millennium Tower (Filene's) | 426 Washington Street | Downtown

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Here are tobyjug's photos of the demolition of the old Filene's building:

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thanks for the photo's tobyjug! Thanks for posting them Barbaric! :)
 
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whoah what did you go up in the parking garage for those shots?

Wicked Pissah ! ! !
 
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Yep. They're a great way to get a little elevation.
 
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Anybody notice the "PARK Open 24 Hours" signs that were revealed when the Filene's signs were removed from the clocks on the Summer and Washington Street sides? I wonder what the story is behind them. Was there ever a garage associated with Filene's?
 
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Why were the Filene's signs removed? Are the clocks still operating?
 
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^^ I doubt it. I assume most, if not all, of the electrical service has been removed from the building by now.
 
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Ron Newman said:
Why were the Filene's signs removed? Are the clocks still operating?
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Not sure why the signs were removed other than disassociating the project with the original Filene's store. As for the clocks, they've been stuck at 8:59 for almost 6 months. I'm sure they'll get them working after the project is completed. I'm starting to miss the carillon playing the Godfather theme while walking to Park Street.
 
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^^ Yeah, the bells better come back.

I wonder what the last song played was?
 
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JoeGallows said:
Anybody notice the "PARK Open 24 Hours" signs that were revealed when the Filene's signs were removed from the clocks on the Summer and Washington Street sides? I wonder what the story is behind them. Was there ever a garage associated with Filene's?
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Christmas decorations were also put up over Summer Street and a wreath placed on the building. I think it's the same reason a branch of the Borough of Manhattan Unemployment Office opened on Temple Place. They're filming a movie and the Filene's Building is a stand-in for a parking garage.
 
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It doesn't look much like a parking garage, even in its current state.
 
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It says the "park 24" on one side of the clocks and "Filene's" on the other.
 
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I was just about to post the same thing. Filene's has four clocks -- one facing each way on the Washington Street side, and one facing each way on the Summer Street side. The south- and west-facing clocks say "PARK Open 24 Hours", but the north- and east-facing clocks still say Filene's.

I suppose that in its gutted state, it could look like a garage -- but only if the camera entirely avoids the street level which is boarded up with big glossy "ONE FRANKLIN" advertising signs all over it.
 
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