Photo of the Day, Boston Style - Part Deux

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jass said:
Its blue again.

I wonder what other colors they can do
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I know they can do white. About 9PM on Monday I was walking across Christian Science Plaza on my way into the Pru and was looking up at it as the lights went off, then on again. About a minute later they went off then back on in white about 30 seconds later, which quickly turned blue.
 
took these two last night.
The Tobin and the Zakim.

Zakim is up first.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/2313144527/

Tobin Second

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/2313152827/in/photostream/
 
Yea I've been wondering why the Pru has been lit up blue for the past couple of nights. Fenway Park was also lit up blue but I didn't ever stop and think that the blue lights at Fenway and the Pru were connected in any way
 
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I want to know why my photos from my 7MP Cannon Elph look like they were shot on a camera phone. :(
 
^^ Has a very surreal quality to it. I agree it is strange, though.
 
statler said:
I want to know why my photos from my 7MP Cannon Elph look like they were shot on a camera phone. :(
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It's the lighting and the fact that the focus is on the trees, so the buildings come out slightly blurry (or 'surreal'). Play around with it man.
 
I took this the other night and was thinking how (hopefully) this view won't exist in a few years. Still pretty neat:

 
bostoncitywalk said:
I took this the other night and was thinking how (hopefully) this view won't exist in a few years.
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Columbus Center will be a slight improvement over the chainlink fence and the Mass Pike, that's for sure.

I really like the blue lighting, if they keep it like this, it could end up being my favorite night lighting in the city (right now, it's One Lincoln).

Sort of an unrelated note, but thinking of air rights made me remember that the park/plaza that is over the SE expressway in Milton seemed to be leaking pretty steadily today and I wasn't sure what the problem was, if anyone else noticed it, or if it's even a problem.
 
Don't forget the green zigzag neon of the Hyatt Cambridge, the unsung hero of the night.
 
Has the pedestrian underpass on this side, below the Charlestown bridge, opened yet?
 
Yep! I just walked it at lunch. The Lovejoy Wharf area (Boston side) looks complete too, but there is some temporary barrier and lots of "No Trespassing" signs.
 
Last time I tried to walk on the Lovejoy Wharf side, I could easily swing around the fence, but once I did that, I reached a gap in the walkway where it hadn't been finished.
 
^ If I didn't see the monument in the background I may have mistaken that for Quincy.
 
A company I worked for a decade ago was involved with this development. Basically, this is exactly what the neighborhood wanted. There were a number of proposals, and this was the one that pandered exactly to what the neighborhoods wanted. The result is an attractive, but banal development. Sadly, the result is also a commercial failure. The building next to Olive's has been largely vacant since it opened. Citibank got a cut-rate lease through Meredith & Grew for reasons outside of typical market dynamics and just opened a MASSIVE branch occupying a large space - now dead. The other side of the street has seen two restaurant failures (no parking, hello?) and office vacancy. The park in the middle of it all is absolutely beautiful - and usually empty. Overall, is the project a success or a failure? I guess it depends on whom you ask.
 
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