Wednesday, September 21, 2022 – A CLASSIC BEAUTY WORTH THE VISIT ON COPLEY SQUARE
FROM THE ARCHIVES
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
THE 787th EDITION
THE MAGNIFICENT
BOSTON
CENTRAL LIBRARY
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
I spent the day in Boston last week and had a wonderful visit to the Central Library at Copley Square. It was worth the visit with the Mc Kim building being a treasure trove of masterpiece art.
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Photograph of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library
The central courtyard at Boston Public Library Tea is served here daily.
The Bacchante and Infant Faun sculpture in the central courtyard at Boston Public Library
Two lions grace the central staircase (cousins of Patience and Fortitude?) Sculpted by Louis St Gaudens, the stone is not finished and if you rub the tails, good luck will follow.
Boston Public Library 1st Public library
The room has a commemorative plaque
The Guastavino Room is now used for special events
The ceiling looks so familiar.
Books are still on the upper level shelves
Murals by John Singer Sargent grace the upper level.
Just in case you were curious, the Mc Kim building is connected to the modern Boyleston Street annex. A great modern structure where you can have you mandatory Cappuccino,.
Guess what ends outside the library?
WEDNESDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
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TUESDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
WINDOW WASHERS AT BLOOMBERG CENTER, CORNELL TECH
NINA LUBLIN GOT IT
Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Deborah Dorff
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JUDITH BERDY
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
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