Square, Plaza sights in Boston
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Copley Square
Copley Sq is graced on all sides with amazing architecture. With eyes constantly drifting upward, it's easy to miss the square's plebeian-sized, down-to-earth elements. Boston's most famous annual event, the Boston Marathon, finishes right here. Runners congregate in a staging area on the square, where they are commemorated by the Boston Marathon Monument, embedded in the sidewalk (on Boylston St near Dartmouth St).
Paying tribute to the runners who subscribe to the 'slow and steady' strategy is Nancy Schon's sculpture Tortoise & Hare (Schon also cast Make Way for Ducklings in the Public Garden).
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Monument Square
The grassy center of Monument Square is a favorite resting and picnicking spot for cyclists touring Concord's scenic roads. At the southeastern end of the square is Wright Tavern, one of the first places the British troops searched in their hunt for arms on April 19, 1775. It became their headquarters for the operation. At the opposite end of the square is the Colonial Inn, the center of Concord socializing, now as then.
Old Hill Burying Ground, with graves dating from colonial times, is on the hillside at the southeastern end of Monument Sq.
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City Hall Plaza
City Hall Plaza is a cold 56-acre concrete plaza surrounded by government office buildings. Designed by IM Pei (who also designed the Kennedy Library), it's home to the fortress-like Boston City Hall, a top-heavy mass of concrete, brick and glass, and the John F Kennedy Federal Building, which anchors the northern edge. The plaza sometimes hosts public gatherings and summertime performances. The plaza’s high points are the gracefully curved brick Sears Crescent, one of the few buildings that remains from the Scollay Sq days, and the sweeping curve of the modern Center Plaza, which mirrors Sears Crescent. Occupying the site of the former Scollay Square, City Hall Plaza was…
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The Gloucester Fisherman
Don't leave Gloucester without paying your respects at St Peter's Square. Here stands Leonarde Craske's famous statue, The Gloucester Fisherman, often called 'The Man at the Wheel.' The statue is dedicated to 'They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships, 1623-1923.'
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