After our family time together at Jay Peak Susan and I took Jackson and Oliver for two days. One of our adventures was to take the train and subway over to the Prudential Tower, and go up to the sky deck for its fantastic views of Boston. The Hancock Tower has remained closed since 9/11, which is a shame.
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Just ok pictures, between cloudy overcast day and through glass.
This is the Charles, looking Northeast.
The Esplanade can be seen to the right of the curved island.
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The Hancock and Beacon Hill. I have a photo from almost 50 years ago
when the Hancock was covered with plywood because of the popping out of glass.
Everyone called it "Plywood Ranch"
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Since I was last up in the Pru, this building has been erected, and I have always been curious about tis dome.
My curiosity has been answered. Disappointing. Just an ornamental cap.
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| Looking due West towards the Christian Science comples, and NEC |
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| The Mother Church (with the largest Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ ever built, 140 ranks) |
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Symphony Hall, home of the BSO, POPS, and had been called the greatest acoustic for an
orchestra ever built.
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| New England Conservatory, by grad school, 1966-68 |
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| Fenway Park, of course |
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Across the Charles to MIT
(sung to the tune of "Mickey Mouse":
"MIT, PHD, MONEY"
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| Copley Square church |
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| One of the huge former private homes near Commonwealth Ave |
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| I am not sure which church this is, but I do remember playing a Mozart Requiem there on New Years Eve. |
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| Oliver, 12, and Jackson, 14 |
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| Oliver making friends with a robot that roans around Prudential Plaza |
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