Boston, Beacon Hill and Back Bay, Two John Hancocks

by Lyuba Filatova

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Boston, Beacon Hill and Back Bay, Two John Hancocks

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Lyuba Filatova

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Back Bay is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to a colossal 19th-century filling project, Back Bay was a literal bay. Today, along with neighboring Beacon Hill, it is one of Boston's two most expensive residential neighborhoods.
On the right there is 200 Clarendon Street (formerly known as the John Hancock Tower). It was built in 1976 and at 241 meters (790ft) and it is still the tallest building in Boston and New England. It stands on its own in Copley Square, away from the high-rise area of Boston’s downtown.
The construction of a modern skyscraper at Copley Square, a site with many important historic buildings, sparked an intense debate. The architecture firm of I.M. Pei and partners proposed a sleek 60 story tower with a glass curtain wall, a stark contrast with the nineteenth-century Romanesque Trinity Church across the street. The glass wall of the sixty story John Hancock Tower reflects its surroundings and does not interfere with it.
On the left adjacent to the modern John Hancock Tower is the 1947 Old John Hancock Tower. This Art Deco building has a pyramid-shaped roof topped with a weather beacon. The beacon has a different color depending on the weather: clear blue means a clear view, flashing blue means clouds due, steady red signals rain ahead and a flashing red beacons warns for snow.

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