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December 13, 2004
Broadcast 09 Kenmore Square
This week on the Radio Program: architectural forensics. Lily Dennison, Jim Ryan and Mr. Butch all used to live and work in Kenmore Square. They take us on a guided tour of a place that no longer exists. The story of Kenmore Square is not unique to Boston, the forces of gentrification and condoization have torn up many urban neighborhoods in many many American cities over the past 20 years BUT the severity of the Boston University led redevelopment of Kenmore Square has created something that I believe is unique - Architectural false history. The above picture shows the block that BU tore down, just after the 'mysterious' fire that made it all possible, I just couldn't bear to post a picture of the new hotel. Here are two great websites with more Kenmore Square history - one - two
Posted by bw at December 13, 2004 01:05 AM