ABOUT THE HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS
Americans never seem to know what to do with civic plazas except use them for brown - bag lunches on sunny days. As a result, we seldom design them by well. Copley Square is a classic case. It began as the cheapest space in the new Back Bay of the late 19th century, too close to the railroad and too far from the river. Like the Columbia Point of today, ti became a sort of glorified dumping ground for institutions - several of which, however, were masterpi...