Converse pride

By adamg on Sun, 06/25/2017 - 9:57am

Converse sign lit in Pride colors in Boston

Matt Frank captured the rainbow Converse sign last night.

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Fun facts

By Lanny Budd on Sun, 06/25/2017 - 10:22am.

Converse is a local company which was owned long ago by the Stone family. The Stone Science building at BU is named after the two brothers - who helped fund the founding of the nation of Israel. Dewey Stone had given lots of cash towards Truman's election and so was able to get Chaim Weizmann an audience with Truman when the official position of the State Department was against the support of founding an independent Israel. As a result of this meeting, Truman overruled his diplomats.

The building used to be owned

By necturus on Mon, 06/26/2017 - 1:02pm.

The building used to be owned by the late Herbert Hoffman, and was home to his radio stations, WUNR AM 1600 and WBOS FM 92.9 when I worked there in the early '80's. There was also a Registry of Motor Vehicles office there.

Before then, it was the home of Landlubber jeans, a Hoffman family company.

Landlubber

By anon on Mon, 06/26/2017 - 1:13pm.

I remember Landlubber jeans from the 70s! Thanks for the great memory. Between you an me, they made people's bodies look great. Before the baggy clothes trend kicked in that made everybody look like they were dressing from the Bozo The Clown Collection.

Wow - really?

By anon on Mon, 06/26/2017 - 2:54pm.

You are saying that the 70s were "before people dressed like clowns"?

You must be one of those people who still uses "dungarees" and "slacks" and 270 other names for what everyone else calls "pants" in casual conversation.