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The oldest piece of land still owned by Boston

By adamg on Wed, 04/08/2015 - 7:25am

WBUR takes a look at the history of 26 Court St.:

The building, on a busy side street in the Financial District, sits on what city records say is "believed to be the oldest plot of land continuously owned by the City of Boston."

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By anon on Wed, 04/08/2015 - 9:34am.

What ever happened to the giant statues which used to be over each of the columns? They are present in early photos of the building and gone by the 60s/70s.

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By Felicity on Wed, 04/08/2015 - 9:34am.

Turn it into a shelter.

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By anon on Wed, 04/08/2015 - 10:01am.

As long as they don't tear it down and turn it into nondescript luxury condos like they did with the historic Dainty Dot building on Kingston Street. What a great old building that was. I thought of it because it also had columns and things like the Court Street building. I'm not sure of the architectural terms, but I like them.

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By theszak on Wed, 04/08/2015 - 11:55am.

What's happening with the old Kirstein Library building at 20 City Hall Avenue around the corner?
https://www.google.com/maps/place/20+City+Hall+Square,+Boston,+MA+02108

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By History Nerd on Wed, 04/08/2015 - 9:57am.

There was no mention of the fact that the trail of the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre (defended by John Adams and Josiah Quincy Jr.) also took place in that court.

Certainly more significant in American legal history than some pirate!

The city has also been a part or full owner of the Old State House at the end of court street for just as long. But I suppose they didn't fully own it till 1830.

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By eVo on Wed, 04/08/2015 - 1:18pm.

Not sure how you could leave out that Court Street Station used to be the end of the Blue Line and that those stairs shown in the Courthouse photo go down to the platforms. Also, I still doubt that those columns were reused - seems more like folklore than reality in my opinion. Anyone have a source for that?

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By ABC1234 on Wed, 04/08/2015 - 7:00pm.

Rumor floating around East Boston that their will be a proposal for a Whole Foods somewhere on Border Street,..
Does UHUB, Boston Globe Curbed, have any additional info on this, if so , give us details..

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By bibliotequetress on Thu, 04/09/2015 - 11:52am.

Now, does anyone know how long The Hungry Traveller has been there?

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