The National Archives has a collection of photos, taken in 1973, of the waterfall and fountain that once gurgled on City Hall Plaza, in a sunken area off Cambridge Street, near the JFK federal building.
The city has announced plans to put a new fountain on City Hall Plaza, but near the Bill Russell monument, on the other side of City Hall.
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Nice find
By Bugs Bunny
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 11:55am
It's nice to see pictures of people prior to iphones.
I know. People were more
By anon
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 1:00pm
I know. People were more socially skilled before iphones. People enjoyed being engaged with other humans and actually speaking with them.
YOU ARE WRONG
By bogey
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 8:56pm
AND Let me use this space to write an insane tirade of just how wrong you are and how you are a horrible person. Even though we probably agree on some things and might enjoy each others company and have a laugh or two.
(god, I am so lonely....)
Don't worry, I'll text you
By dotratfromwayback
Wed, 07/04/2018 - 6:22pm
Don't worry, I'll text you later.
The majority of people in the
By Matthew Wunderlich
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 2:02pm
The majority of people in the picture appear to be on their own. Some are reading books. Are iPhones really so bad? https://www.reddit.com/r/PhonesAreBad/
It's beauteous!
By anon
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 12:11pm
It's beauteous!
Banacek 1973 TV
By MrZip
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 12:11pm
I loved that show (one reason I moved here I suspect), Google up Banacek Intro to see a brand new City Hall and Plaza/fountain plus lots of other cool aerial shots of early '70s Boston.
Kid at the fountain
By adamg
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 12:17pm
Jed Hresko forwarded this photo (by Philip Hresko) of him at the old fountain back in the day.
Make the Secretaries Feel Better
By John-W
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 1:04pm
Tell old Mr. Ahern to calm down a while....
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History lesson
By anon
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 1:06pm
People don't believe me when I tell them there was a time when that area was actually quite hospitable and considered a place to linger. But it was. Over the succeeding years it came to be seen as barren. Maybe because t's so dirty now and bereft of the fountains, trees and flowers. And don't underestimate the globe-like streetlights that once adorned the area. They may seem dated now but they were attractive in their time.
Oh sure...
By Brighton-ite
Wed, 07/04/2018 - 11:08am
Next thing you'll tell me is that it wasn't used as a parking lot or municipal vehicles.
Here's a Sesame Street film
By anon
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 1:46pm
Here's a Sesame Street film of the fountain: http://youtube.com/watch?v=nrPz8ryMeQk&t=1m29s
Afterward there are clips of the Frog Pond, and Mas Ave and Longfellow Bridges.
Watah!
By statler
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 2:56pm
Watah! Watah! Watah!
A pain to operate?
By Melissa
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 4:42pm
I remember a bunch of fountains, growing up in the 1970s: at the Museum of Science, the Burlington mall. No more. I guess they just didn't like their water bills or something?
The Pru
By anon
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 6:48pm
If I recall, in the 60s and 70s there were fountains at the Pru also.
A little late to this post....
By Ward8Mahatma
Thu, 07/05/2018 - 4:50pm
.... but that sunken fountain also functioned as a small amphitheater., when the water wasn’t on.
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