Aline Kaplan recounts the transformation of what had been a way for men to relieve themselves in private rather than in the Frog Pond into today's Earl of Sandwich.
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The Architect
By Irma la Douce
Fri, 12/29/2023 - 10:06am
Charles Hammond Gibson Jr. (who created the Gibson House Museum in Back Bay) designed the comfort station during his tenure as Boston Parks Commissioner (which began in 1914).
I've passed by said sandwich
By xyz
Fri, 12/29/2023 - 11:46am
I've passed by said sandwich stand/former public lavatory many times myself, but never tried their food. Is it any good?
I hear…
By MrDines
Fri, 12/29/2023 - 1:13pm
…it’s wicked pissah.
It's not bad. I liked the
By Don't Panic
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 1:42am
It's not bad. I liked the original menu that included Hot Dogs but last time I was there it just served "traditional" sandwiches. I got a grilled chicken sandwich that was okay.
Public urination is the least
By Rwgfy
Fri, 12/29/2023 - 5:54pm
Public urination is the least of Boston Common problems.
I use Boston Common daily
By Bob Leponge
Sat, 12/30/2023 - 4:05pm
I use Boston Common daily. I think on the whole it’s a pretty high quality park. How often do you use it?
Great Post
By BostonDog
Sat, 12/30/2023 - 10:06am
That was an interesting read.
I had been annoyed they didn't restore it to being a restroom but after reading that, perhaps it's for the best. Still, making public facilities in the Common (and elsewhere) would be money well spent.
Pink Palace
By JohnAKeith
Sat, 12/30/2023 - 12:35pm
Yes, men used to relieve themselves there all the time.
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Interesting factoid
By Don't Panic
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 2:02am
On August 19,2017 the "Earl of Sandwich" closed when the Free Speech Rally
https://www.wbur.org/news/2017/08/19/boston-free-s...
on the Boston Common started. Surprisingly the manager and staff were outside the building watching the ongoing situation
I had just gotten out of a movie at the AMC theater with my nephew from out of town and he was absolutely freaked out about the large crowds on the Common. I told him this kind of stuff happens all the time. Although when we got to the "Earl of Sandwich" and found it closed I told him, "Now this is unusual".
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