Design
Landmarks of Boston, in Trouble
The future of both the Citgo sign in Kenmore Square and the Old Northern Avenue Bridge are suddenly in question.
It was a strange, unsettling kind of feeling as Boston pondered a couple of changes in the cityscape last month: the dismantling of the Old Northern Avenue Bridge, a century-old industrial-era swing bridge near downtown, and uncertainty over the Citgo sign in Kenmore Square, just outside historic Fenway Park.
When your parents convert your bedroom into guest quarters after you’re off to college, that’s tough to take, but somehow more of a natural evolution. Losing landmarks that speak to the culture of a city—that’s different.