Boston’s Copley Square
Watching the news yesterday I thought the block where the first bomb exploded in Boston looked familiar. I’d only been there once, just over 24 hours, in January 2008, just 2 weeks before my stroke.
I searched online for specifics on the location of the Boston Marathon finish line (see graphics from the Boston Globe’s here and NY Times here) and I quickly realized why I recognized the location, I had stayed the night at the finish line!
My room in the Charlesmark Hotel (655 Boylston St) was in the front, facing Boylston St and the Boston Public Library. That night I had dinner at the Globe Bar & Cafe at 565 Boylston, facing Copley Square. The next morning I got up early to see as much Boston as I could before my late afternoon flight back to St. Louis.
The Copley Square area was upscale and I felt safe walking around, the scale was very nice. The events of yesterday are not an indictment of the area, it was just a target because of the event. I hope to return again!
My heart goes out to the victims and the people of Boston.
— Steve Patterson
Such a tragic event in such a beautiful city. Will we ever be as safe in our cities/towns/homes like we were in the 50s? (I was born in the 90s so no first hand experience, but seemed like that was a very safe time for Americans).
I did “duck and cover” drills in school in the 70s, like that would’ve helped in care we were attacked by a nuclear bomb.