The Hancock Tower Was Designed to Reflect Boston. Then the Windows Started Falling Out.
The John Hancock Tower's reflective glass was part of a daring architectural idea meant to help a 60-story skyscraper coexist with Trinity Church. Then the windows began falling out. Fifty years after the Boston landmark opened, here's the story behind the design, the Plywood Palace and the tower Boston eventually learned to love.
Come to Boston. Park the Car. Open Newbury Is Waiting.
There may be no better way to enjoy Boston than to stay where you can walk out the door and already be somewhere worth seeing. Open Newbury turns one of the Back Bay’s best-known streets over to pedestrians for several Sundays this fall. Here’s how to make a Boston weekend of it—and why you may want to leave the car behind.