Jump to content

File:2017 Citgo sign Kenmore Square Boston.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (4,028 × 3,456 pixels, file size: 3.25 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: The double-sided Citgo sign in Kenmore Square, Boston, Massachusetts, was erected in 1965, replacing one which was built in 1940. Originally, there was a Cities Service (Citgo) gas station at street level, but it is no longer there. When Citgo attempted to dismantle the sign in 1983, the effort was met with a public outcry, as it had become a well-known landmark. The Boston Landmark Commission ordered the removal to be halted while the fate of the sign was debated. Citgo refurbished the sign, and it had remained in place ever since. In 2016, the Landmarks Commission gave the sign temporary landmark status, and in November 2018 it voted unanimously to give the sign office status as a Boston Landmark, however, this was vetoes by mayor Marty Walsh. The owner of the building -- 660 Beacon Street -- the sign in located on, Related Beal, entered into a deal with Citgo for the sign to remain in place for 30 years. As of 2019, the sign is not protected by landmark status.
Date
Source Own work
Author Beyond My Ken
Camera location42° 20′ 55.96″ N, 71° 05′ 48.88″ W  Heading=45° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses:
GNU head Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
You may select the license of your choice.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

16 August 2017

42°20'55.961"N, 71°5'48.880"W

heading: 45 degree

0.0015625 second

12.164 millimetre

image/jpeg

88d439f607f76b0f560d3761032d34804f13e54c

3,407,162 byte

3,456 pixel

4,028 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current07:24, 10 March 2019Thumbnail for version as of 07:24, 10 March 20194,028 × 3,456 (3.25 MB)Beyond My Ken== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description= {{en|1=The double-sided Citgo sign in Kenmore Square, Boston, Massachusetts, was erected in 1965, replacing one which was built in 1940. Originally, there was a Cities Service (Citgo) gas station at street level, but it is no longer there. When Citgo attempted to dismantle the sign in 1983, the effort was met with a public outcry, as it had become a well-known landmark. The Boston Landmark Commission ordered the removal to be halted while th...

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata