The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
By adamg - 10/6/10 - 3:20 pm
And that answer would be "No," assuming the question was "Can I walk through Copley Square with an open umbrella today?"
On a noontime walk to Back Bay station (from City Hall; yeah, I'm that kind of nuts), I took refuge on the steps of Trinity Church, and watched as countless umbrellas got turned inside out and countless people simply gave up and closed their umbrellas rather than fighting a losing battle with the wind.
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I love-
-walking around Boston...even in the rain. Perhaps especially in the rain.
Oh gosh, I go to high school
Oh gosh, I go to high school in Copley Square and we have to travel for classes, and I kept getting blown back and forth. My umbrella blew out 4 times, at least!
Ah the joys
of living in Boston. Umbrellas are so often completely useless.
Once upon a time the wind blew a contact lens right out of my eye while I was crossing the Harvard Bridge. Caught it in my lashes.
Just imagine!
What the revolving doors of MIT's Green Building are doing right now!
;) :)
Green Building during Gloria
We put on overcoats and went out "sailing" under the Green Building during Hurricane Gloria. The wind was strong enough to pick me up and shoot me ten feet backwards!
Windiest parts of central
Windiest parts of central Boston:
Tremont St (corresponding side streets) parallel to the common. Boylston / Tremont probably the worse.
Government Center
Area around South Station / Ft Point Channel / Atlantic Ave / Congress Street. Seaport / Northern Ave
Back Bay / Copley Sq / anywhere within a few blocks of the Hancock.
Honorable mention: Central Sq Cambridge. ALWAYS windy.
Former wind victim
> Tremont St (corresponding side streets) parallel to the common.
> Boylston / Tremont probably the worse.
Back in the 70s I was blown over right around there. I now weigh almost twice as much as I did then -- so have less to fear from the wind. ;~}
St. James Ave. in Copley Square is the worst
Once I was bicycling westbound on this street, next to the Hancock Tower, and the wind blew my bike and me clear to the right-side curb.
Trinity Place is worse
Yes, St James is bad, but Trinity Place, the one block street from Stuart to St James between the Hancock Tower and the Copley Plaza, is sometimes so windy that it cannot be walked, it's physically impossible to make it from one end to the other on foot. That's the street where umbrellas go to die.
Rain. Coat.
Wear a raincoat. They don't turn inside out. You don't hit people in the face when on crowded sidewalks.
Really. Leave the umbrella at home and wear a raincoat.
Second that
And on really bad days I add rain pants.