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Memo to newcomers: Citgo Sign
By adamg on Tue, 03/01/2005 - 8:54pm
Despite what you may read elsewhere, the last time the Citgo Sign underwent a major renovation was not 1965. It was 1983, when Bostonians protested plans by Citgo to tear the sign down (four years after it was turned off to conserve energy):
... Boston mothers played an important role in the protest. At one time, the sign was visible from the maternity ward at Beth Israel Hospital, where mothers-to-be timed their contractions by its pulsing flash in the evening sky. ...
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That must not have made the I
That must not have made the Iowa papers...
Iowa?
Where in Iowa are you? Do you know Molly? Or ARE you Molly and not logged in?
Relax
I think it's in reference to an earlier comment about how Bostonist seems to be written by people just off the bus from Iowa. ...
When you and Bostonist meet o
When you and Bostonist meet on a dimly lit street corner to throw down, can you announce it here first? I wanna' put some money down on it.
; )
I'm a lover
Not a fighter. Besides, there's more of them than me.