Square to be named for man who hated Boston
By adamg - 4/23/09 - 10:29 am
Joel Brown reports the intersection of Charles Street South and Boylston Street will be named Edgar Allan Poe Square on Monday at 11 a.m.
Brown notes the irony of Tom Menino officially renaming the square for Poe - who derided Boston as "Frogpondia" and couldn't wait to get out of his hometown - because Menino just announced he's running for re-election and Poe died during a drunken binge while campaigning for some Baltimore politician running for re-election.
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Quoth the Mayor:
Quoth the Mayor: "Nevah-moah!"
Nice
Boston should find a way to capitalize on our natural resource of wit.
nice job finn
that is some funny stuff. the mayors press conference was classic/brutal/hilarious.
But We Already Have An Edgar Allan Poe Square
The other Edgar Allan Poe Square is going to be very unhappy: http://bostonhistory.typepad.com/notes_on_the_urban_condit/2007/01/edgar_allen_poe.html
Hope they spell it right
The map showing the "original" EAP square spells the middle name "Allen," instead of the correct "Allan." I hope the city gets it right this time.
Dammit, gizoogle seems to be down
Gizoogle.com had a version of The Raven that included such gems as "nevermizzle."
http://1smootshort.blogspot.com
Are you sure he hated Boston
And wasn't just angling for a better contract by playing Boston off against other cities?
I can't believe he could be
I can't believe he could be that mean to Bostonians--rrridddupp.
poe
The old Poe square no longer exists. Nevermore