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Chicago? Hah! Here's how windy it was in Copley Square early this evening:


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Many people think Copley

By ariwriter | Tue, 06/05/2007 - 11:34pm

Many people think Copley Square is among the windiest places in Boston, but the top of the chart is Beacon Hill's Ashburton Place. High location, narrow street, and surrounded by tall buildings.

What's with the 1s and 2s making a difference?

1's and 2;s

By ScooterSailingDude (not verified) | Wed, 06/06/2007 - 7:31am

Thanks for the video. It's helpful for me to see how this contraption actually looks while moving. And just to add that on Tues. nights, there's public folk-dancing in the plaza and that was just a clip from some instruction on the folk-dance that the group was working on.

Oh, cool

By adamg | Wed, 06/06/2007 - 8:58am

Thanks for posting! I also have some video from the folk-dancing folks (they were doing contra dancing at the time, hence the ones and twos); guess I better post that clip as well :-).

Copley Square blows

By Ron Newman | Wed, 06/06/2007 - 7:43am

I've been nearly blown off the road trying to bicycle down St. James Avenue past the Hancock Tower.

Chicago's windiness is actually about boasting and hot air

By Aaron (not verified) | Wed, 06/06/2007 - 10:04am

Note that Chicago is called the windy city because a newspaperman thought that its residents were boasting too much, not because of strong breezes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windy_City,_Origin_of_Name_(Chicago)

Windy Boston

By Othemts (not verified) | Wed, 06/06/2007 - 1:35pm

Based entirely on anecdotal evidence, I would say the windiest place in metro Boston is Kendall Square. Something about the way the buildings on Broadway channel the wind coming off the Charles. Brrr...

Clearly, the windiest place

By ariwriter | Wed, 06/06/2007 - 10:09pm

Clearly, the windiest place in the metro Boston area is Logan airport...if you were standing in the middle of the runways with planes landing and taking off.

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