Copley Place

Sometimes, cuteness takes awhile to be appreciated

Channel 5 tracks down the Andover father whose video of his daughter saying "bye!" to people going down a Copley Place escalator became an Internet sensation this week - two years after he posted it.

BRA approves 47-story Copley Place tower

The Herald reports on last night's BRA meeting on a developer's plan to build a tower with 318 condos and new retail space above the existing Neiman Marcus.

You know a protest movement is serious when it gets its own song

No, not Occupy Boston or Whose Foods. Bob Feldman belts out a protest against the proposed skyscraper on top of Neiman Marcus at Copley Place. Lyrics.

Not so fast with that Copley Place skyscraper, bubs

The Globe reports a planned 47-story addition to Copley Place has critics roiling.

Maybe Kurt Russell is up here and doing a sequel called Escape from Back Bay

Tower of power

Because the thought that Boston Police have a mobile security tower like the one parked outside Copley Place is kind of depressing. Peter the Gr8 took the photo and looked around for Snake Plissken.

Ever wonder what a statue of a camel made out of panty hose would look like?

Apparently, Copley Place thought you might, so they put one up, as Ryan Durling shows us.

Where's Huckleberry Finn?

Underwater table

Jo photographed what appears to be a bobbing raft but is actually a picnic table being submerged by a rising Charles River at Norumbega Park in Newton today.

William Ricker stopped to watch an impromptu fountain formed by an overflowing sewer on Coffey Street in Dorchester on Sunday:

Dorchester fountain

Meanwhile, Penny Cherubino provides photographic proof that not even Copley Place was immune from the power of a nor'easter.

Photos opyright Jo and William Decker, respectively.

Developer now proposes 47-story building at Copley Place with no additional parking

Simon Properties, owners of the mall, want to stick a 47-story structure atop it that would include a four-story "winter garden" and 300 condos (starting at $1 million) according to the Boston Business Journal and the Herald.

The Journal notes:

No additional parking is called for by Simon in the plan, which noted the proximity of nearby public transit stations.

When plans for the project first surfaced in 2006, the Herald quoted sources as saying Simon was looking at a 20- to 30-story building.

New for the Playstation 3: Lord of the Flies, Copley Edition

Quite the nuthouse around town early this morning as frenzied people willing to forego showers for several days rushed local retailers trying to get their hands on the latest Playstation console. Cops had to shoo rain-sodden hordes away from the Fenway Best Buy because the store didn't have a permit to open at midnight. Then there was Copley Place, where people camped out for days to await the opening of the Sony Style store this morning. Alexander Sliwinski reports from the scene (and posts photos of people in tents):

... As the rain pours down in Boston, with thunder and lightning accompanying, a couple hundred people devoted to purchasing a PS3 are left standing outside the mall. Two factions have sprung up and the tension is building. ...

The brutal aftermath (but at least nobody got shot).

Miss Browneyedgirlie spotted some of the Copley campers as she left work around 10 last night. She says it's all yet another thing about men that mystifies her:

... I understand that it's entertainment. And that it's a stress reliever. I get all that, I do.

It's the urge to put your life on hold for as long as it takes to get that gleaming hunk of plastic in your strong hands that has me scratching my head in wonder. ...

Amy is more blunt: What the fuck is wrong with people?

Earlier:
Waiting for an Xbox.