Post Office Square

Steam leak causes conniptions in Post Office Square

Steamy!: Jennifer Scott captured the scene around noon.Steamy!: Jennifer Scott captured the scene around noon.

Trigen is on scene, traffic is diverted.

Blocked-off Post Office Square: Photo by Jed H.Blocked-off Post Office Square: Photo by Jed H.

Square circle

Fountain

Greg MacKay captured the fountain in Post Office Square at dusk.

Copyright Greg MacKay. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Keep the telephone mural in Boston

So Verizon removed the telephone-history mural in its old Post Office Square building because the new owner is not a big fan of the working classes, or something. Jay Fitzgerald is outraged at the thought it might be sold to somebody in Rhode Island:

... It's a striking mural in the old WPA style. It depicts a major innovation developed in Boston. It should remain in Boston. ...

Vicious brutes tear poor victim apart

Photo set showing a group of seagulls attacking a robin - and then fighting over its remains - in Post Office Square. Via the Urban Pantheist.

Frozen web

Webby!

Swirlygrrl looked up through the lattice at Post Office Square Park at the Verizon building.

Life in the fat lane

Alicia photographs an appropriate stencil on the sidewalk outside the Dunkin' Donuts in Post Office Square.

Verizon sells its signature Boston building

John Keith reports the phone company expects to finalize the sale of 185 Franklin St. in Post Office Square to Kennedy Associates/Commonwealth Ventures by the end of the month.

Can you hear them now?

Marchers

Greg MacKay photographed Verizon workers in Post Office Square as they got ready for a rally this evening in front of Verizon's New England headquarters. At issue: Their contract, which expires this weekend.

This photo is an act of defiance

Dumb Verizon

Yeah, it's a cool Art Deco light on the side of the old New England Telephone and Telegraph (now Verizon) building in Post Office Square, but so?

Well, if you stand on the sidewalk right outside the building and take pictures of it, security guards in black suits might come out and tell you you can't take photos of the building.

Take this, Verizon.

Oh, and here's another one: