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Old Hancock Building

By adamg - 4/3/24 - 11:49 pm

WCVB gets the scoop: The weather lights are out for several months of modernization, including the installation of more energy-efficient LED bulbs (so just like the Citgo sign).

By adamg - 2/5/24 - 9:23 am
Rendering of the UFO that hovered over WBZ by a WBZ employee.  The X in the lower right represents a flashing light; the arrow the object's movement

Rendering of the UFO that hovered over WBZ by a WBZ employee. The X in the lower right represents a flashing light; the arrow the object's movement.

In the 1950s and 1960s, a unit at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, collected and investigated UFO sightings - including a number in the Boston area (two in West Roxbury alone). Read more.

By adamg - 12/9/21 - 8:52 am
Old Hancock Building flashing lights: Steady blue, clear view, flashing blue, cloudy

The Boston Architectural College posted a copy of a 1950 postcard showing what the lights atop the old Hancock Building mean, in the days when a) the building wasn't "old" (since there was no "new" Hancock) and b) they had yet to come up with the mnemonic rhyme nobody can remember.

By adamg - 2/4/15 - 10:58 am
Guy attaching Patriots flag to the top of the Old Hancock in Boston

As he waited for the Patriots parade down Boylston this morning, Nick Barber watched the guy attaching the Patriots banner to the pole atop the Old Hancock Building.

You can sort of see him about halfway up the pole in the photo below - if you squint and use your imagination a bit:

By adamg - 5/12/10 - 10:38 pm

Mirror image?

Something's not quite right about the Trinity Church reflection on the Hancock.

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