Description: Durgin Park restaurant next to Faneuil Hall. People wait in line for seats. Steam table. Plate of corn bread. Waitresses in white uniforms. Families crowded at tables with red and white checkered cloths. Fish plates with corn. Big roast beef meal. Boston baked beans sign. More signs for fresh strawberries, swordfish, oysters. “Specialty of the house - prime rib $9.” “Lobster platter $7.50.” Menu with prices. Interview with notorious waitress Dotti “the witch.” Pressed tin ceiling. Flapping banner outside. View from window onto Quincy Market. Interview with owner about differences with BRA and developer James Rouse over desire to keep Durgin Park as a pristine Boston institution amidst neighboring commercial revitalization.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/21/1978
Description: Next Move Theater troupe performs skits outside Quincy Market to celebrate opening of restored Faneuil Hall. General manager James McLean. People mill about inside food arcade. Variety of offerings and vendors include pizza, cheesecake, Eagerman's bagels, Coffee Connection, breads, fancy pastries, Belgian fudge, butchered meats, chicken wings, Aegean Fare, quiche, Brown Derby Deli hot dogs, clams. Close-ups of people eating ice cream cones, fruit cups, fried foods, frankfurts, egg rolls.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/26/1979
Description: Mounted Boston police officer near Quincy Market. Crowds of children pet horse. Street performer. Angled view of upper facade of Faneuil Hall juxtaposed with Sixty State Street high rise. Quincy Market plaque. Grasshopper weather vane. Sign for “Where's Boston?”
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/15/1978
Description: Architectural model of proposed redevelopment of North Station area. High wide shot of Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market buildings. Bostix kiosk.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/25/1980
Description: Howard Baker speaking at Quincy Market. .
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/02/1979
Description: Quincy Market Environmentals.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/07/1980
Description: Quincy Market environs, domed roof of long market building. Extremely high shot looking beyond expressway. Exterior of market, children eating ice cream. Entrance to Crate & Barrel, Crabtree & Evelyn, The Berkeley Shop, other shops. Grasshopper weather vane on gold cupola of Faneuil Hall.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/22/1978
Description: Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal speaks at Quincy Market. Sponsored by New England Regional Commission. Carol Greenwald, state banking commissioner, in audience. Questions touch on decline of dollar value, unemployment rate, Federal Reserve and monetary policy, inflation and risk of recession.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/13/1978