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Bay State Road

Description: Architectural details on 147 Bay State Road brick building. Quoins, balcony, gate, ornamental relief surrounding windows, grillwork, balusters. Facade of 225 Bay State Road Castle. People walking on Commonwealth Avenue in Kenmore Square. Overpass near Charlesgate Road.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/04/1980

Boston architectural details

Description: Architectural details on Boston buildings. US Custom House entrance, tilt up tower. Grain Exchange Building cornices, capitals, roof edge. State Street Block. Old and new structures around financial district: styles from several centuries adjacent. Board of Trade Building. State Street Bank high rise. Boarded up building on India Street. Mayflower Sandwich Shoppe sign. Joe & Nemo sign.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/04/1979

Combat zone architecture

Description: Structural details and signage on combat zone architecture. E.M. Loew's Publix Theater ('vaudeville, burlesque' words on brick side). Marquees of: The Scene: Adult Movies, Center Theater, featuring Chinese martial arts movies. Paramount and State Theater signs. Pussycat Cinema next to New England Medical Center. Interiors of a theater building, in the theater district. Sign for "Modern Theatre Restoration Circus." Interview with theater manager about reopening the theater, the shows they will feature, the restoration they will do on the building, including work with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, and neighborhood development.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/15/1979

Ed Logue on walking tour

Description: Former Boston Redevelopment Authority director Ed Logue tours and comments on development downtown and in Charlestown and Cambridge. He talks about housing prices, the vitality of different neighborhoods, and urban design. He decries prominent glass towers as insensitive to surrounding historical buildings. International Place, Exchange Place, Rowes Wharf, waterfront, Athenaeum. Audio goes out at the very end.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/26/1986

Faneuil Hall; North Station model

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

I.M. Pei's architecture

Description: Christian Science Center environs. Ornate facade of Mother Church. Reflecting pool, surface of water. Flower beds, close-up of begonias. Christopher Lydon interviews an expert about architect I.M. Pei, particularly his work in Boston.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/01/1983

Music Hall

Description: Grand lobby, interior of Music Hall. Ornate chandelier, marble columns, heavenly mural. Gilded architectural details — carved moldings, capitals, medallions, angels. Interview with Harry Lodge, who gives history of Music Hall (formerly Metropolitan Theater), originally designed in 1920s by Clarence Blackhall for Vaudeville and movies. Describes the proposed restoration program to be completed in fall 1980 if lease secured and funds raised. In order to bring the Metropolitan Opera to Boston, the theater needs deeper stage for performing arts, updated communication systems, ventilation systems, and a renovated auditorium (seats 4,300). The theater is used for ballet, concerts, movies. Lodge states that this renovation with revitalize Boston as a major center for the performing arts. Lodge shows a drawing of the proposed plan.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1977

Poor design of Boston City Hall

Description: David Scondras gives tour of Boston City Hall, pointing out its inefficient design, and unsuitability as place to conduct public business. Twilight Zone music. b-roll of City Hall exterior, plaza.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/24/1988

Prudential Center

Description: Close-up on architectural fabric of Prudential Center exterior. “Where's Boston?” pavilion.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/19/1978

Safdie's North Station plan

Description: Mayor Kevin White holds press conference in Boston Garden lobby to announce Moshe Safdie's plan to redevelop North Station area. Credits BRA director Robert Ryan, standing by, for inspiration. Safdie explains plan, pointing to massive architectural model. It involves creating an island in the Charles River, moving the elevated green line trolley, and either a new arena for Celtics and Bruins or a major renovation of the Garden.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/24/1979