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The Boston Citgo sign is a large, double-faced sign featuring the logo of the oil company Citgo that overlooks Kenmore Square in Boston. The sign was installed in 1940 and updated with Citgo's present logo in 1965. The sign has become a landmark of Boston through its appearance in the background of Boston Red Sox games at Fenway Park.
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Municipal flag of Boston waving. The flag of Boston consists of a sky blue field and the seal of the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, in the center. The flag is sometimes flown in a darker shade of blue, more of a turquoise. It was designed in 1913 and adopted by the Boston City Council on January 29, 1917.
A rider in a bicycle diamond lane. In the United States and Canada, a diamond lane is a special lane on a street or highway that is reserved for specific types of traffic. These lanes are usually marked with white diamonds or lozenges, and hence their name. Diamond lanes are generally the right-most or left-most lane on the road.
The Rainbow Swash is the common name for an untitled [1] work by Corita Kent in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.The rainbow design painted on a 140-foot (43 m) tall LNG storage tank was copyrighted in 1972, [2] and was claimed to be the largest copyrighted work of art at the time. [3]
In April 1776, the Massachusetts State Navy adopted, as its flag (naval ensign), a white field charged with a green pine tree and the motto "An Appeal to Heaven." In 1971 the motto was removed, and the flag was designated "the naval and maritime flag of the Commonwealth". [20] Massachusetts is one of only three states with its own maritime ensign.
The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway is a linear park located in several Downtown Boston neighborhoods. It consists of landscaped gardens, promenades, plazas, fountains, art, and specialty lighting systems that stretch over one mile through Chinatown, the Financial District, the Waterfront, and North End neighborhoods.
The world’s latest animal sensation, a baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng, is set to become a 24-hour livestream star.. Moo Deng, whose name means "bouncy pig" in Thai, has captivated social media ...