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Boston Citgo
A landmark. But opinions differ as to whether it's a Landmark. Apparently it's not.
It's been ordered shut down during several hysterias of the past - energy conservation (1974, 1979), anti-Venezuelan stirrings (2006), eyesore (various dates). When Citgo itself decided to shut it down it must have come as a surprise to them that they ran into opposition from the local community, who had come to regard it as a landmark.
And I've gone through these phases too - when first I saw it, 25 years ago, I thought, 'pull it down'. But after a few years, let alone a few decades, of course it becomes part of the furniture.
Boston Citgo
A landmark. But opinions differ as to whether it's a Landmark. Apparently it's not.
It's been ordered shut down during several hysterias of the past - energy conservation (1974, 1979), anti-Venezuelan stirrings (2006), eyesore (various dates). When Citgo itself decided to shut it down it must have come as a surprise to them that they ran into opposition from the local community, who had come to regard it as a landmark.
And I've gone through these phases too - when first I saw it, 25 years ago, I thought, 'pull it down'. But after a few years, let alone a few decades, of course it becomes part of the furniture.