Rising Above Landmarks

Rising Above Landmarks

Photograph

Basil C. Levine

Maker
American, 1928–2011

Rising Above Landmarks

ca. 1980
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (30.2 × 25 cm)
Gift of Jonathan Levine, 2024
2024.0041.0047
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on paper taped to verso and folded to recto BC: RISING ABOVE LANDMARKS of historic downtown Boston are the towers of $460-million \ Copley Place, the costliest private development in the city's history and one of \ the largest in America today. Being built over the Massachusetts Turnpike and an \ inreicate network of rail and subway tracks, the 9.5 acre complex will include \ two hotels, 100 luxury shops and boutiques, a four building, seven-story office \ structure and 100 apartments. Copley Place, situated within easy reach of the Boston Common and waterfront, Old North Church, and the Logan International Air- \ port, will open to the public next year. \ -0- \ From: John A. DeMilia \ Carl Byoir & Associates, Inc. \ 380 Madison Avenue (212) 986-6100 \ New York, New York 10017 \ For: COPLEY PLACE \ Slug: RISING ABOVE LANDMARKS \ Neg. No.: 1 \ 11882
Printed on verso OA: THIS PAPER \ MANUFACTURED \ BY KODAK
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