Friday Field Trip:

We will meet at 9:30 at the Government Center T stop, street level.  This is a brand new station, and we will be observing both the design and function of the new stop.

The dominant feature of Government Center is the enormous, imposing, and brutalist Boston City Hall, built in the 1960s as part of Boston's first large Urban Renewal scheme. While considered by some to have architectural merit, the building is not universally admired, and is considered by many to be one of the ugliest buildings in America. Furthermore, it is resented for having replaced the Victorian architecture of Boston's Scollay Square, a lively commercial district that lapsed into squalor in the Twentieth Century. Some urban planners propose to bulldoze the complex and redevelop the area in the future.

From there we will walk down past Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall, take in a short segment of the Boston Harborwalk and end up at the New England Aquarium.

We will all go together to see Galapagos 3D: Nature’s Wonderland on New England’s largest movie screen at 11am. After the movie we can enter the Aquarium and stay as long as we like.

Your only homework over the weekend is to finish any unfinished writing, work on your final presentation, and study for the final exam (review topics list tomorrow).