Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial
_-_095.jpg) The memorial in 2019 | |
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| 42°21′07″N 71°04′40″W / 42.351985°N 71.077833°W | |
| Location | Commonwealth Avenue Mall at Dartmouth Street Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Type | Memorial |
| Dedicated to | Hotel Vendome fire victims |
The Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial commemorates victims of the Hotel Vendome fire. It is installed along Boston's Commonwealth Avenue Mall, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.[1][2] The work was designed by the artist Ted Clausen and landscape architect Peter White.[3] A group of firefighters originally proposed the memorial in 1982, but it was not initially approved by the Boston Arts Commission. The rejected proposal led to claims that the affluent residents of Back Bay had thwarted the proposal out of snobbery, regarding the design as "tacky."[4] The Boston Globe columnist Mike Barnicle attributed the obstruction to the "elitism and self-importance" of those in the neighborhood.[5] The design was finally approved in 1995 and ground was broken the following year.[3]
References
- ^ Andersen, Travis (2012-06-18). "Fitting honor for 9 Hotel Vendome victims". Boston.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ "Boston firefighters remember nine who died fighting Hotel Vendome blaze". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ a b Walker, Adrian (August 9, 1995). "Recalling Vendome at Last Boston to Honor Nine Firefighters". Boston Globe. ProQuest 290746878.
- ^ Reidy, Chris (May 28, 1992). "A Memorial Misunderstanding". Boston Globe. ProQuest 294653738.
- ^ Barnicle, Mike (June 18, 1996). "Finally, a City Does its Duty". Boston Globe. ProQuest 290787087.
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