Colossal Colonnade

There is nothing of human scale in this colonnade. In fact, Susan and Michael Southworth in the AIA Guide to Boston said, "Throughout, the concerns have been largely with form and space, in the Renaissance and Baroque traditions, not with the human use of the space." 

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A small investment in this book will let you spend hours wandering Boston learning more about the buildings that surround your life in the city. Full of solid information, critical reviews and interesting tidbits, we've worn out a couple of copies during our years in Boston. You know it's a well-loved and much-used book when an elastic is holding it together. 

Colonnade Building is at 101 Belvidere Street in Boston. Designed by I.M.Pei & Partners and Cosutta & Ponte between 1968 and 1973 as part of an extension of the Christian Science Center. (map)

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Writer: Penny  Cherubino

Photos: © 2010 Penny Cherubino