200 Berkeley Street (Berkeley Building) (Boston, Massachusetts)

USA / Massachusetts / Somerville / Boston, Massachusetts / Berkeley Street, 200
 office building, high-rise, annexe, Art Deco (architecture), 1947_construction
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One of Boston's most treasured landmarks is the flashing weather beacon that sits atop the old John Hancock Tower, now the Berkeley Building. The 26-story, 495-foot tower began forecasting the weather, using predictions from a meteorological company on the 26th floor, in 1950. Its predictions inspired a poem.

Steady blue, clear view.
Flashing blue, clouds due.
Steady red, rain ahead.
Flashing red, snow instead
Flashing Blue and Red, when The Curse of the Bambino is dead!

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Video of the men that built the Old John Hancock Building

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcTdkqlHDXA

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Building
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Coordinates:   42°20'59"N   71°4'23"W

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  • This was the tallest building in Boston from the time it was built unitl the Prudential Center was built (approximately 1948 to 1965)
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