The Somerset Club on Beacon Street: Is It Right for You?
One of the oldest private clubs in America, in a granite bowfront townhouse at 42 Beacon Street overlooking Boston Common. Discreet, domestic and deeply traditional.
The Castle at Park Plaza: Lighting a Brick Armory
The former First Corps of Cadets Armory of 1897 in Park Square, a brick and timber hall with a turreted exterior. A big, dark, warm-toned room.
The Algonquin Club on Commonwealth Avenue: Questions Answered
An 1888 McKim, Mead & White clubhouse on Commonwealth Avenue, with a grand staircase, high-ceilinged reception rooms and the avenue's tree-lined mall at the door.
The Cyclorama: Field Notes on a Domed Room
Built in 1884 to house a cyclorama painting of the Battle of Gettysburg, now a vast domed event room in Boston's South End with a central oculus.
The Harvard Club of Boston: A Season-by-Season Guide
A private club in Back Bay with panelled function rooms, oil portraits and traditional finishes. An indoor venue whose photographs still change completely with the season.
The ICA Boston: Harbour Light and How to Time It
A 2006 Diller Scofidio + Renfro building on the Seaport waterfront, cantilevered over the harbour with full-height glass and a grandstand facing the water.
The Liberty Hotel: Who This Venue Suits
The former Charles Street Jail, built 1851 and converted in 2007, with a ninety-foot granite atrium and catwalks. Dramatic, hard-edged and not for everyone.
Fairmont Copley Plaza: The Technical Side of a Grand Ballroom
Opened 1912 on Copley Square, a Henry Janeway Hardenbergh grand hotel with gilded ballrooms, a trompe-l'oeil lobby ceiling and no daylight where it counts.
The Boston Athenaeum: Planning the Shot List
Founded in 1807, one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States, in an 1849 building on Beacon Street beside the State House. Books, busts and balconies.
The Union Club of Boston: A Walk-Through for Photographs
A private club since 1863 in two joined Beacon Hill townhouses on Park Street, looking across to Boston Common. Domestic scale, period rooms, tall windows.
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