THE GREAT LEGAL HISTORY OF BOSTON (cont.)
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51. City Hall
Since 1968, Boston has been administered from City Hall, on Government Center. |
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52. Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams, ardent patriot and politician, organized the Revolution and signed the Declaration of Independence. His statue stands, appropriately, at a crowded intersection before Faneuil Hall. |
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53. Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall
The revival of the Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall area has restored the vibrancy of the halcyon days of the Revolution. Faneuil Hall was built in 1742 and rebuilt by Bulfinch in 1802, and has always been part market, part meeting hall. The market on the first floor was once surrounded by pushcarts filled with fruits and vegetables. The second floor contains the meeting hall where angry colonists made of it the "Cradle of Liberty." Paintings on the second floor include Robert Treat Paine, Rufus Choate and the ubiquitous Daniel Webster delivering his "liberty and union now and forever" speech.
The Union Oyster House still stands where it was established over a century ago, in an early 18th century Gambrel-roofed brick house near Faneuil Hall. On its lower floor, servers still open live oysters for hearty customers. Daniel Webster, a sign says, once swallowed three dozen at a sitting, with the lubrication of a few brandy-and-waters.
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