Burgermeister
NES Member
YEah. Homeless have been in the Common for a long long time. I recall taking my young sister and my same-aged-young future-sister-in-law to Boston on X-mas Eve to go thru the Jordan Marsh displays and wander around downtown. We ended up having a TON of time before the next train so we decided to walk from Tremont to Back Bay station. Maybe we were going to wander by the big toy store that used to be on Boyston. . . . Damn I can't remember hte name.
Anyhow, my sister and SIL were absolutely SHOCKED at hte # of homeless on the Common. It was just sad. Christmas Eve and all. It took the wind out the sails of our day. That was 1988 or 89. Probably 88 because I think my future wife was in England for December of 89. (I flew out to meet her for X-mas on the one year anniversary of the Lockerby bombing. Needless to say, security was high EVERYWHERE!)
FAO Schwarz?