Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial

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Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial
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The memorial in 2019
Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial
Coordinates 42°21′07″N71°04′40″W / 42.351985°N 71.077833°W / 42.351985; -71.077833 Coordinates: 42°21′07″N71°04′40″W / 42.351985°N 71.077833°W / 42.351985; -71.077833
LocationCommonwealth Avenue Mall at Dartmouth Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Type Memorial
Dedicated to Hotel Vendome fire victims

The Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial commemorates victims of the Hotel Vendome fire. It is installed along Boston's Commonwealth Avenue Mall, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. [1] [2] The work was designed by the artist Ted Clausen and landscape architect Peter White. [3] A group of firefighters originally proposed the memorial in 1982, but it was not initially approved by the Boston Arts Commission. The rejected proposal led to claims that the affluent residents of Back Bay had thwarted the proposal out of snobbery, regarding the design as "tacky." [4] The Boston Globe columnist Mike Barnicle attributed the obstruction to the "elitism and self-importance" of those in the neighborhood. [5] The design was finally approved in 1995 and ground was broken the following year. [3]

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References

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  2. "Boston firefighters remember nine who died fighting Hotel Vendome blaze". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2019-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 1 2 Walker, Adrian (August 9, 1995). "Recalling Vendome at Last Boston to Honor Nine Firefighters". Boston Globe. ProQuest   290746878.
  4. Reidy, Chris (May 28, 1992). "A Memorial Misunderstanding". Boston Globe. ProQuest   294653738.
  5. Barnicle, Mike (June 18, 1996). "Finally, a City Does its Duty". Boston Globe. ProQuest   290787087.