Goldenrod, Teal and Citron Chandelier, Dale Chihuly, 2007; following the close of the Conservatory's 2007 Chihuly exhibit, several pieces from the show were purchased and are on permanent display by VagabondCowboy Star this if you like it!
More photos from USA
I've visited the 9/11 Memorial a couple of times so skipped it on this trip; One World Trade Center (ie Freedom Tower) is still jaw-dropping as the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere (the same architect designed Willis Tower and Burj Khalifa)
The Fairmont Copley Plaza (w/ John Hancock Tower at left) opened in 1912; Frederick Kerry, paternal grandfather of Senator John Kerry, committed suicide here in 1921; in the 1920s, John Singer Sargent kept rooms here where he painted portraits
The First Church of Christ, Scientist is considered the Mother Church for the Christian Science church and was completed in 1894 with major additions in 1906; it boasts one of the world's largest pipe organs and has a sanctuary that seats 3000
