Sorry, I don't have a GPS unit, but I do have a camera and the gumption to dare Copley Square on New Years Eve afternoon. Unfortunately I forgot to bring a parking spot but I managed to stop at a No Stopping Any Time zone (behind a police car!) and take a picture. They are setting up for ice sculptures all over CS and especially in the All Important (42.349905, -71.076072) spot.
The photo is from St. James Avenue, facing generally northwest, between Trinity Church (on the right) and John Hancock Tower (behind to the left). The crosswalk sign is for the Trinity Place crosswalks. Boston Public Library is under the crosswalk sign. Old South Church is the building in the center with the tower. The locus point is to the right of the trailer full of ice, within the fenced in area.
I don't know what they were doing within the fenced in area. They should have (by this time ~2 pm) have had the makings of an ice sculpture. The blueish tower near the right side of Old South Church and the left of the man taking the picture at the foot of Trinity Church's steps I believe is a temporary light tower.
Optimizer: I'm basing the GPS location on Google maps, only because of their sponsorship with FIRST and they allow numbers for location. Though, oddly, Microsoft's maps.live.com has a clearer
aerial view, and the four "bird's eye" views too. (I'm assuming that link works.)
The only true location would be by on-site GPS. (Presumably the FIRST Hinters would be using the same GPS points and thus have the same error.) You are right that the Globe Bar and Cafe is not centered on the dual obelisks. They do have a
website! (Their menu font needs a bit of tweaking.)
There is nothing in the plaza in front of Trinity Church. The Tortoise and Hare statues are towards Boylston St. Maybe this is the game of Nothing -- sounds very Existentialist (or, for you young 'uns, very Seinfeldish).
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Originally Posted by AndyB
Does anyone in Boston have a GPS unit or what?
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I am surprised that I'm the only one (in the Boston area, for those out-of-town wiseguys) that does site visits. Maybe they purposely posted the Hint after all the college students went home for break so no one would actually go to the site. I couldn't find the quote I wanted but I guess Mark Twain can say it no other way....
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