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Mirror image?

By adamg on Wed, 05/12/2010 - 10:38pm

Mirror image?

Something's not quite right about the Trinity Church reflection on the Hancock.

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By anon on Wed, 05/12/2010 - 10:42pm.

The steeple is flashing blue.

By Lanny Budd on Wed, 05/12/2010 - 11:24pm.

Steady blue, we pray for you.
Flashing blue, Jesus due.
Steady red, temptation ahead.
Flashing red, damnation instead.

By td on Wed, 05/12/2010 - 11:37pm.

I took a very similar picture ten years ago - reflection of the old Hancock and all - must have been standing in nearly the same place.

By Adam Ragusea on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 6:56am.

Dude, that's fantastic!! So great how a simple glass building with slightly funky angles can play all kinds of visual tricks on you as you move around the city.

By anon on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 8:31am.

I always said that a church is just a bad insurance company.

By HenryAlan on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 12:49pm.

LOL, that's great! So much more along these lines could be said about a mirror reflecting the true soul, etc.

By datadyne007 on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 11:42am.

That's what makes the Hancock Tower so beautiful. IM Pei's genius design for this massive tower next to historic buildings is probably one of the greatest solutions for this problem in modern arch. history. Every time I walk through Copley Square, I can't help but stop and take a picture of it from a different angle every day.

Also, I love the joke about the church being a bad insurance company. =P

By anon on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 1:09pm.

Great shot
Great building(s)
I was coming up the Xway the other day at sunset and the Hancock was reflecting a beautiful spectrum of dusky colors

By adamg on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 7:47pm.

Every so often, we get an incredibly dramatic Hancock at sunset.

By anon on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 6:14pm.

That's because it's not reflecting the church; it's reflecting the building with Marshall's etc. from across the street.

By datadyne007 on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 11:06pm.

Nice try, but no. You're thinking of 500 Boylston, which from the right angle can be reflected, but not in this case. The building in the reflection is the old John Hancock Building (200 Berkeley St). You can see here (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=200+Berkeley+St+Bost...) how the Hancock Tower is perfectly angled to showcase it (which was IM Pei's intent).