{"id":173,"date":"2004-07-22T17:49:33","date_gmt":"2004-07-22T21:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/anderkoo\/2004\/07\/22\/whats-opera-downtown\/"},"modified":"2004-07-22T17:49:33","modified_gmt":"2004-07-22T21:49:33","slug":"whats-opera-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/anderkoo\/2004\/07\/whats-opera-downtown\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Opera, Downtown?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Boston<\/a><\/p>\n

The Opera House offers an open door<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The
\nBoston Opera House re-opened its doors today, and natty yuppies
\nand families will be swarming these once-quiet streets around 7pm every night.<\/p>\n

It’s
\nquite a change for the
\nneighborhood near my office, whether you call it the Theater District,
\nDowntown Crossing, the Ladder District, or even the Combat Zone.
\n(Currently, the streetlamp banners proclaim it “Boston’s Historic Theatre District — More than Great Theater!<\/a>”
\nProbably because “Theatre” is different than “Theater”). I remember
\nthat when I first came to Boston in 1993, Downtown Crossing wasn’t a
\nsavory  place after 6pm. Now, at least on the Washington Street
\nside of things, it’s almost convivial. I remember strolling to the T
\nstop with co-workers after movie-and-a-dinner (“De-Lovely<\/a>” and Vietnamese<\/a>)
\nat around 8pm, and they were remarking that when we first moved into
\nour office location, some were concerned about safety when leaving
\nafter rush hour.\n<\/p>\n

Of course, the area is still a hodgepodge of Filenes, $1 stores, the
\nLoews hangarplex, porn shops, trendy clubs, and the Asian restaurants
\npeople go to after all of the above. And to me, that’s just de-groovy.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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