Erected in 1965 to replace the
Citgo services sign this 60' x 60' sign stands 40 feet above the
Boston University bookstore and supports over 2.5 miles of
neon tubing. It can be seen from the
pitchers mound in
fenway park and plans for the new fenway we designed to include a view of it.
At one point
Citgo tried to dismantle the sign but the
supporters of the
pulsating beacon wouldn't let them. "In the end,
CITGO, surprised by the uproar, reached an agreement with the
landmark commission and offered to refurbish the sign and relight it for three years." That was in 1983.
Many of us think of the sign as a symbol of
home. And when we
get drunk we use it to guide us there as we wobble from the
clubs on landsdowne st.