one of the few — few — redeeming factors of downtown boston, one of the very few places worth going is the wang center. (heh, wang)
they do free movies over the holidays, classic movies. and i’ll always love the peaceful tranquility of sitting in the balcony watching audrey hepburn rock it all in “breakfast at tiffany’s” — which is one of my favorite movies ever.
and the ballet, i do so love the ballet (i bet you wouldn’t think so, huh?) but i really really love good ballet. i went to see “romeo & juliet” and the taming of the shrew with a former “friend”. but i’ve always had such a soft spot for “romeo & juliet” since i was a silly 12-year-old. i love the hell out of that play, movie, ballet — almost as much as i do “much ado about nothing”.
then former crappy friend & i went with another person i’d sooner not remember to see “some like it hot” and actually met tony curtis. that was pretty spiffy, as he is a crazy ol’ famous dude.
all of these things, good and bad, great and small…happened at the wang.
but now this:
We are proud to announce a landmark partnership with Citigroup. This new partnership helps to ensure that broad-based, popular art and entertainment, as well as arts education, are accessible to all.
which is code for “we don’t want to call it the wang center anymore, we’re tired of being the butt of your jokes and we’re going to ruin what has been a good time for all.”
which is, they’re going to rename the wang center. they are putting forth bids to call it something else. something stupid. something probably along the lines of TD Banknorth Garden or Bank of America Pavilion or Citigroup Center.
lame lame lame…
everything that could be historic or landmark-ish or whatever is being taken over by corporations, namely banks. and the city is greedy and stupid, and letting it happen.
sorry to see you go, wang…you will be missed.
edit: they also want to change the name of downtown crossing as well. which isn’t nearly as important or upsetting, but what the fuck, boston? why just rename various parts of your crappy city? why not fucking do something to make this hell hole a better place?! grrrrr. note to the MBTA: i hate you.
