Editing Copley Square (section)

===Unrealized proposals===
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[[File:Copley Square map 1874.png|thumb|Surveyor's map of Copley Square, Boston, 1874]]
* '''1874''' A surveyor's map shows a "Chemical School, Inst. Tech." (never built) and four house lots on the larger triangle.
* '''1894''' A circular, sunken garden combining designs by [[Rotch & Tilden]] and [[Thomas Rogers Kimball#Walker and Kimball|Walker and Kimball]], ringed with trees and marble balustrades, centered on a small fountain.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103710177/copley-square-1894-rotch-walker-plan/ |title=Copley Sq Embellishment as Planned |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=June 14, 1894 |page=4 |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>
* '''1912''' A plan by architect Frank Bourne eliminated the Huntington Avenue crossing and sunk the square 2.5 feet below street level. One version featured an enormous monumental column in the center of the plaza.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103726466/copley-square-1912-frank-bourne-elevatio/ |title=Copley Square as Rearranged |newspaper=Boston Evening Transcript |date=October 26, 1912 |page=22 |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>
* '''1914''' Landscape architect [[Arthur Asahel Shurcliff|Arthur Shurtleff]] envisioned a circle of trees around the [[Brewer Fountain]], which would be moved from [[Boston Common]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103709135/copley-square-1914-arthur-shurtleff/ |title=Copley Square as It Probably Will Be --- The Semi-Official Plan |newspaper=Boston Evening Transcript |date=March 13, 1914 |page=2 |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>
* '''1927''' A proposal for a State War Memorial, from plans by [[Guy Lowell]], placed a large, cylindrical granite structure in a basin. The inner chamber rose fifty feet to a domed ceiling and the memorial was topped with bronze representation of ''Hope''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103720743/copley-square-1927-war-memorial-proposal/ |title=Recommends Copley Sq as Site for State's World War Memorial |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=February 28, 1927 |page=12 |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>
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* '''2012''' A juried competition held by SHIFTBoston invited designs for creative illumination.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shiftboston.org/competitions/2012glow.php |website=SHIFTBoston |title=Glow Competition |year=2012 |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref> First prize was awarded to the firm Khoury Levit Fong for their conceptual chandelier of LEDs suspended over the square.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cargocollective.com/khourylevitfong/Urban-Design/GLOW-SHIFT-Boston-Copley-Square-Competition |website=cargocollective.com/khourylevitfong |title=GLOW/SHIFT Boston Copley Square Competition |year=2012 |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>