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book request room, and John
Singer Sargent’s murals of
Judaism and Christi anity cover
a third-floor gallery.
The McKim building, largely
restored for its 1995 centen nial,
is a marvel of wood and marble.
Bates Hall, on the second floor, is
particularly noted for the soaring
barrel-vaulted ceiling. A café
and restaurant offer breakfast,
lunch, and afternoon tea.
The library’s circulating
collection is housed in the
1971 Boylston Street addition,
a modernist structure by
architect Philip Johnson.
0 John Hancock
Tower
200 Clarendon St. Map 3 C2.
 Copley. Closed to the public.
The tallest building in New
England, the 790-ft (240-m)
rhomboid that is the John
Hancock Tower cuts into
Copley Square with its slim- View over Back Bay and the Charles River
mest edge, its mirrored façade
reflecting the surroundings q Berklee Joey Kramer of Aerosmith,
and sky. The innovative design Performance and jazz pianist Diana Krall.
has created a 60-story office Center The school’s students and
building that shares the distinguished faculty enliven
square with its neighbors, 136 Massachusetts Ave. the Boston music scene,
the Romanesque Trinity Church Map 3 A3. Tel (617) 747-2261. performing primarily at the
and the Italian Renaissance  Hynes. ∑ berklee.edu/bpc on-site Berklee Performance
Revival Copley Plaza Hotel, The largest independent music Center. The college purchased
without dwarfing them. When college in the world, Berklee the 1915 Fenway Theatre
the tower was under con- was founded in 1945 and has movie palace in 1972 and
struction, 65 windows, each produced a number of stars transformed it into a top-rate,
weighing 500lb (1,100 kg), in jazz, rock, and pop music 1,215-seat concert hall for live
came crashing to the ground. in the ensuing decades. performances, with rehearsal
All 10,344 panes were replaced Included in the list of well- space and recording studios
at a cost of almost $7 million known talents are the likes on the lower level. The center
before the building could be of producer and arranger boasts extraordinary acoustics
occupied in 1975. Quincy Jones, singer and and a state-of-the-art light and
Designed by Henry Cobb songwriter Melissa Etheridge, sound system. Highlights of
of I.M. Pei & Partners, the jazz saxophonist and composer the approximately 200 events
magnificent building inspired Branford Marsalis, drummer presented here each year
Massachusetts author John include concerts
Updike to observe: “All art, all by students, faculty
beauty, is reflection.” From members, and
one angle viewers can see the renowned visiting
reflections of Trinity Church artists. The college
and the original (1947) also makes the
Hancock Building, topped facility available to
by a weather beacon. other community
The observatory on the 60th organizations and
floor of the tower closed for arts presenters,
safety reasons following the which guarantees
tragic events in September a lively and often
2001 at the World Trade Musicians playing at the state-of-the-art Berklee surprising schedule
Center in New York. Performance Center of events.

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