Hello, Someone just responded to my query about "The Temporary Home" on Chardon Street in Boston from the early 1900's, which is currently New Chardon Street in "the Government Center" area of Boston. She mentioned visiting New Chardon Street in the 1980's. That made me wonder when the new "Government Center" was built. I was born and raised in Greater Boston and continue to live only a 1/2-hour drive from Boston, and my (sometimes not-so-great memory) thought it had only been there for about 20 years. (My how time passes by.) My friend who grew up in Cambridge remembers driving by "the Government Center" in the late 1950's or early 1960's. I just did a search for "Government Center, Boston," and I found the following web site which stated that this "Urban Renewal Project" was started in 1961: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~planning/cgis/arch.html This is amazing because this means the building or re-building of that part of Boston was started while I was still in high school ... Betty (near Lowell, MA) "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr.