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Preservation Planner Lynn Smiledge discusses the urban renewal of Quincy Market.

Preservation Planner Lynn Smiledge talks about the history of Quincy Market, and how and when it was constructed.  Quincy Market has always been used as a marketplace in Boston and it remains one today, though more like a tourist mall and less like a food market. When it was originally built, it sat on the harbor's edge in Boston. As the harbor was filled in with landfill, a community grew around the marketplace.

Preservation Planner Lynn Smiledge discusses the history of Paul Revere and the Old North Church. The enduring fame of the Old North began on the evening of April 18, 1775, when the church sexton, Robert Newman, climbed the steeple and held high two lanterns as a signal from Paul Revere that the British were marching to Lexington and Concord by sea and not by land. The Church was built in 1723 and is the oldest standing church in Boston.  It is part of the Freedom Trail. www.oldnorth.com

Sheila Kenney discusses some of the firsts seen in the design of the 34th Street Ferry Terminal. At the time of construction, the nature of infrastructure was shifting. The architects atomized parts of the building into microservices to form a much more efficient and real-time responsive terminal.

Sheila Kennedy discusses the environmental sensing system built into the East 34th Street Ferry Terminal. 

Frano Violich and Sheila Kennedy discuss the public life of urban infrastructure. They talk about light and shadow, ebb and flow, and how the design visually reflects the poetry of the space.

Sheila Kennedy talks about how the 34th Street Ferry Terminal is an example of soft infrastructure. The Ferry Project is a demonstration of the next generation of urban infrastructure that also provides public identity and public space.

Sheila Kennedy reveals the secrets of the 34th Street Ferry Terminal. She describes how to see optical vibration (the moiré effect) that occurs between the two layers of aluminum. Another secret for a sunny day: the ceiling reflects the light bouncing from the water to the canopy.

New York based artist Richard Haas's mural Glockenspiel was designed in 2005 to beautify a heavily-graffitied building across from a new housing development in Yorkville. The glockenspiel refers to the area's historically large German population.

Richard Haas, New York based artist, discusses his work on the façade of 112 Prince Street, notable for the painting of a cat in the upper window.