Footlights To Fame
Boston Globe, MA
February 27, 2006
Seizing on trend, Boston weighs an LA-style honor for its stars
You can see all the stars on Hollywood Boulevard, but why should Los Angeles get all the glitz and glitter? Boston's latest idea for creating a world-class city is a Walk of Fame of its own, with stars' names in the pavement and, officials say, all the pomp and celebrity of the real deal. Saying the history-steeped city has for too long hidden its claim on Hollywood flash under a bushel, the Boston Redevelopment Authority is reviewing proposals to create a walk, "which may take the form of signature icons embedded into sidewalks . . . to honor musicians, actors, artists, etc. that have ties to Boston," along theater-studded sections of Tremont, Stuart, and Boylston streets....
Greater Boston has an obvious list of hometown celebs: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, Aerosmith, New Kids on the Block, New Edition, Jay Leno, and Conan O'Brien, to name a few....
February 27, 2006
Seizing on trend, Boston weighs an LA-style honor for its stars
You can see all the stars on Hollywood Boulevard, but why should Los Angeles get all the glitz and glitter? Boston's latest idea for creating a world-class city is a Walk of Fame of its own, with stars' names in the pavement and, officials say, all the pomp and celebrity of the real deal. Saying the history-steeped city has for too long hidden its claim on Hollywood flash under a bushel, the Boston Redevelopment Authority is reviewing proposals to create a walk, "which may take the form of signature icons embedded into sidewalks . . . to honor musicians, actors, artists, etc. that have ties to Boston," along theater-studded sections of Tremont, Stuart, and Boylston streets....
Greater Boston has an obvious list of hometown celebs: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, Aerosmith, New Kids on the Block, New Edition, Jay Leno, and Conan O'Brien, to name a few....
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