We entered the mall through the Dartmouth and Stuart Street entrance, where there is a set of revolving doors. (Every outside entrance/exit to the mall had a set of revolving doors, as did one side of each pedestrian sky bridge. I suppose this is to…
Entering Copley Place through the Galleries of Copley Place is hectic, yet peaceful at the same time. Skyscrapers reach to the sky and cars hurried behind me as I walked across the open brick platform. While on the brick landing, I observed women…
Prudential (and Copley, to a lesser degree) attempts to replicate the experience of outdoor shopping/leisure—but in a sheltered environment. Prudential lets in a LOT of light. There is a preponderance of indoor greenery, ironically concentrated in…
In my sketches and observations of Newbury Street and the Prudential Center/Copley Mall, I was interested first and foremost in observing patterns of light and its effect on people’s movement and congregation. On my sketches, I tried to indicate…
In my sketches, I wanted to capture how the people in the area and lights in the mall shaped my experience—essentially creating “illusions” of what the spaces entailed.
On Newbury St., stores were relatively removed from the street; many had…