how old is the citgo sign in boston
Boston Citgo sign The Boston Citgo sign is a large, double-faced sign featuring the logo of the oil company Citgo that overlooks Kenmore Square in Boston. The sign was first built in 1940 and replaced with Citgo's present logo in 1965. The sign has become a landmark of Boston through its appearance in the background of Boston Red Sox games at Fenway Park. In 2016, the Boston Landmarks Commission granted preliminary landmark status to the sign to study whether the sign should receive historic preservation protection as a Boston Landmark.
CharlieCard The CharlieCard is named after a fictional character in a folk music song "M.T.A.", often called "Charlie on the MTA", which concerns a man trapped forever on the Boston subway system – then known as the Metropolitan Transit Authority, or MTA – because he cannot pay the 5-cent surcharge required to leave the train. Since the card's introduction, the Charlie character has been used on a variety of MBTA signs, including construction and directional signage.