Boston Public Library New Wayfinding: Unveiled
On Monday, June 16, 2014, join SEGD Boston for an educational event!
Learn about the new wayfinding program and take a tour including the amazing art & architecture at the Boston Public Library’s Central Library in historic Copley Square. This event will be open to the public, so forward to friends and colleagues!
Refreshments sponsored by APCO Signs.
Speakers: Bob Lowe and Lauren Haggerty of Arrowstreet Graphic Design, Nathan Hall of APCO Signs
Location: Orientation Room, Boston Public Library, Central Library at Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 617.536.5400
Special Instructions: Please use the McKim Entrance (on Dartmouth Street, directly across from Copley Square). An accessible entrance is available at 700 Boylston Street (Johnson Building Entrance). As this is an event about wayfinding within the Library, we’re deliberately witholding additional information as to the room’s location. Here’s hoping you find the room quickly and easily!
Agenda:
5:30 meet and greet
6:00-6:45pm Presentation, Q+A
6:45-7:30pm Tour of McKim and Johnson Buildings
Admission: free for SEGD members and students, friends and general public
Directions, by MBTA:
Green Line to Copley Station.
Orange Line to Back Bay/South End Station. Walk down Dartmouth Street to Copley Square.
Directions, by CAR:
Interstate 93 (from north or south) Take Storrow Drive exit. Take Copley Square exit off of Storrow Drive. The exit deadends at a signal light. The cross street is Beacon. Take a right on Beacon Street. While on Beacon Street, you will cross Berkeley, Clarendon, and Dartmouth Streets. The next street is Exeter. Take a left onto Exeter (it is a one-way street). While on Exeter, you will cross Marlborough Street, Commonwealth Avenue, and Newbury Street. The next cross street is Boylston. The Library is on the corner of Exeter and Boylston Streets.
Mass Pike (Interstate 90) Come all the way into the city on the Mass Pike. Take the Copley Square exit (the sign will read: Prudential Center, Copley Square). The exit road will split, follow the Copley Square (right) lane. You will exit the tunnel onto Stuart Street. You will be on the right hand side of the street. Move to the lane furthest left. Take the left at the next light, Dartmouth Street (approximately 500 feet from the tunnel exit). The Library is on the left of Dartmouth Street, after the next light (approximately 500 feet).
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