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“As a city, we ask a lot of Copley Square,” said B Chatfield, the city manager for the project, at the meeting. “We’ve got First Night there, we’ve got the Boston Marathon, we’ve got our well-loved farmer’s market, the largest one in Boston. Protests are staged here, we’ve got book fairs here, and it’s also a place where people enjoy quiet moments.”
All that heavy traffic has worn out the square, which hasn’t had a major facelift since it was redesigned in the ’80s. The lawn is in disrepair and needs to be replaced annually, the pavement is uneven, the trees are not as healthy as they could be, and the fountain desperately needs a mechanical update.