...presents information on the history of Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay and the various urban design configurations of this open space; includes a chronology of the current redesign of this park and information on its budget, planning, citizen participation, the national design competition, Copley Square Centennial Committee, fund raising and the winning design (Clarke and Rapuano); also includes information in its concept, surfaces, plantings, fountain, and lighting; reprints a 1984 BRA proposal titled "City and Town Commons Program" and the 1984 "Competition Rules, Regulations and Program, Second Stage"; appendices include the "Competition Guidelines", biographical information on Daniel J. Ahern, Jr. and Kahlil Gibran, background "technical" information on traffic, pedestrians, wind, sun, etc.; reprints BRA press releases relating to the project as well as newspaper articles; a 1985 edition of this was also issued and is kept on BRA/1360; copies of these items were in the BRA collection...