A creative Light Rover display lit up the Downtown Crossing area on Dec. 11th with help from Emerson College performing arts students and faculty. Utilizing the BID's Light Rover, the students highlighted three downtown buildings with exceptional architectural features: Tremont Temple Baptist Church (88 Tremont St.), with its intricately-patterned late 19th-century facade, 45 Milk St., with features ornate Beaux Arts-era statuary carved into its facade, and 100 Federal St., with the iconic "bulge" in its middle section. Music from local artists played as the holiday-themed light show was projected onto buildings.     

"This is a great partnership with Emerson College and the BID," said Anita Lauricella, project manager for the BID, who helped coordinate the light display. "This project allowed the students to use the skills they've learned in the classroom. And it helps the BID build a more vibrant and welcoming district." 

Attention Boston drivers: there is still one weekend remaining to take advantage of the City of Boston's holiday parking incentive! Two hours of free parking is permitted at all 8,000 metered parking spaces in Boston on Saturday, December 20.  No time limit is enforced on Sundays.