595 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215
595 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215
The Boston University Castle is a Tudor Revival-style mansion owned by Boston University on Bay State Road. The school typically uses it for receptions or concerts, but also rents out The Castle to cater events and special occasions. The BU Castle achieved a small amount of fame in 2007 as a filming location for the Kevin Spacey movie 21.ArchitectureThe building was cited by architectural historian Bainbridge Bunting in his Houses of Boston's Back Bay as displaying “the most convincing medieval effect of the area.”According to Boston University, the building's founder, William Lindsey, would have been pleased by this description. Lindsey had derived his inspiration for the Castle from the great manor houses of Tudor England. "The imposing style of these medieval mansions held a special allure for Lindsey, who, besides being a successful businessman, was also a poet and playwright. His writings, such as The Severed Mantle: A romance of medieval Provence and The Red Wine of Roussillon, a blank-verse drama set in France during the Middle Ages, reveal the same fascination with the antique and the romantic that pervades the design of the Castle."HistoryThe Castle was originally built as a residence for William Lindsey, a prominent Boston businessman who made his fortune with a patented cartridge belt the British Army used during the Boer War. Plans were drawn up in 1904 and construction was completed in 1915 at a cost of more than $500,000.Shortly after the building's completion, Lindsey's eldest daughter was married in the mansion, though she and her bridegroom would later be killed while their honeymoon, aboard the ill-fated Lusitania after the boat was torpedoed by a German submarine. The grief-stricken Lindsey later constructed the magnificent Leslie Lindsey Memorial Chapel in Emmanuel Church on Newbury Street in his daughter's memory.
Boston University – prywatny uniwersytet w Bostonie, Massachusetts, USA. Historia uczelni wywodzi się od Newbury Biblical Institute w Newbury, Vermont, założonego w 1839 r. Sam uniwersytet został sformowany przez Massachusetts Legislature w 1869. Z 3 tysiącami wykładowców i 30 tys. studentów Boston University jest 4. największym prywatnym uniwersytetem w kraju i 2. pod względem wielkości pracodawcą w mieście. Uczelnia oferuje tzw. associate's degree (w stylu polskiego studium), bachelor's degree (dyplom Bachelor of Arts, więcej niż polski licencjat, mniej niż magister), master's degree (Master of Arts, dyplom magisterski) i dyplomy doktorskie w kilku profesjonalnych szkołach i college’ach (schools & colleges), jak: the College of General Studies, the College of Fine Arts i the School of Hospitality Administration. Uniwersytet operuje w dwóch miejskich kampusach (campuses), główny kampus znajduje się nad Charles River w dzielnicy Fenway-Kenmore. Druga część uczelni to Boston Medical Center (Bostońskie Centrum Medyczne), znajduje się w bostońskim South End.Prezydentem BU jest Robert B. Brown. Maskotką uniwersytetu jest Rhett the Boston Terrier. BU jest częścią The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.Szkoły i college’e uczelni - struktura College of Fine Arts (CFA) College Arts and Sciences (CAS) Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GRS) College of Communication (COM) College of Engineering (ENG) College of General Studies (CGS) Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation (SAR) School of Education (SED) Division of Extended Education School of Hospitality Administration (SHA) Boston University School of Law (LAW) School of Management (SMG) Graduate School of Management (GSM) Metropolitan College (MET) School of Social Work (SSW) School of Theology (STH) University Professors Program (UNI) School of Medicine (MED) Goldman School of Dental Medicine (SDM) School of Public Health (SPH)
575 Commonwealth Avenue is a dormitory at Boston University. Until 2001 the building was a Howard Johnson hotel owned by the University. It is located in Kenmore Square next to the Rafik B. Hariri Building, which houses the Questrom School of Business.HistoryThe building at 575 Commonwealth Avenue opened in November 1963 as the Fenway Commonwealth Motor Hotel. It contained 150 rooms and a 135-car garage. It was the third hotel in the Commonwealth Motor Hotel chain. In 1975 the hotel became a Howard Johnson's.The seventh floor was home to a cocktail lounge. Originally known as the Cartoon Room, it later became a Top 40 club called the Up and Up Lounge. In 1983 it became a jazz club known as the Starlight Roof. Among the artists to perform at the Starlight were Ruby Braff, Tanya Hart, Tal Farlow, Phil Wilson, Scott Hamilton, Guy Van Duser, and Chris Connor. The lounge's final incarnation was as a nightclub known as the Lava Bar.On March 6, 1981, a four alarm fire broke out in the hotel. Twenty guests had to be rescued from balconies and window ledges. Six guests and two firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation.In 1987, the hotel's swimming pool was closed from August 19 to September 23 for sanitary violations.