“You’ll all be pleased to hear that Tito the condor gave an excellent semen sample today.” -John Linehan

“We closed down the Carousel Lounge in the 1970s but people STILL ask to visit it almost every weekend.” -Paul Tormey

“There I was in Fenway Park, a 15-year-old boy from Dorchester, crying!” – Peter Meade

“We’ll look back on Sandy Koufax as the best ballplayer of this time.” – Saul Wisnia

“Are there any guest requests at the Fairmont Copley Plaza that you can’t honor? What do you want to do that you can’t do?” – Peter Meade

“Um…no comment.” – Paul Tormey

“The vast majority of zoo animals come from a very strategized breeding process with other zoo animals. Zoos have gone from being major consumers of nature to major producers of nature.” – John Linehan

The rain is clearing up by noon, so spend a beautiful evening at the Ford Hall Forum hearing about the history and present of Boston’s best attractions!

Watch this BNN interview on “Beantown Centennials” with the FHF Executive Director!

Can you imagine what the Fairmont Copley, the Franklin Park Zoo, or Fenway looked like a century ago? Come to Beantown Centennials THIS THURSDAY and see the photos from way back when!

“Flooding political campaigns with money erases the concept of ‘one person = one vote.’” -Barney Frank