Memorial to victims of Armenian Genocide to be placed in Boston

PanARMENIAN.Net - A memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide will be placed in Boston. Tom Menino, Mayor of Boston has agreed on the idea to place a memorial, but not on Greenway square near Christopher Columbus Park. He said he doesn't want the Greenway to become home to a number of memorial sites. Today the Globe reports that the BRA (Boston Redevelopment Authority) has proposed some alternative sites for the memorial: Charles River parkland on both sides of the river created by the Big Dig, a location in the South Boston waterfront near the Convention Center & Exhibition Center, a spot on a Charlestown pier, a current parking lot on Merrimac and Staniford Streets, and that a spot between Filene's and TJ Maxx in Downtown Crossing called "shoppers park".



Earlier the Boston Town Council opposed the idea to place a memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.