You can put the Rosebud (or something else) on the new MA quarter

[joylewis.livejournal.com]

I have no vested interest in this but I think it's pretty cool that it's up for a vote. You can vote for one of a large number of sites to be put on the 2010 MA quarter, including the Somerville Theater, the Rosebud Diner, the Minuteman Trail, or Powderhouse Sq.

Have fun!

Comments

[mderidder.livejournal.com]

Can someone explain why the Rosebud in on this list but Bunker Hill Monument, Old State House, Prospect Hill, and other much more historic sites are not.

And if it's, as the title implies, "America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter" I think a lot of the list is screwey.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

the 'rocky' statue!

plymouth rock

the prue! no, the hancock! no! both!

MIT!

THE BIG DIG :>

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[ron_newman]

I also would have picked the Prospect Hill Monument long before the Rosebud or the Somerville Theatre, and I am puzzled by its omission.

[dominika-kretek.livejournal.com]

I was wondering whether they were drawing a distinction between buildings that were actually historical, and buildings that memorialize a historical event. The Powder House dates from the Revolutionary War, but the Prospect Hill monument doesn't, as far as I know.

It doesn't explain the Old State House, though.

[lonelyholiday.livejournal.com]

This is neat, even though some of the choices and/or omissions are (as mentioned) questionable.

Some sound weird to me less because of their significance, but more because... what would you actually put on the quarter? Like the Alewife Brook Parkway, for instance?

Hm.

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

I'd hope for a stylized map of the Double Donuts of Doom (the two traffic circles that are right near each other with a Dunkies and a gas station in between ;).

[glen-highland.livejournal.com]

Just to add to the bizarreness, "you can vote as often as you would like"

[lizzielizzie.livejournal.com]

From that web page: "Help Governor Patrick Choose"

Can't that man make ANY decision??

(sorry, that was my snarky for the day.)

[richips.livejournal.com]

is the link broken for anyone else or just me? i hope the Boston Public Library is on there.

[ron_newman]

There is nothing wrong with the link. Yes, the BPL is on the list.

[richips.livejournal.com]

Ah, indeed, it is my ailing computer that was the culprit. thank you.

Crazy scheme

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

"Please note that you can only submit one site at a time, but you can vote as often as you would like until 5:00 p.m. February 26, 2009."

Really? Because I know a shell script that likes to vote _a lot_.

Re: Crazy scheme

[infinitemorning.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this whole thing is kinda nuts. At the very least, it seems like one vote would be best, and it definitely seems like they could have narrowed it down a bit more. I like the Somerville Theatre as much as anyone, but I'd pick Walden Pond, Plymouth Rock or Fanueil Hall to represent our state long before I got down the list to the Somerville Theatre or the Rosebud.

Re: Crazy scheme

[ron_newman]

Plymouth Rock is the most boring tourist site imaginable, and I'd hate to see it represented on any US coinage. We have so many better things to offer in this state.

Re: Crazy scheme

[infinitemorning.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's boring as hell, but it's at least something of an icon. Still, I voted for Walden Pond; it has substantial cultural significance even if it might not look that striking, and it's somewhat more interesting than a rock in a seaside pit.

If I go back and vote again, I expect I'll vote for Faneuil Hall. Or possibly the House of Seven Gables.

Re: Crazy scheme

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I voted for Walden, too. I expect the actual choice (which clearly won't have anything to do with the online poll) is likely to be Revolution-related, but Walden would be awesome.

Re: Crazy scheme

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

While the Plymouth Rock is a boring tourist site, it is a very important icon in American History. It's basically the Idea of the Plymouth Rock, rather than the thing itself that is meaningful to people. I voted for the Rock. (and rosebud, because it's nifty).

But something like the Alewife Brook Parkway? What a stupid idea for a quarter design. It's a road, and a stupid road at that. Too skinny to feel comfortable driving on, and terrifying for new drivers (or older drivers when a wide truck buzzes past you).

Re: Crazy scheme

[aquaflame16.livejournal.com]

yes. this.
things that allow voting as many times as you want pretty much make me uninterested in voting at all, because what's the point?

If they didn't want people to have to pick just one, why not give check boxes and a limit of however many you could pick, but you could only submit the form once per ip address?

Re: Crazy scheme

[bettyw.livejournal.com]

Perhaps because the web pages are created by PR people, rather than programmers/coders who know how to do such things?

[hissilliness.livejournal.com]

The Minuteman Trail would seem to not be on that list. The Minute Man National Park in Lexington is, methinks, an entirely different beast.

[ron_newman]

Yep ... and, confusingly enough, the Minute Man National Park has its own bike trail (the 'Battle Road')

[laryu.livejournal.com]

Time to Rickroll the US Mint? (Visually, at least.)

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

My first thought was why would you want to put a sled on the Mass. quarter?

[firepail.livejournal.com]

hee!

[ron_newman]

hey no spoiler warning?

[ron_newman]

Sorry, looks like the Fisherman's Memorial in Gloucester was the winner, with a tsunami of support compared to anything else.