A funny thing happened on the way to Roxbury...

About 7 months ago - when I first started working at Discover Roxbury - I drafted a little flyer which played around with the average person's conception of local geography and points of interest. The idea was to illustrate that there are worthwhile activities and experiences on the other side of Mass Ave.

Well, after months of sharing ideas and multiple discussions with a variety of people, a banner was finally developed to hang on the side of trolley tours. I can't remember how many revisions and debates there were about each image, the color scheme, and the overall layout. But, the point is that we developed something we all really liked. Unfortunately, last Saturday was the first and only time we were able to use it. I wasn't on the tour when the following happened, but this is what I was told:

Our most reliable trolley driver tied the banner to the side of trolley just before leaving Harvard Square with a private tour. The trolley traveled down Mass Ave and headed to Boston over the Mass Ave bridge. Just before crossing completely, one of the passengers announced that the banner blew off. The driver stopped, ran back over part of the bridge to look for the banner, but apparently it had blown off the bridge and into the Charles River. 

It figures that the one point during which they were crossing water it would blow off! My Executive Director said it was a beautiful banner, but I didn't even get a chance to see it. On the bright side, at least we had the opportunity to display it for people in Cambridge. 

Anyway, if any of you rowers, sailors, or river cleaners come across it, please contact us. As you can see, our phone number and website are on the banner. Thanks!

Comments

[Ben]

Much improved!!

[anon]

Call MIT Sailing and the Charles River Clean Up Boat. They are the most likely people, if anyone, found it.

http://sailing.mit.edu/
http://www.rbcant.us/cleanupboat/index.htm

Good luck.....

[Can-Can]

What a bummer! Say it isn't so. After all of your hard work, we lose the banner on it's maiden voyage. I hope it will be found or that it can be recreated. Perhaps if we tell the printer, they'll reprint it.