Reverse the curse: Is this sign a sign?
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 The "Reverse curve" sign on Storrow Drive as it appeared until last week, when the graffiti was painted over. (Photo / Judith Hourihan) |
Now we want to hear from you: What should be done about the sign? DCR suggests the following three options:
1. Keep the current sign and continue to correct the sign each time it is altered.
2. Remove the old sign because it hasn't broken the curse yet and may, in fact, be contributing to its continuance. Install a new sign that meets federal highway standards (yellow diamond with pictograph).
3. Remove the old sign, find the employees who installed it, and have them present it to the Red Sox as a means of breaking the curse.
Tell us which option you prefer, or weigh in with an original suggestion of your own.
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I would have to say leave it up, and leave it be. When the soxs do win a world series.... get it down....then give it to them so they can use it in the victory parade..
James , Winthrop
Just leave the sign the way it was. I want my kids to see it too.
Katie , Falmouth, ME
SAVE "REVERSE THE CURSE" Every time I get stuck in that unbearable storrow drive traffic and I see that sign, it makes me remember the more important things in life -- like winning the WS. Don't you get it?? It's part of our Spirit. Why don't you just tear down the Old North Church at the same time....I am sure it's not up to code somewhere.
Lori, Boston
Wow. What has this city come to? I would nonchalantly assume that the reason that many people love Boston and the Red Sox is because of the city's long span of fabled traditions. This sign is one of those tradition. It is a symbol of what this city's baseball team stands for: ending that dreadful curse. Keep the sign. It is a mark of what we all believe in.
Daniel, Newton
I believe the new sign should be taken down and replaced by the original one.....and then given to MIT students who I am sure will find a clever use for it during their annual prank sessions......maybe plant it atop Yankee Stadium in response to the NyPost flying the "Empire strikes Back" banner over Fenway the other day.
Greg , Gloucester
KEEP THE OLD SIGN!!!!!!!!!!! : ( I LOVE THE RED SOX! GO DEREK LOWE!!!!!!!!!!! : )
rebecca, not telling you
The City should make a sign to go beside that one that states reverse the curse. Graffiti makes Boston look trashy.
Joseph , Rochester N.H.
Just yesterday (4/18/04), Gwen Knapp, a sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, wrote that compared to Yankees-Red Sox, the Giants-Dodgers rivalry is "tepid." She wrote that no other rivalry can match "the frothing madness of Yankees-Red Sox," not even a USC-Notre Dame or Bears-Packers game. Well, this whole debate about "Reverse the Curse/Reverse Curve" is a clear SIGN that she's right! As a long-time Sox fan who grew up in Brookline, and saw events like the infamous Bucky Dent homer and Carl Yastrzemski's 3,000th hit in person, I say, preserve the sign and keep it in it's humble but defiant perch above Storrow Drive. It's part of Boston's charm and Sox lore. Even more importantly, if the DCR has any say, save Fenway Park too. The stadium the Giants call home (what corporate name does it have these days anyway?) attempts to capture the ambience of the ballparks of yesteryear, but Fenway is the real (constantly remodeled) deal and it's here and now for all to enjoy.
Larry, Oakland, CA
LEAVE IT RIGHT WHERE IT IS! Its a piece of history
Marc, Quincy
Option 1, it's a Boston Landmark.
Liz, Middletown, NJ
