Word: citgo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Located in the heart of Kenmore Square, and only 500 feet away from the mouth of the daunting Green Monster, the colossal Citgo sign brings us back to the dawning age of the motor vehicle and represents one of the oldest art deco inspired ad campaigns in the United States. Measuring 60 square feet in area, the garish pulsating advertisement sits in the Boston skyline where it is admired up to 20 miles away. "It's the God of B.U.!" exclaims an exuberant B.U. sophomore. "It's like what we are known for. I'm proud to call it mine...
...rubber match will be settled before a backdrop featuring the Green Monster and the neon Citgo sign...
...truth, storm chasing is arduous work that generally entails more common sense than courage and more physical discomfort than danger. Professional chasers often drive 15 hours a day for days at a time, subsisting on junk food and virtually no sleep. "We eat whatever Texaco, Conoco and Citgo are willing to serve up," laughs University of Oklahoma meteorologist Joshua Wurman. Nor do the hazards of the job always come from nature. Last year Wurman stopped during a chase to help extract a car from a ditch. "While I was pushing, the driver gunned his engine and I was covered...
...college students got off at MIT in search of festivity, and bus #8725 continued onward to cross the Charles. The "CITGO" sign, looming above the Green Monster in Fenway Park, dominated the cityscape...
Massachusetts Miracle. The Boston Landmarks Commission stepped in to save Citgo's early example of computer-controlled neon...