<p><br> Bangkok? London? Nope. It’s Boston’s Copley Square, a place of sweet serenity in bustling Boston.</p>

Picnic in Copley Square


Bangkok? London? Nope. It’s Boston’s Copley Square, a place of sweet serenity in bustling Boston.

Photograph by Lisa Seaman/Aurora Photos

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