While the tour of the stained glass inside thechurch is somewhat appealing artistically,constant proselytizing by members of the cult-likeand financially troubled church make this toursomething like that Traci Lords subplot on MelrosePlace. And who really cares about seeing theirstate-of-the-art day care center, anyways?
WORST MUSEUM
The Boston Tea Party Ship
Don't be fooled by its location. Just becauseit's on a boat doesn't make the museuminteresting. For $4.80 (the student rate) you canlearn everything you've always wanted to knowabout the pre-Revolutionary War tea trade. Plusyou get to throw a "crate of tea" overboard intothe harbor. Caution: don't touch the water.
Oh, and don't forget to have a complimentarycup of tea--you'll need it to stay awake.
WORST URBAN PLANNING
The parking garage being built on Boston Common
Here's the logic: Boston needs more parking,and being a large city, doesn't really need thatmuch park. Besides, trees are overrated. So let'sfell a few hundred of them and put a largeconcrete and steel parking garage right on theCommon. Maybe the trees will help to absorb thenoise and pollution. Isn't progress grand?
WORST LOCATION
Logan Airport
What were the planners thinking? "First, let'sput it across the harbor from the rest of Bostonso that everyone will have to take an undergroundtunnel to get to it. Then, let's make toll boothsto slow down the tunnel traffic. Then, let's makethe tunnel two lanes. Then let's make it so thatpeople who want to take the T to get there have tochange lines a lot and use shuttle buses. Finally,let's make it so that the planes approaching haveto fly over water until the last second so thatall the travelers will be terrified of a landingin choppy, hypothermia-inducing water."