Gothamist: Too Far from the Center http://www.gothamist.com/2005/02/09/too_far_from_the_center.php All comments for Too Far from the Center en-us 2007 nyc_daveh Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:32:49 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 DW http://www.gothamist.com/2005/02/09/too_far_from_the_center.php#comment-42243 http://www.gothamist.com/2005/02/09/too_far_from_the_center.php#comment-42243 Comments Wed, 09 Feb 2005 13:24:32 -0500 <p>And all this time I though the universe revolved around me. Thanks for the info.</p> joe http://www.gothamist.com/2005/02/09/too_far_from_the_center.php#comment-42221 http://www.gothamist.com/2005/02/09/too_far_from_the_center.php#comment-42221 Comments Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:47:46 -0500 <p>Oliver Wendell Holmes once satirically referred to the Massachussetts State House as the "hub of the solar system". Over time that phrase evolved to "hub of the universe" and is often used in an unironic fashion by Boston's civic boosters. There's even a plaque outside of Filene's that shows the exact center. </p> DW http://www.gothamist.com/2005/02/09/too_far_from_the_center.php#comment-42214 http://www.gothamist.com/2005/02/09/too_far_from_the_center.php#comment-42214 Comments Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:16:01 -0500 <p>You call New England the Hub of the Universe, but NYC a backwater burgh. I don't get your humor.</p>