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But honestly, the view is always an uplifting combination of light, shadow, salty air and sky – unique in all of Boston.' 'In the summer months, we frequently see rainbows. 'Sunset is extraordinary,' said Medvedow. Its open-air Grandstand area attracts both locals on their lunch breaks and tourists taking selfies on the steps, and it's also a regular backdrop for celebratory opening events and dance parties.

The unusual 65,000 sq-ft building is cantilevered and features transparent glass, translucent glass and opaque metal, making the most of its harbour views. The ICA cuts a dramatic figure in the Seaport and was designed by award-winning architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro. You really have a sense and a very unusual perspective on Boston. You can see East Boston, the airport, downtown, boats, yachts, liners and tankers, kayakers and walkers.

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'It is always open, always free to the public. 'One of the things that is so wonderful about our museum is our Grandstand, the seating that faces Boston Harbor,' she said. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (The Grandstand)įittingly, Medvedow's favourite spot in the Seaport is the ICA, but the place she loves most isn't inside a gallery. Here are her recommendations of what to do in the area.ġ. These days, perhaps no one knows the Seaport better than Medvedow. 'My involvement and understanding and experience with the Seaport really has been as a kind of central person, player and observer of wholesale transformation since then.'

When we opened, there was just widespread amazement,' said Jill Medvedow, who has been the ICA's director since 1998. 'When we moved there, we were surrounded for as far as the eye could see almost entirely by above-ground rubbly parking lots.

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One of the biggest drivers in the district's transformation was the relocation of the world-class Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) to the District in 2006. Once dismissed as an urban wasteland, decades of redevelopment have seen this stretch of the South Boston waterfront reborn with sleek new restaurants and bars, hotels with rooftop pools and modern parks.

But centuries after Paul Revere's midnight ride and the Boston Tea Party, 'Beantown' has evolved into a dynamic destination that's as contemporary and cosmopolitan as the nation it inspired – and nowhere is this more evident than in its Seaport District. Boston, the birthplace of American independence, is often described in a historical light.

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