old WBUR tower torn down

[Kevin Vahey]

I will take an educated guess that the powers that be at BU changed
the address to 640 to match the frequency of WTBU.



On 11/30/08, Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com> wrote:
> Dan.Strassberg wrote:
>> I don't think they're talking about the Law School tower (if it's
>> really on the Law School building--the tall building and the tower on
>> top of it that are readily visible as you head east on the Mass Pike
>> after you go though the Allston-Brighton tolls). AFAIK, that tower
>> still stands and it is where I believe WBUR's aux antenna is located.
>> Rather, I think the tower that came down was the one atop the low
>> (three stories or so) building on Comm Ave that used to house the WBUR
>> studios and SPRC. WBUR's antenna was on that tower before it moved to
>> the tower atop the tall building. There is or was a large parking lot
>> between the low building and Comm Ave. I always thought that the
>> address of that building was 630 Comm Ave, but someone else gave a
>> different address for it on this list a few days ago.
>
> The street address for the "Comm Building" does appear to have changed.
> It was 630 Comm Ave when WBUR was there, from the fifties until the
> mid-nineties, when BUR moved down the street to 890 Comm Ave. More
> recently, the building has been known as 640 Comm Ave. I don't know why
> it changed - but that's the building that had the tower on top that was
> removed over the weekend.
>
> The taller facility across the street is the Law School, and WBUR still
> has the aux up there.
>
> s
>