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Speaker 1: Sitting on the top of this building, kind of like

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Speaker 1: a little bit of a rusted outlook. Is it for

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Speaker 1: an alien? Is it for space travel? There's been a

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Speaker 1: lot of conjecture online. We love that.

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Speaker 2: Winter Active is an annual project from the Downtown Boston Alliance.

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Speaker 2: This year, a record seventeen sites is playing host to

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Speaker 2: exhibits like a rocket ship in Winthrop Square, light up

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Speaker 2: sea saws at Downtown Crossing, and a bouquet of giant

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Speaker 2: trumpet flowers across from South Station.

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Speaker 3: Last year going to people and saying can I hang

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Speaker 3: big pink inflatable men off the side of your building?

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Speaker 4: You know you get a couple of quirky looks.

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Speaker 2: Michael Nichols as president of the DBA. He says the

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Speaker 2: exhibits inspire people to venture around downtown, like Brattle Bookshop,

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Speaker 2: which has a set of Big brother esque eyes peering above.

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Speaker 4: This is the excuse to put on an extra layer,

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Speaker 4: get your heated gloves, come out and explore the city

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Speaker 4: and it ends up having a really powerful economic impact.

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Speaker 2: Downtown Crossing. Jay Willett BBS Boston's news radio