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Speaker 1: The tree lighting ceremony is an annual event here, but

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Speaker 1: this year's event is also the grand reopening of Copley

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Speaker 1: Square Park. Zachary Crisco is a principal with Sasaki, the

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Speaker 1: architectural firm that redesigned the park with a vision of community.

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Speaker 2: Copley Square Park is a place for everybody.

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Speaker 3: It's a place where you can have small events, big events.

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Speaker 3: You can come for lunch, you can come as a

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Speaker 3: resident and relax. It's a place for all together.

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Speaker 1: There has been controversy over the fact that there's a

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Speaker 1: large concrete plaza, but he says that's to accommodate events

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Speaker 1: at this place, which has met an important gathering place

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Speaker 1: in the city for a long time. From Copley Square Park,

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Speaker 1: Carl Stevens WBZ, Boston's news radio