Fairmont Copley Plaza - Flipbook - Page 33
1964
Regular guests have included Richard Burton and
Elizabeth Taylor. The first visit they made to the
Copley Plaza was in 1964, following their first
wedding, and they made quite an entrance with
a throng of 1,000 admirers greeting them in the
hotel.
1967
KENSINGTON LIONS
For more than 50 years, two gilded lions have
guarded the St. James entrance to the hotel.
Sculpted by Alexander Pope, the lions were
originally carved for the entrance to the Kensington
Hotel. When that hotel was demolished in 1967,
the lions were “rescued” by The Copley Plaza.
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