Quincy's Market Opens
On this day in 1826, Boston celebrated the grand opening of the Faneuil Hall, commonly known as Quincy Marketplace. Located on the site that had long served as Boston's public market, the three massive buildings dominated the harbor and were hailed as a sign of the city's prosperity and civic pride. Yet only two years earlier, Bostonians had derided Mayor Josiah Quincy's huge construction project — the largest public works project yet undertaken in the new nation — as "Quincy's Folly." Once complete, the market was such a success that it was dubbed "Quincy's Market" in honor of the mayor who had been so determined to build it. Exactly 150 years later to the day, Mayor Kevin White would preside over the grand re-opening of the newly revitalized market.
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