How to get lucky - Comment être chanceux | North Station | Boston Citywalks

- Location: North Station, 135 Causeway St, Boston, MA 02114, USA

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Boston Citywalks tells you today how to get lucky. You just have to find the Good Luck plaque at North Station and put your hand on it.
I won’t tell you where it is exactly as it’s part of the quest! I can only tell you that one day, I was leaving the commuter rail when I saw people make a detour and put their hand on it.
The plaque bears the name of Red Auerbach, a famous NBA coach that allowed the Boston Celtics to win many times in the past.
What’s not clear if whether you ask for luck for the Celtics when you touch it, or luck for yourself. What’s also unusual is that this clover is a regular one, not the 4-leaf one. But well, what do you have to loose?
North Station is at the start of the Walk in Boston # 1, the forgotten West End. Not only could you get lucky, but you'll also have a chance to discover a part of Boston that not many people visit. Some luck in itself, don’t you think so?

 NB: I got the answer to my questions when asking on Facebook, thanks to Maks Tlg: 1) you ask for luck for you. 2) the 3 leaf-clover being the Celtics logo, if you live in Boston, you can get luck with a 4 leaf clover and a regular one!!! 
Here is an article he sent me about the dedication of the plaque:
https://www.espn.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4670993/auerbach-dedication-at-north-station

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Promenades à Boston vous dit aujourd'hui comment être chanceux. Il suffit de trouver cette plaque à North Station et de poser votre main dessus.
Je ne vais pas vous dire où elle est exactement car cela fait partie de la quête! Je peux juste vous dire qu’un jour, alors que je sortais du train de banlieue, j’ai vu des gens faire un détour pour aller poser leur main dessus.
La plaque porte le nom de Red Auerbach, un entraineur célèbre de la NBA qui a permis aux Boston Celtics de gagner de nombreuses fois dans le passé.
Ce qui n’est pas très clair, c’est si en la touchant, vous demandez de la chance pour les Celtics ou pour vous (pour vous, Maks Tlg me l'a dit sur Facebook quand j'ai posé la question: voir lien vers article en anglais ci-dessus). Ce qui est aussi inhabituel, c’est que c’est un trèfle normal, pas un à 4 feuilles (mais comme c'est l'emblème des Celtics m'a aussi dit Maks Tlg, à Boston, ça marche avec 3 feuilles). Donc qu’est-ce que vous risquez?
North Station est au départ de Promenade à Boston numéro 1, le West End oublié. Non seulement pourriez-vous être chanceux mais en plus, vous visiterez un endroit de Boston souvent négligé. Une chance en soi, ne royez-vous pas?


I am a printmaker, photographer, writer, and urban scout. When I'm not travelling, I live near Boston or on an island in New Brunswick. I post here some of what I see and do. /// Je suis un graveur, photographe, écrivain et éclaireur urbain. Quand je ne voyage pas, je vis près de Boston ou sur une île au New Brunswick. Je publie ici une partie de ce que je fais et vois.

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