Citgo Sign

Who in the hell decided to put up a Citgo sign without having a Citgo gas station at the site?
False advertising if you ask me.
Very disappointed and a waste of time looking around for the gas station.

If your in the Kenmore area or especially when your at the game in Fenway — the iconic Citgo Sign is a constant presence — it says your «home» to me. It just wouldn’t be the same if you looked up out of Fenway and DIDN’T see that famous red, white and blue sign. As much as it is «iconic» to Boston — it really is just a Gas/​Oil sign in reality — but it’s OUR sign.

Love it. It’s a home beam for me since I live close by. History with it is pretty awesome.

Boston has had a love/​hate relationship with the CITGO sign since it showed up in 1965. It replaced a 1940s Cities Service sign that sat atop the building occupied by a company with the same name (CITGO being a division of that company).
Today it’s iconic. When I first moved to Boston (around the Jurassic era) I didn’t quite understand it’s appeal. But like singing «Sweet Caroline» in the 7^th inning, you come to appreciate these nuances that make Boston great. The city wouldn’t be the same without it’s bright neon façade.
Viva la CITGO.

My appreciation of the Citgo Sign began two decades ago, with my first stay in the Boston area, at the Hyatt in Cambridge. My room had an unobstructed view of it, and I’d watch it at night to get an idea of what was going on at Fenway — and this was before I was a Sox fan.
My personal favorite moment was being at Fenway the night the sign was turned back on after the bulbs were «CFL’ized,» and I had an unobstructed view from my seat. There should have been more ooh’s and aah’s as it once again lit up the sky — I did my part.

If you’re visiting Boston and you want an iconic picture, you’ve gotta get one with the landmark Citgo sign in the background!

A real stand-​up guy. Loves to oversee Sox happenings and Fenway shenanigans, and is positively illuminating as the hours drag on.
Ego’s getting a bit big, seeing as how everybody and their (actual) mother paints him during those sip & stroke social art dealies. Guess you kind of have to, huh? He’s a local icon.
(Minus one star for his pointed personality, and for being a bit gassy.)

Sometimes an advertisement goes beyond the company and becomes iconic to a time period or place. That is the case with the Citgo Sign and Kenmore Square/​Fenway Park. The scrolling light at night lets you know that you’re right where all the action is.

Just off of Kenmore Square, there’s this little gas station.
Well no! There isn’t a real gas station here.
There’s just a sign. Look up and you’ll see it.
It’s on top of an old building on Beacon Street.
AND… it’s not just «a» sign… IT’s THE CITGO sign… as every true Red Sox fan knows!
If you watch the Red Sox on NESN, you know about these things. It’s just over the Green Monster in left center field.
And now, you can get seats on the green monster! What is the world coming to.
I would have given it Five Stars, but I don’t like the politics of CITGO. LOL!

I used to totally take this sign for granted cause I didnt even look at it anymore. Its just there and always has been in my days. But the attention it gets and the fact that if it wasnt so loved it would have been taken down and scrapped years ago. I must say that now that its fresh again to me, I catch myself watching the damn thing. It is a beacon for the kenmore square area, and it is just a sign… A cool fkn sign…

You know how sometimes you get discombobulated and don’t always know where you are, where you want to go, how to trek home after a real ruckus night or something like that? NOT ME. This is my lighthouse beacon home. Thanks Citgo sign for helping guide my tired feet toward my home base… now just stop turning off when I try to come home after you go lights-​out!

When I visited Dublin, a lot of people I met who had visited Boston (and it was a lot of people) talked about the Citgo sign. I got some free drinks out of it.
So. Five stars for the Citgo sign scoring me free drinks.

I’ve lived behind the Citgo sign for the past 5 years… yay?!

I really love red triangles.

Last night, I checked in at the Citgo Sign. Their check-​in offer of a complimentary Sox win wasn’t honored. Guess the team didn’t get the memo.
0 – 6.

How could you not love something that’s such an iconic part of Boston’s cityscape? I can’t imagine Boston without it (as my photo should tell you, I also can’t remember Boston without it). It’s better than ever with its sparkling new lights. Those of you who denigrate the Citgo sign are not just closet Yankee fans, but probably out of towners to boot.

Just got revamped with LED lights. no more missing red and white spots on the sign.
If you’re ever lost. look to the sky and go towards the Citgo sign. Well, it’ll just take you to Fenway. A really busy part of Boston I try to avoid. LOL
I just find it funny I can actually review the Citgo sign.

I didn’t grow up watching much baseball, let alone the Red Sox since I grew up with the Yankees and the Mets. So my exposure to Kenmore was limited. Prior to my move up here in 2003 I had no idea what about the Citgo sign. When my dad and I were running errands for some apartment stuff I told him he should get gas up ahead since he was getting low. It was then when I schooled on the Citgo Sign and how there is no mega gas station beneath those bright lights.
Since then I’ve grown to love the Citco Sign. I love the skyline with it. The illumination in the sky. How it’s big news when lights are out or when they have been replaced. Which at this point have been often. It’s rather sad to see half the lights out when the blimp over Fenway is capturing its patterned illumination. I’m hoping that there will be a point when they can have the lights working properly without taking away the character of the sign.
With the Coke bottle gone from Fenway now, the Citgo Sign is even more important in context to Boston, Kenmore Square, and the Red Sox.

Boston has been my home since September 2002, the Citgo sign has always been a relic that I have cherish. Tacky? Yes. But so is the Boston accent.
I have lived in Kenmore Square, The Fenway, Northeastern, Mission Hill, Cambridge, Somerville, Brighton, and Allston — from each location all you have to do is find a hill or high building and there it is. A beacon of the center of the city :)

This is not just any sign. The Citgo Sign.
— Ye who brightens up Fenway Park with your luminescent red triangle.
— Ye who sits above the BU Barnes and Noble and helps the Green Monster devour opposing hitters.
— Ye who makes the occasional city councilor upset because they realize that your parent company is run by a mildly insane crazy Venezuelan man.
Yay for you. You make Fenway unique and historical and interesting.