Offered is a set of three beige bricks from Boston Garden. The arena was designed by famed boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also designed the third version of Madison Square Garden in New York City. Boston Garden opened on Nov. 17, 1928, and it was originally called Boston Madison Square Garden, later merely Boston Garden. Over the years, many of its key events involved the two major professional teams that called Boston Garden home: The Boston Bruins hockey team and the Boston Celtics basketball team. Boston Garden was also the site of many boxing matches, concerts, and political rallies. It was in an ideal location for public transportation, as it literally sat atop North Station, Boston's train hub. Because Boston Garden had no air conditioning, in warm spring weather during NHL playoff games, the ice was often very soft, and in warm spring weather during NBA playoffs, the inside temperature of Boston Garden could be over 95 degrees, once as high as 97 degrees. Boston Garden's parquet basketball became famous. Over the years, Boston Garden hosted 17 Stanley Cups Final Series and 19 NBA Final Series. Boston Garden closed near the end of September 1995, when Boston's new arena for professional sports became the Fleet Center, now known as TD Center. Each brick has a metal plaque, measuring 1.75x7", on the front which reads: BOSTON GARDEN 1928-1995/Boston Garden Banner Years 1928-1995/Brick Number (individually numbered), with the individually appropriate brick number machine-stamped, different for each brick. This plaque also has two different images of Boston Garden. Each brick has a width of 8", a height of 2.5", and a depth of 3.5". Each of the bricks comes with a New Boston Garden Corp. Seal (Letter of Authenticity). 1) This brick is machine-stamped, Brick Number: 11226 on the brick's plaque. It weighs 4 lbs., 12.75 ounces. 2) This brick is stamped, Brick Number: 12642 on the plaque. It weighs 5 lbs., 1.5 ounces. 3) This brick is machine-stamped, Brick Number: 11127 on the plaque. It weighs 4 lbs., 13.25 ounces. The reason that the bricks have different weights is because the amount of cement in the three circular holes in each brick varies from brick to brick, with the first listed brick having virtually no cement in one of the holes. The bricks have small chips and a few places in which the cement in the holes is loose. The bricks all have great wear. Together, the three bricks, without any wrapping or packaging, weigh a total of 14 lbs., 11.5 ounces. The bricks, once a part of the arena's very structure, provide a great remembrance of the famed Boston Garden.