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5-by-5-Foot Section of Parquet Floor from The Boston Garden
The Boston Garden's venerable parquet floor dates back to 1946 when Celtics president Walter Brown spent $11,000 on a surface to replace the concrete floor at Boston Arena, where the team played when the Garden was unavailable. Due to the post-World War II lumber shortages, the East Boston Lumber Company had to construct the floor in the parquet style, in which small pieces of wood are fused together. Thus, out of necessity sprang an historical landmark. The original parquet floor, moved to the Garden in December 1952, became embedded to the club's legend. Bob Cousy was called the "Prince of the Parquet" for using his knowledge of the parquet's dead spots and warped boards to his advantage, allowing him to steal dribbles and passes from his opponents. The floor, consisting of 264 panels held together by wood planks and brass screws with 988 bolts, was refurbished several times, the last in August 1997, and though it withstood quick-paced, rubber-soled sneakers, constant dribbling, and the frequent assembling and disassembling for home games, it was always was the very definition of the term "home-court advantage." In September 1995, the parquet was moved next door from the old Boston Garden to the FleetCenter. The last game on the parquet was played on December 22, 1999, whereupon it was replaced by a replica court integrating portions of the original floor with a new parquet. This 5-by-5-foot segment of the "green section" of the floor is perhaps the largest available remnant of the floor that is so metaphoric of Celtics' 11 titles in 13 seasons, and site of so many of their game-breaking moments. Against the solid green is a 25" x 25" white box inside of which is where most of scuffing and sneaker marks are. There's also an area beside the box where the paint has been scraped in spots. As Celtic opponents always found out, it would be impossible to stand on this sacred wood without one's knees buckling. LOA from the Celtics.
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