When Flattening the West End Was Just a Dirty, Dangerous Summer Job

“When Tom Hynes walks around Boston, he can point to buildings he’s brokered deals in. At the Prudential Center, he secured space for the headquarters of high-powered law firm Ropes & Gray. In the Fenway, he sealed the deal on 550,000 square feet of office space for Blue Cross Blue Shield. Looking around the West End, though, he can recall not what he’s created, but what he demolished.”