It’s always a little sad when you see a building that you can tell was once a grand dame that has lost its lustre in middle age. The Copley Plaza at 37 Eastern Parkway strikes us as such a building. Its scale, its awning, its parkside location all harken back to its pre-depression-era glory days. But the 12-story, 125,000-square-foot beauty, which was built in 1926, before anyone had heard of the term FAR, is showing signs of neglect. Standing across the street, the windows, and the flashes of interiors you can see through, them, look shabby, like no one’s had the dough to keep the place up. We’ve never even been inside the lobby but would love to know more about the building’s history and current status.