For more than 60 years, the iconic CITGO sign has beamed above Kenmore Square, greeting Boston Marathon runners and looming over Fenway Park like a low-hanging, neon (now LED) moon.

The local beacon is getting a new home as the area undergoes redevelopment. But, it won’t be too far from its original location.

“CITGO may think of this as their Sign, but in Boston, we think of it as ours,” Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan, who represents Kenmore Square, said in a press release about the sign’s move.

The 60-foot by-60-foot illuminated sign, bearing the oil company’s name and simple triangular logo, appears to fans inside Fenway Park to hover above the Green Monster and is commonly spotted on TV broadcasts of Red Sox home games. It has sat on the roof of 660 Beacon St. since 1940, although it only acquired its familiar red triangle logo in 1965. 

As part of a redevelopment project on Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon Street, including 660 Beacon St., the sign is set to shift slightly, but remain highly visible. It will be moved 30 feet higher and 120 feet east of where it sits now, CITGO and Suffolk Construction said in a press release Wednesday. Suffolk is managing the project. 

Work to move the sign will begin “in the near future,” with plans in place to minimize the amount of time the sign will be unlit, CITGO and Suffolk said.

Local leaders praised the decision to relocate but preserve the sign in the release, with Mayor Michelle Wu calling the sign “a beloved treasure for Kenmore Square and residents across Boston.”

Recurring local backlash to plans to unplug the beloved billboard has kept the sign in place for decades. CITGO planned to remove it in the early 1980s, but reversed course after outcry from Boston residents, a company spokesperson said in 2017.

The sign’s perch above Kenmore Square more recently appeared precarious starting in 2016, when Boston University moved to sell 660 Beacon St. and several nearby buildings. The Boston Landmark Commission voted to make the sign an official landmark in 2018; former Mayor Marty Walsh vetoed the landmark designation but said he reached a deal with Citgo and the building’s developer to keep the sign in place “for years to come.”

“Whether it’s fans going to Fenway for a Red Sox game, marathon participants on their final stretch of the race going through Kenmore Square, students walking along Commonwealth Avenue, or tourists coming to check out all that this great city has to offer, the CITGO Sign has long served as an iconic landmark for Boston residents and visitors of Boston,” Governor Maura Healey said in Wednesday’s release. “This repositioning will ensure that the CITGO Sign remains visible in our skyline for generations to come.”

President Donald Trump says he has the authority to “take away” 2026 World Cup soccer matches scheduled in Boston if he feels the city is unsafe.

The death of a Roxbury woman on Monday marked the 27th homicide in Boston this year, more than were recorded all of last year, which officials acknowledged was a historical outlier.

Only 24 homicides were recorded in the state’s largest city in 2024, the lowest figure in decades. This time last year, the city had seen 18, Sgt. Detective John Boyle, a spokesman for the police department, confirmed.

Boston is on pace for about 34 homicides this year, a figure more closely in line with the three years before 2024. The city saw 37 homicides in 2023 and 40 in 2022 and 2021.

Still, despite the rising number of homicides, the number of shootings recorded in the city has remained relatively stable compared to last year. As of Oct. 12, there had been 15 fatal shootings and 91 non-fatal shootings in Boston. By Oct. 12, 2024, there were 16 and 93, respectively, according to data provided by the police department.

Over the past decade, around 70% of homicides in Boston have occurred in either Roxbury, Dorchester, or Mattapan, according to a report from Northeastern University with the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute.

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office told MassLive earlier this year that its focus was on working “ever closer and harder with our law enforcement and community partners, no matter if crime trends move up or down.

“We know there will be variances each year. Our overarching goal is to keep Boston’s homicide and overall crime rate low compared to the city’s historic past,” Jim Borghesani, a spokesman for the office said.