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...teetering Babel of a miniature skyscraper (protected by a moat where odd creatures lurk), the iron dog eyeing an iron cat eyeing an iron bird eyeing an iron worm - all testify to a Boschian view of predatory capitalism; and the kids love it. And walking through the Winter Garden plaza, we make sure our visitors read the legend, from poet Frank O?Hara, that snakes along a balustrade: ?One need never leave the confines of New York to get all the greenery one wishes. I can?t even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there?s a subway...
...skateboarders pretending that Manhattan is Manhattan Beach, the al fresco diners at Steamer?s Landing. Stop to admire the imposing bandshell of the World Financial Center?s Winter Garden; it has enough wonderfully wasted space to remind me of the dear dead original Penn Station. And across the plaza, the Hudson River, potent and polluted, Circe seducer of the first European settlers to this tiny plot of land nearly 400 years ago. Sit on a bench, stare out at the river and watch the history of American exploration, immigration and commerce surge...
...Nest!” is a public artwork by eight of Boston’s Reclamation Artists who also collaborated with some burgeoning Harvard artists. Formed in 1990, the Reclamation Artists have made their mark on sites all over the greater Boston area, including Government Center Plaza, the east Boston waterfront and, of course, Harvard Square, where the most recent addition to their oeuvre is located. In addition to the sculpture, “Nest!” also features a live element, including performances and poetry readings by such artists as the Bread and Jams and the Spare Change...
...audition process began in the Park Plaza ballroom with a written test that was distributed to eligible college students...
...Typically working on neglected or endangered land, RA installs public artwork that call attention to the urban landscape and how city-dwellers shape, inhabit, neglect or enhance it. The group formed in 1990 and has built 12 major projects in the area from the Muddy River, to Government Center Plaza to Somerville’s Mystic River shoreline. “It’s a playground for artists to make statements without worrying about selling pieces. It’s about ideas and how to bring them to a large scale,” says RA member and Boston...