Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial | Boston Common | Downtown

[Charlie_mta]

Amazing how this sculpture looks like something different from different angles. The photo above looks to me like MLK bent over in sorrow with his head in his arms.

 

[chrisbrat]

Beginning to see one or two pics on social media from friends visiting the city and getting photos taken at it.
Sure it looks weird from certain angles but it's an ambitious piece.
The initial online giggling and faux outrage will give way to it becoming an iconic and conversation provoking landmark.

Precisely.

 

[MrDee12345]

I’m actually starting to like this thread again.

I’m guessing a lot more people are going to start loving this sculpture:

Kim Kardashian speaks at Harvard Business School, checks out âThe Embraceâ in Boston - The Boston Globe

The entrepreneur and reality TV star was keeping up with the locals in Boston, posting images of Harvard Business School and "The Embrace" to Instagram. But Kim Kardashian has business interests of her own in Boston, too.

www.bostonglobe.com

Well, if Kim Kardashian likes it then my mind is changed

 

[stick n move]

Amazing how this sculpture looks like something different from different angles. The photo above looks to me like MLK bent over in sorrow with his head in his arms.

The way people are interacting with it here is really the reason it was made the way it was. A lot of people asked why there was no torsos or heads, but the purpose was so people could walk around underneath and through the sculpture. I think thats why it doesnt come across so well in photographs vs when people experience it in person, because its meant to be interacted with. And of course also for getting a pic for social media of you hugging your s/o underneath.

 

[stick n move]

Of the pictures Ive come across of any protests going on this weekend in Boston quite a few are at the embrace. For obvious reasons it has become a focal point in the city when it comes to discussions about race or justice.

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[stellarfun]

Is the NFL making a statement?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1620745794042085378

 

[Charlie_mta]

Is the NFL making a statement?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1620745794042085378

These scupltures are reminding of the "Thing" on the old Addams Family TV show:

 

[tobyjug]

It looks it’s best from Tremont, and invites the curious. Other angles are less felicitous, inviting comment.
Among its peers: much better than the maudlin Famine Memorial, not as good as the elegant Holocaust Memorial. It is much cleaner than the hippie encampment that occupied the very same spot in 1968.

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

Still here and still looking good. RIP Mel King.

 

[Charlie_mta]

Still here and still looking good. RIP Mel King.

Mel King was a real leader, a man of vison, and a gentleman. We need those today.

 

[Shawmut]

Looks better in person, really only 1 angle that looks a little funky.