Rose Kennedy Greenway

TheRifleman said:
Need some new pics of the Greenway to start evaluating again.

I feel like the Greenway is evolving better than I could imagine. I'm glad the conservancy ran out of the money to build those projects on the parcels.

I would rather see Greenery & Trees, Flowers on the parcels.
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Last photo looks like a Muslim in pajamas. I hope it wears away quickly.
 
rdeastcl said:
Slight to complete discrimination? I think so...
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^Go P.C. all day, but look at the pic. Looks like a hijab and Zubaz. What's it supposed to be? (NOTE: I'm not baiting. I know nothing about the inspiration/motivation for the mural).
 
It's kind of hard to disagree with Meadowhawk. The mural definitely invites itself to criticism by Bostonians; however, I don't hope it wears away quickly. It's a helluvah lot more interesting than the bland wall that was there before.
 
This will be the next new big thing at the Herald.
 
Why can't we think "Who's under the mask/what does s/he represent?" instead of thinking "It's a Muslim!"???
 
I am in love with that mural.... they used the shape of the building in determining the subject matter. That's wicked cool.
 
It looks like a kid squeezing into a box. I like it. It's different, its bright and its big. It will make people stop, look, and comment. so mission accomplished.
 
It would be cool if muralists from around the world were looking at the shape of this surface and thinking "if I had my hands on that, I'd do X." And then a rolling competition would let different artists do their thing on a rotating basis. The simple geometry of the surface would, itself, become an interesting and distinctive Boston feature that would make a statement about artistic interpretations of public space.
 
"Os Gemeos" ("The Twins") are from Sao Paulo, Brazil and their murals and street art (all over the world) depict all sorts of things from scenes of the urban grit of the streets they grew up on to political/social commentary.

Notice the sleeve hanging down from the item that is wrapping the face, suggesting the face is being wrapped with some sort of article of clothing, something you'd likely see on the streets. It's also a recurring theme:

Lisbon, Portugal:
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Thanks for the details, data. That's really cool. I actually really love the murals.
 
I'm just glad the kid is not holding on to a Chick-fil-A sandwich! :) Sorry for my outburst the other day at Whighlander...I was totally off the wall on that one!
 
This is the best thing on the Greenway so far. I love the way it fits the shape of the building. Finally, something that doesn't look like it was designed by a suburban landscaping company for a low-rank country club.
 
Hutchison said:
Why can't we think "Who's under the mask/what does s/he represent?"
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Because while being more interesting than a blank wall and probably a welcome addition, this painting is at the level of a hastily done children's-book illustration.

It's basically the same thing Os Gemeos seems to paint everywhere. And given the fairly banal interviews they tend to give, I don't expect them to be revealing DaVinci-like thoughts behind a modern-day Mona Lisa.

It really isn't good or interesting enough to invite much further thought or textual analysis. This is pop, not T.S. Eliot.
 
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