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1 Leif Eriksson (1887) Bronze on red sandstone pedestal Commonwealth Ave. Mall, at Charlesgate East Map & Guide to + 2 Ayer Mansion Windows (1899) Public Artworks in Boston Louis Comfort Tiffany 16 Patrick Andrew Collins (1908) 45 Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (1877) Mosaic and stained glass 100 Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson and Henry Hudson Kitson Martin Milmore 395 Commonwealth Ave. Bronze on granite base Bronze and qunicy granite 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 3 Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1973) Commonwealth Ave. Mall, between Clarendon St. and Dartmouth St. , Flagstaff Hill Ivette Compagnion 17 General John Glover Statue (1875) 46 Frogs of Tadpole Playground (2002) Bronze on cement base Martin Milmore David Phillips Commonwealth Ave. Mall, between Hereford St. and Gloucester St. Bronze on granite base Bronze 4 Quest Eternal (1967) Commonwealth Ave. Mall, between Berkeley St. and Clarendon St. Boston Common, at Beacon St. near Frog Pond Donald De Lue 18 Alexander Hamilton Statue (1865) 47 Mosaics in Tadpole Playground (2002) Bronze on granite base William Rimmer Marvin and Lilli Ann Killen Rosenberg Prudential Center, at 800 Boylston St. Granite Mosaic 5 Boston Women’s Memorial (2003) Commonwealth Ave. Mall, between Arlington St. and Berkeley St. Boston Common, at Beacon St. near Frog Pond Meredith Bergmann 19 Trimbloid X (1970) 48 Monument / Crispus Attucks Monument (1889) Bronze and granite David Kibbey Robert Adolf Kraus 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 Commonwealth Ave. Mall, between Gloucester St. and Farifeld St. Cor-ten steel Bronze and granite 6 Samuel Eliot Morison (1982) Esplanade, between Dartmouth St. and Clarendon St. Boston Common, at Tremont St. Penelope Jencks 20 Arthur Fiedler Memorial (1984) 49 Declaration of Independence Tablet (1925) Bronze on granite base Ralph Helmick John Francis Paramino Commonwealth Ave. Mall, between Exeter St. and Fairfield St. Aluminium on granite base Bronze and granite 7 William Lloyd Garrison (1886) , across from Berkeley Bridge Boston Common, at Tremont St. HIGHLIGHTED WORKS Olin Levi Warner 21 Maurice J. Tobin (1958) 50 Parkman Plaza (1961) See other side for more information Bronze on quincy granite base Emilius Ciampa Arcangelo Cascieri and Adio di Biccari Commonwealth Ave. Mall, between Dartmouth St. and Exeter St. Bronze on granite base Bronze on granite pedestals 8 Vendome Fire Memorial (1998) Charles River Esplanade, along Hatch Shell Circle Boston Common, at Tremont St. and West St. 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Ted Clausen and Peter White 22 General George Smith Patton, Jr. (1953) 51 Commodore John Barry (1949) Bronze and black granite James Earle Fraser John Francis Paramino Commonwealth Ave. Mall, between at Dartmouth St. and Clarendon St. Bronze on pink granite base Granite + 9 Art and Science (1911) Charles River Esplanade, along Hatch Shell Circle Boston Common, at Tremont St. and Temple Pl. + ART ON THE INSIDE: Bela Lyon Pratt 23 General Charles Devens (1895) 52 (1855) Please enter these buildings to see more art. Note: some may charge a fee, but most are open to the public. Bronze on granite base Olin Levi Warner Paul Lienard , at 700 Boylston St. Bronze on granite base Bronze with granite basin and foundation Ayer Mansion (#2) : Inside, this Back Bay residence features mosaics and stained glass by famed American interior designer Louis Comfort Tiffany. Viewing by appointment only. www.ayermansion.org 10 Paint and Henry (1987) Charles River Esplanade, along Hatch Shell Circle Boston Common, near Park St. at Tremont St. and Temple Pl. Boston Public Library (#9) : Murals by and Puvis de Chavannes bring the library’s walls to life. Sargent began his mural cycle, entitled Triumph of Religion, in 1895 and finished it over twenty years later. A bronze cast fountain statue Deborah Butterfield 24 David Ignatius Walsh (1954) 53 Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment (1897) Bronze Joseph Arthur Coletti Augustus Saint-Gaudens entitled Bacchante and Infant Faun by Frederick MacMonnies graces the inner courtyard. Guided tours of the murals and other art are available. www.bpl.org/central/tours.htm Copley Place Mall, Dartmouth St. and Stuart St. Bronze on granite base Bronze, marble and granite 11 Memorial (1977) Charles River Esplanade, along Hatch Shell Circle Boston Common, at Beacon St. and Park St. (#15) : The Church’s array of stained glass windows includes designs by American artists Sarah Wyman Whitman and John La Farge—a contemporary and rival of Louis Comfort Tiffany. La Farge also designed the murals. Tours of the architecture and art are offered regularly for a small fee. www.trinitychurchboston.org/art/index.php Kahlil Gibran (godson) 25 George Robert White Memorial (1924) + 54 Henry Cabot Lodge (1932) Bronze and granite Raymond Averill Porter Copley Sq., at Dartmouth St. Bronze on Rockport granite base Bronze and granite State House (#54) : Daniel Chester French, Thomas Ball, and are among the artists featured on this Art Walk who also contributed works to the State House’s interior. 12 Boston Marathon Memorial (1996) , at Arlington St. and Beacon St. State House, on South Lawn at Beacon St. www.sec.state.ma.us/trs/trsbok/trstour.htm Mark Flannery Robert Shure and Robert Lamb 26 / Good Samaritan (1868) 55 Anne Hutchinson (1922) 100 Congress Street (#66) : This office building contains artworks by participants in the Artists for Humanity program, which employs Boston teens as apprentices in the visual arts and design industries. Granite with bronze reliefs and pink granite bollards Ward Cyrus Edwin Dallin Copley Sq., at Dartmouth St. and Boylston St. Granite and red marble Bronze on granite base www.afhboston.com Boston Public Garden, near Arlington St. and Beacon St. Massachusetts State House, on South Lawn at Beacon St. 13 John Singleton Copley (2002) Federal Building (#68) : A mural by American Abstract Expressionist painter Robert Motherwell is located just down the hall from the main entrance on Cambridge Street and is visible through the windows facing Lewis Cohen 27 Japanese Lantern (donated to the city in 1904) 56 John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1990) Government Center plaza. The building’s courtyard also contains an abstract by Herbert Ferber. Bronze Unknown Isabel McIlvain Copley Sq., at Boylston St. Iron Bronze with green patina on granite base City Hall (#69) : Works by contemporary Boston artists are exhibited in the Gallery on the 3rd floor, and in the Mayor’s Gallery on the 5th floor. www.cityofboston.gov/arts 14 The Tortoise and the Hare (1994) Boston Public Garden, near footbridge Massachusetts State House, on South Lawn at Beacon St. Nancy Schön 28 Small Child Fountain (1929) 57 Daniel Webster (1859) (#73) : Murals located inside the entrance show the development of Boston’s buildings and architecture. www.oldcityhall.com Silicone bronze Mary E. Moore Hiram Powers Copley Sq., at Dartmouth St. and Boylston St. Bronze on granite base Bronze on granite base Old State House (#84): The Old State House now hosts a museum operated by the Bostonian Society with exhibitions on the Revolutionary War and the history of Boston. There is a small entry fee. + 15 Philips Brooks (1910) Boston Public Garden, at Arlington St. Massachusetts State House, on South Lawn at Beacon St. www.bostonhistory.org Augustus Saint Gaudens, , Stanford White, Charles 29 (1869) 58 Horace Mann (1865) Folen McKim Thomas Ball Emma Stebbins (#87) : This historic meeting hall is filled with art, including George P.A. Healy’s iconic painting of Daniel Webster orating on the Senate floor, as well as portraits and busts of Lucy Stone, John Quincy Bronze on marble base Bronze on granite base Bronze on granite base Adams, Frederick Douglass, among others. www.cityofboston.gov/freedomtrail/Faneuilhall.asp Trinity Church, in Copley Sq., at Boylston St. and Clarendon St. Boston Public Garden, at Arlington St. Massachusetts State House, on South Lawn at Beacon St.

30 Boy and Bird Fountain (1927) 59 General Joseph Hooker (1903) + 87 Faneuil Hall Grasshopper (1742) , Paul King Foundry (recast) Daniel Chester French and Edward C. Potter 74 Josiah Quincy (1879) Shem Drowne Bronze with granite base Bronze on red granite base Thomas Ball Gilded copper with glass Boston Public Garden, at Arlington St. Massachusetts State House, at east wing entrance on Beacon St. Bronze on granite base Faneuil Hall Market Old City Hall, in courtyard on School St. ommission 31 Garden of Remembrance: 9/11 Memorial (2004) 60 Mary Dyer (1959) 88 Mayor (2006) oston Victor Walker Sylvia Shaw Judson 75 Democratic Donkey (unknown) Pablo Eduardo Pink granite Bronze on stone base Antonio Frilli Bronze  Boston Public Garden, at Arlington St. entrance Massachusetts State House, at Beacon St. and Bowdoin St. near east wing entrance Bronze Faneuil Hall Plaza established in 1890, exercises legal authority Old City Hall, in courtyard on School St. 32 Statue (1903) 61 Congregational House Bas-Reliefs (1898) 89 Mayor (1980) Domingo Mora 76 Boston Irish Famine Memorial (1998) Lloyd Lillie to approve and site new public art on prop- Bronze, granite, marble Marble Robert Shure Bronze Boston Public Garden, at Arlington St. and Boylston St. 14 Beacon St. near Bowdoin St. Bronze on granite base Curley Memorial Park, Congress St. and North St. Washington St. and School St. erty owned by the City of Boston. Site-specif- 33 Statue (1878) 62 Massachusetts Fallen Fireman Memorial (2007) 90 Arnold “Red” Auerbach (1985) Thomas Ball Robert Shure 77 Boston Bricks (1985) Lloyd Lillie ic artworks, both permanent and temporary, Bronze on granite base PUBLIC Bronze on granite base Kate Burke and Gregg Lefevre Bronze Boston Public Garden, on Boylston St. Mall Massachusetts State House, at Bowdoin St. and Ashburton Pl. Bronze Quincy Market Mall, on south side Winthrop Ln., between Arch St. and Otis St. woven through the urban landscape identify 34 Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1927) 63 Beacon Hill Eagle Monument (1898) 91 The Reading Circle (2008) Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson Charles Bulfinch (copy after) 78 Robert Burns (1920) American History Workshop Bronze on granite base Bronze on granite column Henry Hudson Kitson Engraved granite Boston as a place with long history and a Boston Public Garden, on Boylston St. Mall Massachusetts State House, at Bowdoin St. and Ashburton Pl. Bronze on granite base Greenway, at Milk St. and India St. Winthrop Sq., at Otis St. and Devonshire St. 35 Colonel (1899) 64 Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial (2004) 92 Light Blades (2008) great capacity for innovation. These artworks Richard Edwin Brooks unknown 79 Bronze Panels on 75 Franklin Street Building (1929) Dennis Carmichael PUBLIC Bronze on granite base Granite Thomas M. James Steel, glass, LED lights Boston Public Garden, on Boylston St. Mall Massachusetts StateWALK House, at Bowdoin St. and Ashburton Pl. Bronze Wharf District Parks at Milk St. and India St. range from traditional and new media public MAP & GUIDE TO 100 PUBLIC ARTWORKS 75/101 Franklin St. 36 Wendell Phillips (1915) 65 Garden of Peace (2004) 93 Harbor Fog (2008) Daniel Chester French Judy Kensley McKie and Catherine Melina 80 Anti-Ram Bench (2003) Ross Miller art pieces to municipal design elements, such Bronze on granite base Bronze, stone and granite Fredrick Reeder Granite and LED lights Boston Public Garden, on Boylston St. Mall Cambridge St. and Sommerset St. Granite, steel Greenway, between India St. and High St. BOSTON 100 Federal St. as wayfinding systems and artistic lighting. 37 Flagpole Base and Goody Memorial (1921/1984) + 66 Wall drawing # 1128 (2004) 94 Christopher Columbus (1979) William D. Austen and Joanne Goody Sol LeWitt 81 Immanent Circumstance (1992) Andrew J. Mazzola In addition, the Art Commission has care Bronze and granite Acrylic paint Howard Ben Tre Marble, granite and iron WALK Boston Public Garden, at Charles St. 100 Cambridge St. Cast low-expansion glass, bronze, granite. Christopher Columbus Park, at Atlantic Ave. MAP & GUIDE TO 100 PUBLIC ARTWORKS Post Office Sq., at Congress St. and Milk St. and custody of all paintings, murals, statues, 38 Bagheera Fountain (1986) 67 Human Element (1981) 95 Massachusetts Beirut Memorial (1992) Lilian Saarinen Gerald M. Sherman 82 Creature Pond (1982) Schreiber Associates Landscape Architects Bronze with granite base Marble on metal and brick base Lowry Burgess, Donald Burgy, John Cataldo, Carlos Dorrien, Robert Guillemin, Granite and bronze bas-reliefs, , monuments, fountains, BOSTON Boston Public Garden, at Charles St. New Sudbury St. and Cambridge St. Davids Phillips, Sydney Roberts Rockefeller, William H. Wainwright, Clara Wainwright Christopher Columbus Park, at Atlantic Ave. Bronze on granite base 39 Public Garden Footbridge (1867) + 68 Thermopylae (1966) Post Office Sq. Park, at Congress St. and Milk St. 96 (1940) arches and other permanent structures intend- Clemens Herschel and William G. Preston Dimitri Hadzi Cyrus Edwin Dallin Grey stone and steel Bronze 83 Hungarian Revolution Memorial (1986) Bronze on Milford granite Boston Public Garden, across Lagoon JFK Federal Building, at Cambridge St. and New Sudbury St. Gyuri Hollosy Paul Revere Mall, between Hanover St. and Salem St. ed for ornament or commemoration on City Bronze over stainless steel armature on granite 40 (1913) + 69 Mayor John Frederick Collins (2002) Liberty Square Park, Kilby St. and Water St. 97 North End Library Mosaics (2009) Bela Lyon Pratt John McCormack Tom O’Connell property. It is the conviction of the Boston Bronze on pink granite base Stainless steel panels, black oxide + 84 Old State House Statues: Unicorn & Lion (1713/1882) Mosaic Boston Public Garden, near Charles St. City Hall Plaza, on City Hall Unknown 25 Parmenter St. between Hanover St. and Salem St. Copper Art Commission that, in order to engender 41 Triton Babies (1922) 70 Nancy, A Passage of Time (1978) Old State House, at State St. and Washington St. 98 Sudden Presence (1971) Anna Coleman Ladd Rick Lee Beverly Pepper and support a thriving artistic consciousness Bronze with granite basin Steel 85 (1880) Cor-Ten steel on Belgian blocks and bricks Boston Public Garden, at Charles St. Scollay Sq., Tremont St. and State St. Anne Whitney New Chardon St. and Congress St. Bronze on quincy granite base within the city, community involvement 42 (1987) 71 King’s Chapel and the Granary Burying Grounds (various) Faneuil Hall Plaza 99 Asaroton (1976) Nancy Schön Various Mags Harries Bronze Various 86 Harbor Shoreline (1996) Bronze on concrete base shall extend beyond everyday appreciation Boston Public Garden, at Beacon St. and Charles St. Tremont St., both between City Hall and the Boston Common Ross Miller Haymarket, at Hanover St. and Blackwell St. Etched stone 43 (1930) 72 City Carpet (1983) Faneuil Hall Plaza 100 Holocaust Memorial (1995) to meaningful engagement in the creation, John Francis Paramino Lilli Ann Killen Rosenberg Stanley Saitowitz Bronze set in granite relief, slate and caste iron base Ceramic, brass, brick and concrete Granite, glass, steel, concrete, and coal Boston Common, at Beacon St. and Spruce St. Old City Hall, on School St. For audio tour dial 617.231.4053. Enter evolving interpretation and ongoing care of the number of the artwork and then press #. Congress St. between North St. and Hanover St. 44 Oneida Football Tablet (1925) + 73 Benjamin Franklin (1856) J. Howland Jones and Joseph Coletti Richard Saltonstall Greenough and Thomas Ball Want more information on the arts in artworks throughout Boston’s neighborhoods. PublicArtBoston.com Granite PublicBronzeArtBo onst ogreenn.co marblem and gray granite base Boston? Text BAC and then your email Boston Common, at Beacon St. and Spruce St. Old City Hall, in courtyard on School St. address to 56512. Standard fees apply. Mayor Thomas M. Menino Mayor Thomas M. Menino Visit www.PublicArtBoston.com PUBLIC ayor Thomas M. Menino & the Boston Art Commission welcomeM you to the City of Boston’s first edition of Public Art Walks, featuring both historic WALK and contemporary art installations throughout the neighborhoods of Boston. This walk includes Back Bay, Beacon Hill, the Financial District and the North End.

Boston’s public art has grown alongside the city’s significant and evolving role in American history. Our wide range of works mirror key cultural debates and the ever-progressing political and social conditions of the city and our nation. Today, artists and community members work with the Mayor’s Office and the Boston Art Commission to ensure that Boston’s public art conveys the diversity of the city’s past and current populations. Additionally, we strive to pro- mote a varied selection of artistic styles and media. Some of these contemporary pieces are featured on this walk, but this trail also includes some of our oldest and most traditional pieces featuring abolitionists, educators, statesmen and military heroes. As you explore, you’ll likely find pieces both old and new you never noticed.

Please call 617.231.4053 to hear an audio guide of this walk and visit our website N www.PublicArtBoston.com for downloadable educational materials, copies of this brochure, and information about public art across the City of Boston. We hope you enjoy your walk!

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1 Lief Eriksson 4 Quest Eternal 5 Boston Women’s Memorial 8 Vendome Fire Memorial This life-size bronze statue memorializes the Norse explorer, believed to Twisted in a dramatic pose, this 27- Developed by the City of Boston’s In 1972, a tragic fire at the Hotel be the first European to set foot on North America around the year 1000. foot tall male figure reaches toward Women’s Commission with the support Vendome claimed the lives of nine Originally sited to overlook the Charles River, Eriksson stands atop a boulder the sky. The muscular nude brings of First Lady Angela Menino, this firefighters, honored by this granite and lifts his arm as if surveying the unfamiliar terrain. Two bronze plaques on to mind ancient Greek and Roman memorial incorporates three bronze and bronze structure. Its modern the sculpture’s base show Eriksson and his crew landing on a rocky shore sculpture, as well as the work of sculptures of important women: First design focuses our attention on the ighlighted absence of the deceased men, and, later, sharing the story of their discovery. When Boston philanthropist Renaissance-era artists, who often Lady Abigail Adams, suffragist and symbolized by a helmet and a jacket Eben N. Horsford commissioned the statue, some people believed that looked to classical art to inspire their abolitionist Lucy Stone, and the first draped over the curved wall. This Eriksson and his crew landed on the shore of Massachusetts and founded choice of subject matter and style. published African-American poet, Phillis memorial developed through creative H their settlement, called Vinland, here. However, most scholars now consider Yet, the sculpture also fits in with Wheatley. The figures are modeled in dialogue between the artists and the orks Vinland to be located on the Canadian coast. This piece was created by a the modern urban landscape and active poses to invite viewer interaction. fireman who proposed the piece. notable Boston sculptor, Anne Whitney. Several of her pieces can be found parallels the upward motion of the Unlike many large commemora- Names of the nine men and an around the city. Whitney was a fascinating and rebellious figure for her time: neighboring . tive sculptures, these figures are not account of the events on the day of not only did she excel in the typically ‘masculine’ medium of large-scale perched on high pedestals, but instead the fire are etched into the wall, along 30W sculpture; she also never married and instead lived with a female partner. occupy the street level. with quotations from firefighters. 9 Art and Science The Tortoise and the Hare 14 20 Arthur Fiedler Memorial 25 George Robert White Memorial 26 Ether Monument/GoodSamaritan 33 Charles Sumner These two seated allegorical Through a reference to one of Local artist Ralph Helmick created Standing at the edge of a fountain, This 40 foot-tall monument com- An outspoken abolitionist, this female figures—one representing Aesop’s fables, local sculptor Nancy this gigantic head from 83 sheets this graceful angel or allegorical figure memorates not a person, but a Massachusetts senator was once Art, holding a palette and a paint- Schön pays tribute to all Boston of aluminum to commemorate the literally enacts the inscription, “cast medical breakthrough: the use of attacked by a rival politician on the brush, and the other representing Marathon participants, who come conductor of the Boston Pops, thy bread upon the waters,” to honor the chemical ether as an anesthetic, Senate floor. Shortly after his death, Science, holding a sphere— from a variety of backgrounds and who catapulted the orchestra to one of Boston’s primary philanthro- enabling patients to undergo surgery a competition was held to design a welcome visitors to the entrance run for many different reasons, worldwide fame during his 50-year pists. White earned a fortune in the without pain. The first public monument to Sumner. Boston artist of the Boston Public Library. The including charity fundraising. The tenure. The artist’s innovative pharmaceuticals business and, upon demonstration of ether Anne Whitney (sculptor of Leif sculptures were created by construction gives Fiedler’s head Bela Lyon Pratt after his men- Marathon’s finish line is adjacent his death, donated over $5 million to was held at Massachusetts General Eriksson and Sam Adams) initially tor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, to Copley Square, where a granite a sense of movement or vibration, finance “works of public beauty and Hospital in 1846. Atop the won the competition, but fellow died, leaving the commission design set into the sidewalk like the strings of a violin, which utility” throughout the City of Boston. monument, two figures sculpted by Bostonian Thomas Ball’s design incomplete. Inside the library, commemorates the race’s Fiedler played. evoke the was chosen when Whitney’s gender more art awaits, including a cycle champions. In contrast, Schön’s Biblical story of the Good Samaritan, disqualified her—an ironic story of murals by renowned American oversized characters remind us that who cared for an injured stranger he behind an artwork intended to honor painter John Singer Sargent. “slow and steady wins the race.” met on the road. Sumner’s fight for equality.

42 Make Way for Ducklings 43 The Founders Memorial 44 Oneida Football Tablet 47 Mosaics in Tadpole Playground 53 Robert Gould Shaw & the 54th Regiment A favorite , this Commissioned for the 300th Do you know that the first organized Tadpole Playground, near the Sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens spent over a decade creating this bas-relief sculpture by Nancy Schön was anniversary of Boston’s founding, football games in the United beloved Frog Pond, features artwork to commemorate the bravery of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment during the created in 1987 to celebrate the this piece depicts the city’s first States took place on the Boston that appeals to both children and Civil War. The first volunteer regiment of African-Americans in the , 150th anniversary of the Public English resident, William Blackstone, Common? The Oneida Club was adults. The mosaic technique dates the 54th included Medal of Honor recipient William H. Carney, and, reportedly, Garden. It pays tribute to Robert greeting colonial governor John founded in 1862. It is question- back thousands of years, to when Frederick Douglass’ two sons and the grandson of abolitionist Sojourner Truth. The McCloskey’s popular children’s Winthrop and his company. Interest- able how much the Oneida games artists first began to arrange pebbles regiment was led by white colonel Robert Gould Shaw, son of prominent Boston book, written in 1941, about a ingly, Blackstone resembles James resemble either modern American and small stones into patterns. abolitionists. The 54th is famous for its assault on Fort Wagner in 1863. family of ducks who make their Curley, at the time football or soccer: their rules, and Created with glazed ceramic pieces, Outnumbered, many of the troops, including Shaw, were killed and buried in home here. To reach the lagoon in of the commission. On the left, the ball they played with, were quite this contemporary work recalls the a mass grave by Confederate soldiers. In the relief, an angel accompanies the the Public Garden, Mrs. Mallard, two Native Americans watch the different. The contemporary-looking natural themes prevalent in many Is- regiment as they march down on May 28, 1863, leaving Boston the mother duck, leads her babies newcomers disembark. soccer ball above the inscription lamic mosaics, but it features a more to head south. She holds an olive branch, symbolizing peace, and poppies, across a series of dangerous was added in the 1990s, replacing open, less geometric design. symbolizing death, thus foretelling both the soldiers’ individual fates and the North’s streets assisted by a friendly police an oblong ball that looked more like eventual victory. In 1982, the names of the African-American soldiers who died officer. an American football. were added to the reverse side of the memorial.

60 Mary Dyer 65 Garden of Peace 66 Wall Drawing #1128 68 Thermopylae 71 King’s Chapel and the 72 City Carpet This sculpture commemorates Mary Designed by local landscape Emphasizing geometry and repetitive Named after the battle between Granary Burying Grounds Shaped like a hopscotch grid, this Dyer (1611-1660), who sacrificed architect Catherine Melina, the Garden patterns in his work, Sol LeWitt Spartans and Persians in 480 BC, Located a block apart, these are two mosaic marks the original site of her life for the right to religious of Peace commemorates victims of brought recognition to the this quasi-abstract work integrates of the oldest cemeteries in Boston. the , the first freedom. A Quaker in the Puritan homicide. It features a dry riverbed Conceptual Art movement in the Greek-American sculptor Dimitri Studying their weathered tombstones public school in the US. The school colony of Massachusetts, Mary filled with small stones, each inscribed 1960s. Over the following years his Hadzi’s interests in myth, history, gives us a glimpse of how colonial- educated many influential politicians Dyer was hanged on the Boston with the name of an individual lost to art became increasingly complex and and armor. Hadzi stated that the era Americans pictured death. Look and writers, including Benjamin Common for refusing to repent violence. To experience the memorial, playful. A group of assistants sculpture was inspired in part by for Joseph Tapping’s marker in the Franklin and Ralph Waldo Emerson. her supposedly heretical beliefs. walk along the riverbed, which mirrors executed this work, guided by John F. Kennedy’s book Profiles King’s Chapel cemetery, which A statue of Franklin is also located This figure’s lack of adornment the process of grieving. At one end, precise written instructions and in Courage. Through his use of depicts a skeleton extinguishing a on the site. Although girls are de- and reserved pose echo the a granite stone symbolizes the weight diagrams from LeWitt, who wrote that heavy bronze protrusions, and candle that represents life. Is the picted in the images of children at value Quakers place on simplicity in of loss. At the other end is a statue of the artist’s idea “becomes a machine through the sculpture’s open bearded figure, a symbol for the play, no girls were admitted to the speech, dress, and other aspects of birds in flight, created by local artist Judy that makes the art.” composition, Hadzi emphasizes Angel of Death, assisting or forcing school until the mid-19th century, everyday life. Kensley McKie, which represents the © 2009 The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights the contrast between dense the skeleton to end life? and the school became officially power of hope. Society (ARS), New York volume and empty space. co-educational in 1972.

77 Boston Bricks 79 Bronze Panels at 75 84 The Old State House 85 Samuel Adams 86 Harbor Shoreline 90 Arnold “Red” Auerbach A hidden treasure in Winthrop Franklin Street Building Sculptures: Lion and Unicorn Sculptor Anne Whitney depicts Over the past 375 years, the site we This statue was unveiled for the Lane! It’s easy to miss these Completed in 1929, the Art Built in 1713, the Old State House Adams with arms crossed in a now know as Faneuil Hall has been 68th birthday of bronze reliefs set into the brick Deco-style building at 75 Federal was the seat of government for the gesture of defiance, evoking Adams’ dramatically transformed, from salty legendary coach and manager road, which celebrate Boston’s Street was expanded in the 1980s. Massachusetts colony before the attitude toward British governance. tidal marsh to harbor wharf to active Arnold “Red” Auerbach (1917- past and present. Many refer to These original bronze panels on . These Adams began his political career urban plaza. Boston artist Ross 2006). As coach, Auerbach led famous events, including the the building’s façade depict human sculptures, symbols of the British as a tax collector and a vocal critic Miller demarcates the original Boston the Celtics to nine NBA titles. He and the accomplishments in such areas Empire, were torn down and burnt in of unfair taxation on the colonies. Harbor of 1630 by etching the old was also the first coach to draft an Boston Marathon. One depicts as agriculture, manufacturing, and a bonfire in 1776, when the Although he became one of the shoreline onto the present site. Also African-American player. Here, a Boston driver, turned into a architecture. The strong, stocky Declaration of Independence was foremost leaders of the American included are images of materials that Auerbach is shown courtside, monster behind the wheel, to figures depicted here would be seen read from the balcony. Replicas have Revolution, his views were might be found at the high-tide line, about to light a victory cigar. Visitors illustrate the city’s reputation for in much art during the coming years, been in place since the building’s controversial. He remained firmly such as sea grass, shells, fish, and are invited to take a seat and join in nightmarish traffic. when artists responded to the Great restoration in 1882. While the opposed to strong centralized old rope. the celebration. Also note the cast Depression by valorizing labor in originals were wooden, the pieces government, even in the new nation sneakers of famous athletes Bill murals and sculptures. you see now are made of copper. he helped to establish. Rodgers and Larry Bird nearby.

93 Harbor Fog 99 Asaroton 100 New England Holocaust Memorial A fusion of art and engineering, Asaroton, meaning “unswept floor,” In the words of Jewish scholar and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel, this interactive installation evokes refers to an ancient Roman floor this memorial commemorates “an era of incommensurate darkness” through Mayor’s Office on the Arts, Tourism & Special Events the changing light conditions and mosaic technique. Look down to the symbolism of six luminous towers, each representing a main Nazi weather patterns experienced at find bronze pieces embedded in the concentration camp. Inscribed in the glass towers are numbers from the ocean’s edge. As you step into concrete, illustrating scraps left on 0,000,001 to 6,000,000, which evoke the infamous practice of tattooing Room 802 the boat-shaped environment, LED the floor at closing time of the food serial numbers on camp detainees, approximately six million of whom Map provided lights, fog machines, and sound market held here. After the Central perished. Under each tower is a six-foot deep chamber, covered by a grate, by the Boston Boston, Massachusetts 02201 Redevelopement respond to your movements. For Artery construction was completed which visitors cross over as they pass through the towers. A time capsule Authority the most dramatic viewing experi- near Haymarket, the work was is buried at one end of the memorial, containing names of individuals who 617.635.3911 ence, visit in the evening during rededicated in 2006 with new pieces, perished in the Holocaust. Plans to create the memorial began with a group www.cityofboston.gov/arts Design by image conscious studios warmer months. including pineapples and portabella of Holocaust survivors living in the Boston area. More than 3,000 mushrooms. Local sculptor Mags organizations and individuals were involved in the effort. www.PublicArtBoston.com All photos © 2009 Deborah Noyes Harries created the piece.