Aesthetic

Thomassons

9 CQ

Cities, like living things, evolve slowly over time. Buildings and structures get added and renovated and removed, and in this process, bits and pieces that get left behind. Vestiges. Just as humans have tailbones and whales have pelvic bones, cities have doors that open into a limb-breaking drop, segments of fences that anyone can walk...

Aired August 26, 2014

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Clint S
The ladder on the Green Monster at Fenway Park, definitely a notable piece of this type of artwork. It no longer serves a purpose and it’s not like the organization is struggling for money to take it down.
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