Boston Bricks - Boston, MA - Realistic Object Sculptures on Waymarking.com

In Boston's downtown section is a brick lined alleyway that includes this sculpture of special bricks showing scenes and symbols of Boston history and culture.

The installation is located between Winthrop Square and Arch Street. The alleyway is about 12 ft wide and is open at both roads. The sculpture consists of many brass 'bricks' distributed all along the alley are are substituted for bricks. Each brick shows a distinctive scene/symbol depicting something from Boston history.

Here are a few of them:

- an entire cod (or scrod)
- parts to an early telephone (like, well before there even was a dialer)
- a ballet shoe
- an oboe (in two parts)
- the "Boston Millstone"
- the front of a transistor radio
- keys on a ring
- part of the surface of the moon
- a baseball mitt
- the Old North Church spire

There are many more bricks, as well.

See what you can see while you walk through.

Title: Boston Bricks Artist: Kate Burke and Gregg Lefevre Placement Date: 1/1/1985 Website: [Web Link] Type of Object: Hsitorical and cultural Location: Alleyway (Winthrop Lane) Material: Brass in brick

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