Rob Amaral Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 I saw 1 section of reinforced concrete cantilevered wall in front of a modern office building in Cambridge, MA yesterday.. At first, I thought it was something from an old MA highway project (we save junk like this around here...the Big Dig has driven us crazy..)...but then I realized that it was probably 'from elsewhere'. The faces were protected with plexiglass... It looked familiar.. I realized what it probably was, blessed myself and moved on.. It must be from ________ Do you think so too? If so, it's a long way from its original home... Click to Enlarge 89.17 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Lewis Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 I don't have a clue, Rob, but take a look at its shadow on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 No plaque? No marker? Nothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esch Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 9/11? A memorial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 I don't have a clue, Rob, but take a look at its shadow on the ground. Funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 What do you mean the faces were protected with plexiglas? Is there something on the face of that thing - pictures of people or something like that - that can't be seen in this photo? ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocon Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Looks like an art detail in the landscaping. Aesthetically speaking it gives a sense of discovery to the path which moves away from the philosophy of commonality and standardization. Oh god the shadow is shaped like a .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Looks like an art detail in the landscaping. Aesthetically speaking it gives a sense of discovery to the path which moves away from the philosophy of commonality and standardization. Oh god the shadow is shaped like a .... Is it a chunk of the Berlin wall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Hi, It's a section of the Berlin Wall. It looked oddly familiar to me but the rounded detail at the top threw me until I realized that had probably been put on there by whoever owns it now in order to keep people from climbing it. According to Wickipedia, a segment of the wall is located outside the main entrance to the North American headquarters of EF Education, a travel, international language education and cultural exchange company, which is located at One Education Street off of McGrath Oââ¬â¢Brien Highway (across from the Science Museum). Click to Enlarge 8.23 KB Is that where this is, Rob? ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 If it's a piece of the Berlin Wall, it sure looks a lot diferent tha it did when I was inside it back in the late 70's. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baird Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Looks like a piece of those partitions they put up in Israeli occupied Palestine. Urban counterpart to cut-in-half tractor tires used as yard art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Amaral Posted September 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Mike, that is exactly where it is.. near the Boston Museum of Science...but in Cambridge.. near where the Charles River begins to enter Boston Harbor.. I tried to post another photo but the process got botched folks.. There was some graffiti on it.. Mike's photo shows that graffiti... I wonder what the cost was to ship that thing over.. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Morrison Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 I go by that nearly every day, but never stopped to look at it. It's about 3/4 mile from my house. Jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Amaral Posted September 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 That area is the site of the former "State Prison" Jim... (Which is now 'out here' in Wall-po-will) Sacco and Vanzetti got zapped near that group of buildings.. ..... Jimmy and I just spent 2 days 'in seminar' in Salem, MA... Heck of an old Customs House building there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Amaral Posted September 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Check out the view from the condo I inspected near the Berlin Wall.. The best views of Boston are from Cambridge.. Click to Enlarge 49.91 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Check out the view from the condo I inspected near the Berlin Wall.. The best views of Boston are from Cambridge.. Click to Enlarge 49.91 KB Yeah, you can't see the traffic from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 It's not traffic, it's lots of people working together to get from where they are to where they're going. Put two country folks at a stop sign intersection in the middle of nowhere, you get folks hyperventilating because someone's in their way. Put a million city folks in a jam packed environment, and they (for the most part) figure it out and work together because they recognize everyone's gotta be someplace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Check out the view from the condo I inspected near the Berlin Wall.. The best views of Boston are from Cambridge.. Click to Enlarge 49.91 KB Yeah, you can't see the (euphemism for traffic) from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Hockstein Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 I go by that nearly every day, but never stopped to look at it. It's about 3/4 mile from my house. Jimmy Wish I would have known you were so close. Spent two nights in the Cambridge Hampton Inn last weekend because we were doing some college tours for my older son. I would have invited you out for a beer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randynavarro Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 I'm blind. I don't get/see the shadow thing?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Hockstein Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 I'm blind. I don't get/see the shadow thing?? It is easier to see it if you are Jewish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocon Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 I'm blind. I don't get/see the shadow thing?? It kind of looks like the building on the right (as viewed from my office). Click to Enlarge 24.63 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 I'm blind. I don't get/see the shadow thing?? They are, I believe, referrring to its priapic form. - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 I'm blind. I don't get/see the shadow thing?? They are, I believe, referrring to its priapic form. - Jim Katen, Oregon I don't get it. What does a shadow that looks like a peter (No, I'm not as erudite as you) have to do with being Jewish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 I'm blind. I don't get/see the shadow thing?? They are, I believe, referrring to its priapic form. - Jim Katen, Oregon I don't get it. What does a shadow that looks like a peter (No, I'm not as erudite as you) have to do with being Jewish? Perhaps it's a reference to the Jewish practice of circumcision and the attendant change in profile of the member under consideration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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