It isn't always easy to bring new things into public space. Not just because there might be red tape, but because there are spaces that are thought of as kind of frozen in time in a historic way.
We are focused on unpacking what kinds of monuments and memorials we want to have in Boston going forward, what they mean to us, what stories are missing. We are inviting people into the conversation from around the city to ask what they want to see.
At the end of this, I hope that the work goes on, with Mellon or with others, because the work of telling stories in public places is eternal work. And so my hope is that we've just widened the aperture, and that the work
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