A sculptural fence designed and created by Matthew Hinçman in 2010 at the Ellis Mendell Elementary School in Roxbury. The fence serves as a decorative gateway that leads to the school's playground. Black metal bars make up the fence, and in between them is a wooden door with decorations resembling twigs from a tree. Four blue half circles or arcs made of blue-painted metal top black metal bars. Beneath each of the blue half-circles is a motif painted in yellow: a heart, brain, eye, and hand. The black bars in between the blue arcs are topped with a metallic pinecone.
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These photos were taken by photographers employed by the Boston Public Library during the summer of 2020, as a project to document public spaces in several Boston neighborhoods during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The photos depict murals, sculptures, commemorative plaques, painted electrical boxes, and other works of public art in Roxbury, Dorchester, the South End, and surrounding areas. The collection was donated to Northeastern University by the Boston Public Library, as part of the partnership between the institutions through the Boston Research Center.
