With our Attention to Detail game, you get a photo clue, some hints, and then we give you a photo answer and a bit more about this piece of Boston.
Here is your clue? What is it part of and where would you find it?
Here are some hints:
- It is in an area that grows quiet this time of year making it a great place to take a walk.
- It is in an architectural conservation district with many beautiful examples of 19th Century architecture (another reason to pay a visit).
- It is owned by an institution of higher learning.
- It has a connection to one of our favorite places.
Ready? Click through or scroll down past this great book about Boston for the answer.
The hub in our clue is a detail from the sculpture Provincetown Wheels by George Greenamyer. It is located at 121 Bay State Road in front of Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies.
It is on the Boston University campus in the Bay State Road/Back Bay West Area Architectural Conservation District.
Smithsonian's data base of outdoor sculpture describes it as,
"The sculpture, which represents the ideas of motion and transportation, is composed of three pairs of wagon wheels connected by a central horizontal element. Each pair of wheels has a hub and an axle which connects the two. The diameter of each wheel is 3 1/2 ft. The sculpture rests on a rectangular granite base."
Finally, as regular readers know, we love Provincetown!
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Details:
Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2016 Penny Cherubino
Adapted for BostonZest from one of our Attention to Detail Newspaper columns.
