Let's play Attention to Detail! We give you a close-up clue, like this hand, and you have to figure out where you've seen it around Boston.
Here are some hints:
- This hand is in a very appropriate place.
- You may be in such a hurry when you walk by it, that you never stop to think about this memorial.
- We think of this place as belonging to two Boston neighborhoods.
- Another reason you may not pause to view the statue is the strong fumes that exist here.
Ready? Click through or scroll down past this great book about Boston for the answer.
The hand in the clue is on the statue of Asa Philip Randolph inside Back Bay Station.
This is a most appropriate place for this memorial since Randolph was a union organizer and early civil rights leader.
In 1925 he organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
The statue is by sculptor Tina Allen and was installed in 1986.
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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2017 Penny & Ed Cherubino
Adapted for BostonZest from one of our Attention to Detail Newspaper columns.
