Event: 'Urban Planning - Multimedia Public Artwork Opening At Dewey Square' Print
  Greater Boston
Events taking place in the Boston area.
Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013 At 06:00 pm
Contact Info:
Email: lumenartcollective@gmail.com

Outdoor Urban Planning Opening
Thursday, March 7, 6:00 - 7:30PM (rain date March 14)
Dewey Square Park | between Summer St & Congress St, Boston

Indoor Urban Planning After Party
Thursday, March 7, 7:00 - 9:00PM
Good Life Bar | 28 Kingston Street, Boston
Register here.

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      View of blocks between Atlantic Ave. and Purchase Street post-demolition, Spring 1956. Dewey Square in the distance.

  • "The city exists and propels itself at many different levels - the emotional as well as the technical, the specific as well as the general, the earthy as well as the symbolic" -Dan Dimancescu


    Re-imagine the communities that existed in the 1940's and 50's prior to an era of modernization that included the Central Artery construction, which would eventually evolve into the Big Dig and the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway. Join Lumen Collective in re-tracing the Greenway using LED rope lights to plot the buildings that formerly stood on the square. Visitors are invited to explore highlighted sections of Dewey Square Park and interact with a guided tour and physical map. Through an illuminated recreation of the site, the work allows viewers to re-consider the roles of public and private space in modern day urban planning.