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Harvard Square

Artist: Dimitri Gerakaris
Title: Untitled
Date: 1989
Materials: Wrought iron
Dimensions: 14' x 22'
Location: 56 Brattle Street; exterior, facing the terrace

The site is the former home and smithy of Dexter Pratt, who was immortalized by Longfellow's poem, "The Village Blacksmith." Along with an image of a chestnut tree taken directly from Longfellow's poem, the wrought-iron sculpture features the physical attributes of a blacksmith: anvil and smithing tools, some of which Gerakaris actually used to craft the piece.

Commissioned by the Cambridge Center for Adult Education

Artist: Be Sargent
Title: Women's Community Cancer Project Mural
Date: 1998
Dimensions: 18' x 25'
Location: 20 Church Street

A memorial to women activists who have died of cancer and a tribute to those working against the environmental causes of cancer.

Artist: Joshua Winer
Title: Harvard Square Theater Mural
Date: Upper mural - 1983, Lower mural - 1991
Material: Silicate paint of existing brick wall
Location: 10 Church Street, exterior wall

In 1983, when the entrance to the movie theater was relocated to Church Street, the artist was commissioned by the theater and the Townscape Institute to execute a tromp l'oeil mural for the new facade, converting it into a Beaux-Arts theater facade.

commissioned by the Harvard Square Theater