Davis Square T art tells area's story (Boston Globe)

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"In April, members of the Davis Square Tiles Project began an effort to track down the children - now between 35 and 45 years old - who created the artwork at the Somerville T station. The goal was to find out how their lives have changed and how they view the changes in their old neighborhood. "


www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/10/project_chronicles_davis_square_over_30_years/

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Thanks Ron

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

The site seems offline right now, hope it's only temporary...

Re: Thanks Ron

[ron_newman]

Thanks, I just now e-mailed him to congratulate him on the Globe article and ask him why he took the site down.

Re: Thanks Ron

[ifotismeni]

maybe he exceeded his provider's bandwidth limit, what with all the referrals coming from boston.com...

Re: Thanks Ron

[spatch]

I'm hoping he had taken that into consideration, seeing as how he was approached by the Globe and all, but maybe the actual amount took him by surprise. Or the server got Slashdotted (just without the Slashdot users.)

The site was mentioned last week on Universal Hub and I was really happy to see the responses, and I too am holding out for the interview with the kid who drew the skunk.

I'm waiting to read about...

[mamabunny72.livejournal.com]

who made the two bunny tiles, naturally :-)

Re: I'm waiting to read about...

[soft-shoulder.livejournal.com]

It's a HARE raising event!

Re: Thanks Ron

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

The site is back up, but running slowly. I got to read some of the bios of the now-grown tile makers. It's fascinating, but also a little sad. They describe their 80s childhoods in West Somerville, all saying how the kids used to play outside in the streets in big groups, everyone knew everyone and were friends with their neighbors, adults kept an eye on everyone else's kids. On person talked about the Chandler Street crew of kids and the fun they would have outside before thay had to go in when the street lights came on. It's sure not like that now. To walk around the neighborhood, you would think no children lived here...

Re: Thanks Ron

[countlibras.livejournal.com]

>>To walk around the neighborhood, you would think no children lived here...

my sister lives in Davis sq, and it's really obvious that kids live on her street. the neighbors all seem to know each other, which completely confuses me even now. (I don't know my neighbors, but I suspect my street is mostly rental units.)

Re: Thanks Ron

[miraclaire.livejournal.com]

My street has tons of kids playing outside all the time. We've also had something of a baby boom (I think it's 5 kids in the last year)