The telltale Poe memorial to beat again - across the street
By adamg - 9/30/09 - 2:35 pm
Mike Mennonno updates us on why the Poe memorial transformer box suddenly disappeared: It wasn't that the spirit of the Boston-hating writer suddenly struck it down but that the artist painted the wrong box.
He exchanged e-mail with her and reports she painted over the box by the Common herself and plans to re-create the wrapped mural on another circuit box near the Boloco across from Common.
No word on why she couldn't just leave the four-sided mural where it was, but no doubt some vitally important city regulation was involved.
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the one across the street
the one across the street I'm assuming is closer to the long-time site of the plaque honoring Poe's birthplace, and perhaps the actual site as well....
Although a cooler site
Would be by Frog Pond, given that Poe called Boston "Frogpondia."
I saw the lady repainting
I saw the lady repainting the box when I was riding by the other day. I didn't know other people considered it in such high regard and thought little of it.