I reckon corporations HQing in premier cities is akin to designer brands putting their stores in the cities (sometimes for a loss) for the cosmopolitan marketing appeal.

Why would the executives care?

It’s not like they’ll be affected.

It already is.

the existing residents don't care. they want their houses to go up 15% year on year.

It's not companies. It's the C suite who want to live somewhere better than bumfuck CT, so it's easier for them to catch flights.

No I love it, but there are tons of artists who get by on concept that aren’t that skilled.

Actually my favorite post modern public sculpture is the tilted arc, also not terribly skilled creation. Literally just a big slab of steel Richard sierra put awkwardly across the federal plaza in nyc. The feds fucking hated it, it blocked the walk way, it collected trash and leaves, rats used it to run along. They ended up removing it many years later. I always saw it as a metaphor and jab at the feds.

This you know… ok I see the concept, the continuity of embrace, fluidity in composition. It’s semi realistic, which plays against them not having heads or bodies, kind of interesting. But you know… maybe reaaaaalllllllyyy check the angles and stuff to make sure there isn’t anything unintended implied.

Could have added some more defined fabric texture.. anything to break up that shape that looks like a turd dick. Still would have fit the concept.

Believe it or not it’s pretty easy to accidentally draw dicks into stuff

Just the arms... Odd. If they have and arms,so you can tell they are arme it would have been ok.

Enfield CT is in the Springfield MA metro area. Yikes. I hope all current and future workers are getting significant pay raises.

Companies insisting on putting their HQs in the most expensive neighborhoods of the most expensive city in the country then refusing to pay workers enough to live anywhere near the office really grinds my gears.

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Even the best angles aren’t very good, just kinda less bad.

I'm not really sure what point you are trying to make... If you are paying for art inside your house then no one else should have any say in it because that space is yours. If it is going to be in a public place then it should be something that the public approves of regardless of who is paying for it.

I’m surprised they don’t have a Fenway one already. John Henry probably nickel and diming them for more money

>cheap

Someone hasn’t looked at Lego prices recently!

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Paul English and other private donors funded it. It is not publicly funded.

😂 look they might as well lean into it at this point

It would be, but there was no snow last week.

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Yeah broker fee is standard buddy. Unfortunately realtors dont work for free here.

we better get a fucking zakim or fenway piece from this.

There were literally 100 submissions and they picked this one. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Then just ask them to show documentation before you pay. It’s not “fishy,” it’s sadly common here, but the law says you have to be notified up front for them to collect.

The committee voted amongst themselves but there was never a public vote.

1 month broker fee is totally standard in Boston. It's fucking ridiculous. Unless it's being shown by the owner, or is a large complex w a dedicated leasing agent, you're paying it almost everywhere.

Boston first belonged to the natives, then the puritans, then to the colonists, then the patriots, then the industrialists, and now it's changing hands to the corporate aristocrats. It's not fair but then again it never was. I look forward to more entitled posts on the sub about how bullshit this city is because it doesn't cater hard enough towards privilege.

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