Tag Archives: Brattle Street

Heads Up to View “Heat Blooms” Designed by Art for Public Good

September 8, 2025 · by · in Art, art and science study, collaborative art projects, community, design, environmental education, environmental sculpture, flowers, global warming, Installations, kinetic sculpture, Nature study, plants, public art, Sculpture, social justice, technology, trees, visual art, Weather and seasons · 1 Comment

View photos,* quotes, and links for “Heat BLOOMS,” a temporary art installation, August-September: *from two almost hot afternoons
“When temperatures top 85 degrees, the flowers of “Heat BLOOMS”—a new art installation in Cambridge’s Harvard Square—bloom, like a visual thermometer warning of extreme heat.

Bottle Trees on Brattle Street Bring Histories to Light: “Forgotten Souls of Tory Row”

August 11, 2022 · by · in African American History, Art, Artists, artists' presentations, celebrations, collaborative art projects, community, Contemporary Sculpture, history, Installations, interactive art, landmarks, Massachusetts history, memorial, music, poetry, political issues, public art, Sculpture, Sculpure, social justice, temporary art, Videos, visual art · 1 Comment

Several times this summer I have viewed and visited the bottle trees on the History Cambridge lawn. I hope to keep revisiting till they’re gone, April 2023. For now, I’ll share photos, quotes, and links that help me appreciate, understand, and reflect on an enlightening project, “Forgotten Souls of Tory Row: Remembering the Enslaved People of Brattle Street.”