Administered by City of Boston Office of Cultural Affairs Boston City Hall, Room 716 Boston Massachusetts 02201
Located Old City Hall Sidewalk on School Street between Parker & Tremont Streets Boston Massachusetts
Date:
1983
Notes:
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1996.
Image on file.
(From top to bottom:) SCHOOL STREET BOSTON SITE OF THE OLDEST/PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES/FOUNDED 1635/LATIN SCHOOL/"AGREED WITH MR. JOHN BARNERD/AS FOLLOWETH HE TO BUILD/A NEW SCHOOL HOUSE OF/FORTY FOOT LONG, TWENTY/FIVE FOOT WIDE & ELEVEN/FOOT STUD WITH EIGHT/WINDOWS BELOW & FIVE IN THE ROOF"/RECORD COMMISSIONERS/REPORT PSG VOL XI 1704/"EXPERIENCE KEEPS/A DEAR SCHOOL, BUT/FOOLS WILL LEARN/IN NO OTHER"/BENJAMIN FRANKLIN/OTHER ALUMNI INCLUDE/SAMUEL ADAMS, JOHN HANCOCK/CHARLES BULFINCH AND/RALPH WALDO EMERSON. LABOR OMNIA VINCIT.OMNIBUS OPPORTUNITAS/ARCHITECTURE HERITAGE FOUNDATION /CITY CARPET 1983.THE TOWNSCAPE INSTITUTE/ARTIST: LILLI ANN KILLEN ROSENBERG (Around outside edge: alphabet letter A-Z and numbers 1-10) signed
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Summary:
A sidewalk mosaic depicting a hopscotch diagram containing illustrations of children playing various games. The scenes depict children flying kites, jumping rope, rolling hoops, playing marbles, turning cartwheels, swinging from trees, chasing each other, drawing, etc. The mosaic is bordered with a row of bricks and contains an inscription commemorating Boston's Latin School.
