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By adamg - 9/28/23 - 4:55 pm
Pig in the grass

Roving UHub photographer Christine Beaton reports spotting Stella the pig here at the dog park at Smith Playground in Allston today. That's no dog, you say. Well, sure, but in addition to her wearing a collar, Stella wagged her tail, she reports. That'll do.

By adamg - 11/2/19 - 12:04 pm
Quest Eternal statue at Smith Playground in Allston

Bradley attended the formal re-opening of Smith Playground on Western Avenue in Allston today. The revamped playground features the new Casey Amphitheater, a children’s playspace and pump track - as well as Donald DeLue's Quest Eternal, which had been sitting in a dark storeroom for several years after the owners of the Prudential Center decided making room for a Tesla dealership and other space was more important than keeping the statue on Boylston Street.

By adamg - 9/23/19 - 9:45 am
Statue in front of the Pru

Good news for folks with some Quest love. Photo by Alexandra Molnar.

First a tot lot on Beacon Hill got a bronze statue of a turtle (since moved into the shade so it no longer burns little kids). Now Smith Playground in Allston will be getting the 27-foot-tall "Quest Eternal" statue of a naked man reaching for the stars, or perhaps a towel, that was posed in front of the Boylston Street side of the Prudential Center until 2014. Read more.

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