Haymarket Time-Lapse

Haymarket Square lies at the heart of a dramatically changing downtown Boston intersection served by two subway lines, one the oldest line in the country. In the 1950's an elevated Central Artery sliced right through it, dividing Government Center from the North End (and the waterfront). Over the coming decades most of the land was redeveloped as part of Urban Renewal, including the creation of “Government Center.” The Central Artery has recently been put below grade creating a linear surface park reconnecting city with waterfront.

This image is a vertical stack with new foundations threading through the historic subway tunnels, the just-demolished elevated artery, and the now being-disassembled garage, making way for high-rise retail-office-housing redevelopment. The painting is a time-lapse record of 40 years of changes in the heart of downtown Boston..

Acrylics over transferred photos

44" x 24"

2023