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Title	Post Office Square Park
Creator.Entities	Earl Flansburgh Associates
Notes	Built 1982. Project Description: This small park is located on a triangular traffic island and combines seating areas and sculpture. The park also contains the Angell Memorial Fountain, with water flowing from the mouths of a circle of lion's heads. Above the fountain is a 60-foot shaft which was the flagpole for the old Post Office that fronted the square. The fountain was constructed in 1912. The recent addition to this square is the creature pond, which is a bronze facsimile of a real pond. It contains bronze ducks, salamanders, chipmunks, and other fauna. Inlaid in brick at the base of the pond are fifteen other bronze relief animals. The paving ends at a circle of granite benches, beyond which are shrubs and little-leaf linden trees. The outer perimeter contains long benches for sitting and relaxing. This simple, practical, and durable park has a sense of history and permanence. Sponsor/Developer: The Boston Redevelopment Agency. Project Location: Congress Street between Milk and Water Streets, Boston, MA
Description	Detail of bronze plaque set in bricks
Subject.Entities	Earl Flansburgh Associates
Subject	Parks Garden ornaments and furniture Landscape architecture Fountains Benches
Subject.AAT	Vest-pocket parks
Location	Post Office Square Park (Boston, Mass.) Massachusetts -- Boston
Title.Series	Place as Art: Pocket Parks and Gardens, Part I
Collection Title	Landscape Architecture
Publisher.Location	Seattle, WA
Publisher	Art on FIle
Date.Published	1990
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/archt_copyright.html
Collection information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193
Full resolution	Volume1\PPI-12-05-04.jpg http://0-contentdm.unl.edu.library.unl.edu/fullres/Landscape_architecture/Volume1\PPI-12-05-04.jpg

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