New sculptures in Everett Square
Everett Square has been home to Clapp's Favorite Pear, an enormous bronze fruit that sits beside the busy Dorchester intersection, since 2007. Now, Laura Baring-Gould, the artist behind the pear, has installed 10 smaller sculptures around it with historical inscriptions.
Dorchester was an agricultural center, and the Clapp pear was cultivated in Dorchester in the 19th century. "For me, the pear is a wonderful metaphor for the people of Dorchester. Because it's known to have a tough skin, and be sweet inside," said Baring-Gould, who wanted to make a statue that was about the neighborhood's history, and "not just the history of another person on a horse."
Dorchester was an agricultural center, and the Clapp pear was cultivated in Dorchester in the 19th century. "For me, the pear is a wonderful metaphor for the people of Dorchester. Because it's known to have a tough skin, and be sweet inside," said Baring-Gould, who wanted to make a statue that was about the neighborhood's history, and "not just the history of another person on a horse."