I must have walked past these tiles hundreds of times at South Station and never noticed this.

[jsit@social.coop]

I must have walked past these tiles hundreds of times at South Station and never noticed this. In my defense it’s very low and behind a railing. ~There is no placard or anything explaining what it is.~ There is, in fact, a plaque (see follow-up post). #Boston #MBTA

[callan@thepit.social]

@jsit are they setting up a telescope?

[moss@beige.party]

@jsit https://www.wtsinternational.org/events/wts-bostons-mermaids-mosaics-and-movement-guided-tour-wts-bostons-south-station-public-art

[schouten_b@mastodon.social]

@callan @jsit More likely something like a theodolite. They are mermaids surveying the land. Meaning to symbolize the hidden work women have done for the transportation network: https://www.nitscheng.com/wts-boston-unveils-public-art-celebrating-women-in-transportation/

[uwehalfhand@norcal.social]

@jsit She’s drinking beer while skiing?

[lizette603_23@mastodon.social]

@jsit WOW

[devlinleathercraft@mastoart.social]

@jsit I believe on the right is Charlie's wife and the left is Charlie and the thing in the center is his lunch being thrown through the window of the train.

[rasta@zeroes.ca]

@jsit damn. I didn't look either. It's amazing what we see every day, but don't see, at all.

[lstn2urmama4@zeroes.ca]

@jsit Interesting mosaic ...someone used their creativity ...

[saltywizard@beige.party]

@Moss @jsit

this literally rocks.

[jsit@social.coop]

I was wrong, there is a plaque

[scotter@newsie.social]

@jsit
Very hidden. Maybe too hidden?

[nonya_bidniss@infosec.exchange]

@Schouten_B @callan @jsit Yes. At first I thought it was mermaids holding a compass (drawing tool).

[bobg@photog.social]

@jsit where in So Station is this? I've never noticed it either

[jsit@social.coop]

@bobg The stairs at the entrance across from the Federal Reserve Bank