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[magid]

I was walking home from Harvard Square, heading through the Yard, and there are a lot of installations being put up. I think this weekend (in addition to the other myriad events) is Harvard's ArtsFirst or something...

The things I noticed on my diagonal walk:
Slices of not-so-big tree trunks place around one area.
A barrier of some sort being made of branches somehow being held together. Random lacy effect.
A huge (people-sized), red exercise wheel, the kind which, when smaller, is often found in hamster cages (and other small rodent pets' cages. Far be it from me to be overly hamsterite... :-)
Two curved bridges, wider at each end than the middle, covered in grass.

I could also see, by the end of the Yard I wasn't near, some sort of white rectilinear tall thing, and a blue thing that looked like it might've come from a playground. And I'm sure there are things I missed.... Don't know how long they'll be there

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[clauclauclaudia]

The blue thing looks sort of jungle-gym like but tall and unstable. Next to it is a see-saw, except picture the pivoting board of the seesaw as made out of rope or something so it goes limp and droops lying on the ground on both sides.

Apparently there's an oversized mug somewhere with X-men figures inside it trying to climb their way out.

The bridges weren't covered in grass when I saw one yesterday.

Oh, and there was a wooden platform with cinderblocks stacked around its periphery. I wasn't clear whether that was an installation in progress or not.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

I passed these on my way home today with a serious amount of curiosity, but was in too much of a rush to stop and peer properly. I figured I could take a closer browse tomorrow.