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# Boston Activists "Art Attack" Bus Shelters
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/boston-activists-art-attack-bus-shelters/
- Published: 2011-09-30T22:00:59.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:40:48.000Z
- Description: Discontent is stirring in New England's biggest city, and today a rally called Take Back Boston began. In preparation for the big event, local activists have outfitted 13 bus shelters with images that make them resemble foreclosed homes.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: News, #image-position-hidden, Boston, Massachusetts, Protest, Street Art, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

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A view of a transformed bus shelter in Medford, Massachusetts (via medford.patch.com)

Discontent is stirring in New England’s biggest city, and today a rally called [Take Back Boston ](http://takebackboston.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com)began. In preparation for the big event, local activists have outfitted 13 bus shelters with images that make them resemble foreclosed homes.

This street “art attack,” according to the [*Boston Phoenix*](http://thephoenix.com/Blogs/phlog/archive/2011/09/29/activists-transform-boston-bus-shelters-into-foreclosed-homes-in-lead-up-to-mass-action-against-boa.aspx?ref=hyperallergic.com), was to:

> To raise awareness about the havoc that Bank of America has wreaked on Greater Boston families, today they outfitted bus shelters across the Hub like abandoned homes …

According the [*Phoenix*](http://thephoenix.com/Blogs/phlog/archive/2011/09/29/activists-transform-boston-bus-shelters-into-foreclosed-homes-in-lead-up-to-mass-action-against-boa.aspx?ref=hyperallergic.com), MassUniting said the following about the “attack,” though there is no statement on the [organization’s own website](http://massuniting.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com):

> Concerned citizens launched a city-wide “art attack” in Boston today, converting a host of bus shelters into Bank of America foreclosures to showcase the devastating results of the financial giant’s predatory practices. Life-size images of boarded houses, squatter occupied bedrooms and empty nurseries now dot high-traffic areas from Hyde Park to Revere – including many of the communities hardest hit by foreclosure and eviction. Each installation includes a large realty sign reading “This foreclosure brought to you by Bank of America.”

*h/t petitemaoiste*