The Curious Story Behind Boston’s Strangest Historic Statue

If there are two things you can’t spit without hitting in this town, it’s a Dunkin' Donuts and a historic statue.

Paul Revere sits proudly atop his horse in the North End. Puritan provocateur Anne Hutchinson clutches one of her children outside the State House. Heck, even legendary Celtics coach Red Auerbach can be spied chomping a cigar on a bench in Quincy Marketplace.

But there is nothing quite like the 12-foot bronze pear that stands proudly in the center of Dorchester’s Edward Everett Square. Now, don’t let the unusual subject matter fool you — it is indeed a historic statue. And according to its creator, not only is it an unlikely nod to the neighborhood’s past, it’s also a metaphor for its present, and a wish for it’s future.

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