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Someone reported a famous piece of art at UMass Boston as ‘scrap metal’ on the 311 app

A well-known work of art on the UMass campus was mistaken for scrap metal.

A well-known work of art on the UMass campus was mistaken for scrap metal.

It must be true what they say: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

According to BOS311, the city’s online tool used to notify officials about trash, graffiti, and other bothersome neighborhood problems, someone reported this week that a large piece of scrap metal had been abandoned near the University of Massachusetts Boston campus.

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