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New statues in Boston's Chinatown aims to draw attention to neighborhood gentrification
PlayThe city of Boston has pledged $1 million to support local artist Wen-ti Tsen's most ambitious art project to date: four large statues celebrating the working-class and immigrant communities that call Boston's Chinatown home.
It's a project meant to honor workers whose stories have been overlooked, but also to permanently mark a neighborhood that is threatened by gentrification.
This segment aired on May 16, 2022.