Alewife Garage Graffiti Gallery in Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Alewife MBTA station parking garage has been a hulking brutalist presence in North Cambridge since 1985. The garage was designed to serve park-and-ride commuters from Boston's suburbs who would then ride the MBTA Red Line into Cambridge and Boston proper. Sections have been closed or dis-used for decades. On the west side of the garage is a spiral car-ramp running from the street-level all the way up to the top, fifth-floor, of the garage. The ramp is closed to vehicular traffic and has come to host a large collection of graffiti from many artists over a long time. Works vary from basic...