Damon said in an interview with the YouTuber Jake Hamilton that an artist wants to add a permanent bronze statue of Williams in the lagoon area of the Garden [in the spot where where they filmed the famous bench scene in Good Will Hunting].

“The idea being that if you feel alone you can go sit next to him, which I think is the coolest idea. It would be like the most beautiful installation and like such a tribute to that guy, who I think would’ve loved that.”

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    The moratorium exists for a reason

    What is that? I’m not seeing anything about a moratorium in this article…

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      4 months ago

      I don’t know the reason, but I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt. Presumably, that law was passed because people thought it was necessary.

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      4 months ago

      It’s in the article @ElfWord linked in their comment - the comment you are replying to is replying to them.

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        4 months ago

        That article doesn’t say anything about the moratorium except that it exists. My question was why it exists

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          Probably because it already has a lot of memorials and, having been there, does not have a lot of space to add more without turning it from a functional park to an outside museum. There are a lot of historical public spaces in Boston that are unable to function as anything besides a tourist spot due to that. Bostonians still exist and need green spaces to live and play.

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          3 months ago

          That’s fair. I was responding to the bit where you said you didn’t see it.

          As for the why - no idea, honestly.