BOSTON —

A replica 17th-century ship will go up in flames Friday on Boston's City Hall Plaza.

"These phragmites that you have on this part of the structure, the woven ones come all the way from Mexico," artist Adela Goldbard said. Latest Forecast

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Goldbard has been working on the project for two years and spent the last two months building the 24.5-foot colonial Galleon out of reeds at her studio in Mexico.

"So it’s about creating this effigy, usually made with reeds and other natural resources, that represent evil," Goldbard said.

The work that was commissioned by the Boston Public Art Triennial is one of 20 pieces of contemporary art located across the city.

"Our work is about opening minds, conversations and spaces, and I thi

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