The owner of this property, Peter Valentine, an artist and teacher of “Electromagnetic Martial Arts”, calls it “Cosmic Moose and Grizzly Bears Ville”. The story behind this, in a nutshell, is that when Mr. Valentine and other local residents were forced out of their homes to make way for MIT’s University Park development several decades ago, the house was relocated to this plot on Brookline Street. He painted the fence purple and has been adding to it ever since.



View of the purple painted fence along the Franklin Street side:



A cutaway in the fence offers a view of the front steps and side of the house:



Front gate and steps:





View of messages on the side of the house:



Planetary Defense Command Intergalactic Space Port sign next to front door.



Cosmic Moose



Cosmic Cat



You are having an intergalactic conversation with the fence:



Do not open this door:



“Because it isn’t real…” sign with a tiny little elf door:





Cat’s cut loose:



A few more painted panels:



The side gate is shorter than the fence and offers a view into the back yard:



This large cutaway in the fence offers a view into the front yard:



Electromagnetic martial arts; a better way through the woods:



Meta Land mail box:





Messages on Franklin Street side of the house:



View of the property from the opposite corner on Brookline Street:



View of front gate closed:



Do not disturb! Dig the alarm bells:



Video tour exploring every detail from one end of the fence to the other:



More about Mr. Valentine and his ideas: The Boo Radley of Central Square at 100 Interviews

Interesting minutes from a Cambridge Historical Commission meeting in regards to the disposition of the 37 Brookline Street fence and property: Minutes of the Cambridge Historical Commission November 1, 2012 (PDF file; see Case L-110)



