Stand at the corner of Division and Main at the right hour and the brick starts talking.
Mara Quinn's four-panel mural series — two summers, forty volunteers, and every face a real Somerville family — has quietly become the borough's most photographed block. This is the story of how a blank wall becomes a landmark, told by the painter who did it.
“I don't paint history,” Quinn says, wiping a brush on her overalls. “I paint neighbors. History shows up on its own.”
