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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Boston, North Station Urban Renewal Project
Author: Boston Green Line at North Station, Alternative Improvements
Author: Third Harbor Tunnel, I-90/Central Artery, I-93, Boston
Author: Boston Politics
Author: Tilo SchabertPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 311084706X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Boston Politics: The Creativity of Power.
New England Development Bibliography
Author: United States. Office of Regional Economic DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
New England Development Bibliography
Author: Boston University. Area Development CenterPublisher:
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Inventing the Charles River
Author: Karl HaglundPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262083078
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
An illustrated account of the creation of the Charles River Basin, focusing on the precarious balance between transportation planning and the stewardship of the public realm. The Charles River Basin, extending nine miles upstream from the harbor, has been called Boston's "Central Park." Yet few realize that this apparently natural landscape is a totally fabricated public space. Two hundred years ago the Charles was a tidal river, edged by hundreds of acres of salt marshes and mudflats. Inventing the Charles River describes how, before the creation of the basin could begin, the river first had to be imagined as a single public space. The new esplanades along the river changed the way Bostonians perceived their city; and the basin, with its expansive views of Boston and Cambridge, became an iconic image of the metropolis. The book focuses on the precarious balance between transportation planning and stewardship of the public realm. Long before the esplanades were realized, great swaths of the river were given over to industrial enterprises and transportation—millponds, bridges, landfills, and a complex network of road and railway bridges. In 1929, Boston's first major highway controversy erupted when a four-lane road was proposed as part of a new esplanade. At twenty-year intervals, three riverfront road disputes followed, successively more complex and disputatious, culminating in the lawsuits over "Scheme Z," the Big Dig's plan for eighteen lanes of highway ramps and bridges over the river. More than four hundred photographs, maps, and drawings illustrate past and future visions for the Charles and document the river's place in Boston's history.
Walking Tours of Boston's Made Land
Author: Nancy S. SeasholesPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262693399
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Exploring Boston's past and present: 12 walks that trace the creation of the city's man-made land in the central waterfront, Back Bay, South End, Charlestown, and elsewhere. At its founding, Boston was a small peninsula; over the last 375 years the city has doubled in size by filling in the surrounding tidal flats—areas covered with water at high tide and exposed at low. In Walking Tours of Boston's Made Land, historian Nancy Seasholes outlines twelve walks that trace where and why Boston's man-made land was created, and, along the way, uncovers fascinating and little-known pieces of Boston history. In the course of these walks—around the central waterfront, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, the South End, Charlestown, and elsewhere—she shows us how Boston's past is always just below the surface of its present. Each walk is accompanied by a map that shows the route and original shoreline. The walks are illustrated with historical maps, historical photographs and views, and current photographs. All walks are accessible by public transportation.
EIS Cumulative
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Imagine Boston 2030
Author: City Of BostonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781389647642
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Today, Boston is in a uniquely powerful position to make our city more affordable, equitable, connected, and resilient. We will seize this moment to guide our growth to support our dynamic economy, connect more residents to opportunity, create vibrant neighborhoods, and continue our legacy as a thriving waterfront city.Mayor Martin J. Walsh's Imagine Boston 2030 is the first citywide plan in more than 50 years. This vision was shaped by more than 15,000 Boston voices.