Author: Sharon A. BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baltimore (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Historic Structure Report
Author: Sharon A. BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baltimore (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Defending America's Coasts, 1775-1950
Author: Dale E. FloydPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coast defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Ellis Island Seawall
Author: Naomi D. KrollPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Behavior & Society
Author: Historic Structure Report
Author: Sharon A. BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baltimore (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Government Reports Announcements & Index
Author: American Cities
Author: N. O. KuraPublisher: Nova Biomedical Books
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
For nonfiction books alphabetically listed on eight US cities: Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and Miami, annotations consist mainly of the publication data, table of contents, Library of Congress classification, and Dewey class number. The books on Baltimore span the typical range of 1880-1999. Perhaps v.1 contains an introduction explaining the authors' purpose, backgrounds, and city selection criteria. Indexed by author and title. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Gaining Ground
Author: Nancy S. SeasholesPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262350211
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Why and how Boston was transformed by landmaking. Fully one-sixth of Boston is built on made land. Although other waterfront cities also have substantial areas that are built on fill, Boston probably has more than any city in North America. In Gaining Ground historian Nancy Seasholes has given us the first complete account of when, why, and how this land was created.The story of landmaking in Boston is presented geographically; each chapter traces landmaking in a different part of the city from its first permanent settlement to the present. Seasholes introduces findings from recent archaeological investigations in Boston, and relates landmaking to the major historical developments that shaped it. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, landmaking in Boston was spurred by the rapid growth that resulted from the burgeoning China trade. The influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century prompted several large projects to create residential land—not for the Irish, but to keep the taxpaying Yankees from fleeing to the suburbs. Many landmaking projects were undertaken to cover tidal flats that had been polluted by raw sewage discharged directly onto them, removing the "pestilential exhalations" thought to cause illness. Land was also added for port developments, public parks, and transportation facilities, including the largest landmaking project of all, the airport. A separate chapter discusses the technology of landmaking in Boston, explaining the basic method used to make land and the changes in its various components over time. The book is copiously illustrated with maps that show the original shoreline in relation to today's streets, details from historical maps that trace the progress of landmaking, and historical drawings and photographs.