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Book Synopsis Houses of Boston's Back Bay by : Bainbridge Bunting
Download or read book Houses of Boston's Back Bay written by Bainbridge Bunting and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociologically speaking, the Back Bay is Boston's fashionable residential quarter -- or so it was until the great depression of 1929 began the gradual conversion of its aristocratic dwellings to more modest uses. Occupying about two hundred acres in the center of the greater filled region, the limits of this smaller area are the river, the Public Garden, Boylston Street, and Fenway Park. The Back Bay is interesting to Bostonian and visitor of the present day for a variety of reasons. Some will look at the area as a remarkably complete example of nineteenth century American architecture. Some people with a sociological interest will study the area's changes in property use and occupancy over the last thirty-five years and try to foresee the role the Back Bay is to play in the future development of the metropolitan center. Still others are concerned with the area as a convenient place to live or with property values and tax rates. With a precision almost unique in American history, the buildings of the Back Bay chart the course of architectural development for more than half a century. - Introduction.
Book Synopsis Boston's Back Bay in the Victorian Era by : Anthony Mitchell Sammarco
Download or read book Boston's Back Bay in the Victorian Era written by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Back Bay was one of Boston's premier residential neighborhoods between 1837 and 1901. From its quagmire beginnings and with the creation of the Boston Public Garden in the 1830s, the Back Bay was envisioned as an urbane and sophisticated streetscape of stone and brick row houses. The major center of the neighborhood became Art Square, now known as Copley Square, which was surrounded by Trinity Church, New Old South Church, Second Church of Boston, the Boston Public Library, and S.S. Pierce and Company. With images of swan boats and architectural delights, Boston's Back Bay in the Victorian Era illuminates a particularly vibrant period in this intriguing and relatively new neighborhood's past.
Download or read book Harvard written by Bainbridge Bunting and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of Harvard's architecture examines the Federal architecture of Charles Bulfinch, H.H. Richardson's Romanesque buildings, the Imperial manner reflected in Widener Library, and the work of other architects such as Charles McKim, Gropius and Le Corbusier.
Book Synopsis Boston's Back Bay by : Anthony Mitchell Sammarco
Download or read book Boston's Back Bay written by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the largest development projects in nineteenth-century America, Boston's Back Bay was essentially a tidal basin until the construction of the Mill Dam (present-day Beacon Street) just after the War of 1812. By 1837, the area bounded by Charles, Boylston, Beacon, and Arlington Streets was filled in and laid out as the Public Garden, later the site of Boston's famous swanboats. In the late 1850s, the massive infill of the Back Bay commenced, and the earth collected from the hills of Needham was deposited in the city's "west end" for nearly four decades. As the new land began to reach Muddy River, the streets assumed a grid-like plan. The grand avenues eventually comprised Victorian Boston's premier neighborhood, and became home to the most impressive religious, educational, and residential architecture in New England.
Book Synopsis The Book of Boston by : Edwin Monroe Bacon
Download or read book The Book of Boston written by Edwin Monroe Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Boston's Back Bay by : William A. Newman
Download or read book Boston's Back Bay written by William A. Newman and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2006 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at the people, politics, and technology behind the massive landfill project that filled Boston's Back Bay
Book Synopsis Gaining Ground by : Nancy S. Seasholes
Download or read book Gaining Ground written by Nancy S. Seasholes and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Little House by Boston Bay by : Melissa Wiley
Download or read book Little House by Boston Bay written by Melissa Wiley and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1999-04-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living with her family in Roxbury, Massachusetts, five-year-old Charlotte Tucker, who would grow up to become the grandmother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, feels the effects of the War of 1812.
Book Synopsis The Book of American Interiors by : Charles Wyllys Elliott
Download or read book The Book of American Interiors written by Charles Wyllys Elliott and published by Boston : James R. Osgood. This book was released on 1876 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Remaking Boston by : Anthony N. Penna
Download or read book Remaking Boston written by Anthony N. Penna and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2009 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remaking Boston chronicles many of the events that altered the physical landscape of Boston, while also offering multidisciplinary perspectives on the environmental history of one of America's oldest and largest metropolitan areas.
Book Synopsis Boston's South End by : Anthony Mitchell Sammarco
Download or read book Boston's South End written by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boston's South End, built on mostly man-made land, had become the city's premier neighborhood by the 1850s and featured many parks embellished with cast-iron fountains and distinctive fences. Over the next century, the South End became a thriving melting pot of ethnicities, races, and religions. Boston's South End shows how this area's brick row houses, lush green parks, upscale restaurants, and Boston Center for the Arts have made the South End both an attractive destination and a popular residential area.
Book Synopsis The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725 by : Abbott Lowell Cummings
Download or read book The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725 written by Abbott Lowell Cummings and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architectural drawings and detailed descriptions of houses complement a social history and study of the architecture and construction of seventeenth-century wooden-frame houses of Massachusetts
Book Synopsis The Boston Globe Historic Walks in Old Boston by : John Harris
Download or read book The Boston Globe Historic Walks in Old Boston written by John Harris and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide includes forty walks through Boston's major historic areas including: Beacon Hill, the Common, and Cambridge. With information such as history of the area, architecture, politics, religion, and intrigues of the past.
Author :Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff Publisher :Random House Digital, Inc. ISBN 13 :1400018129 Total Pages :338 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Boston 2008 by : Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff
Download or read book Boston 2008 written by Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-11-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed and timely information on accommodations, restaurants, and local attractions highlight these updated travel guides, which feature all-new covers, a two-color interior design, symbols to indicate budget options, must-see ratings, multi-day itineraries, Smart Travel Tips, helpful bulleted maps, tips on transportation, guidelines for shopping excursions, and other valuable features.
Download or read book Boston 2009 written by Eric B. Wechter and published by Fodors Travel Publications. This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on hotels, restaurants, driving and walking tours, shopping and sightseeing, and nighttime entertainment
Book Synopsis Fodor's Boston by : Fodor's Travel Guides
Download or read book Fodor's Boston written by Fodor's Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a limited time, receive a free Fodor's Guide to Safe and Healthy Travel e-book with the purchase of this guidebook! Go to fodors.com for details. Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. There's history and culture around every bend in Boston--skyscrapers nestle next to historic hotels while modern marketplaces line the antique cobblestone streets. The city that blends yesterday and today has much to offer, and with this updated Fodor's Gold Guide first-time visitors, as well as returning visitors, will discover all of Beantown's old and new charms. This travel guide includes: · Dozens of full-color maps · Hundreds of hotel and restaurant recommendations, with Fodor's Choice designating our top picks · Multiple itineraries to explore the top attractions and what’s off the beaten path · Major sights such as USS Constitution, Boston Public Garden, The Museum of Fine Arts, The New England Aquarium, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston Harbor Islands, Harvard University and Mount Auburn Cemetary · Side Trips from Boston including Northwest of Boston, The North Shore and South of Boston · Coverage of Beacon Hill; Boston Common and the Old West End; Government Center and the North End; Charlestown; Downtown Boston; Back Bay and the South End; The Fenway; Boston Outskirts; Cambridge Planning to visit more of New England? Check out Fodor's travel guide to New England.
Book Synopsis Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn by : Thomas C. Hubka
Download or read book Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn written by Thomas C. Hubka and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic architectural study of the development of the connected farm buildings made by 19th-century New Englanders, which offers insight into the people who made them.
