Map of the existing and proposed radial thoroughfares of the district and their connections

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Map of the existing and proposed radial thoroughfares of the district and their connections

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Title:
Map of the existing and proposed radial thoroughfares of the district and their connections
Title (alt.):
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Metropolitan Improvements Commission
Description:
A comprehensive plan for improving traffic in the growing Boston urban area was submitted to the Metropolitan Improvements Commission in 1909 by Shurtleff, a visionary landscape architect. His scheme was simple, logical, and much ahead of its time. He proposed widening the radial roads emanating from the core and intersecting them with a series of concentric ring roads. Shown here are the existing and proposed radial roads.
Contributor:
Massachusetts. Metropolitan Improvements Commission
Creator:
Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957
Name on Item:
Arthur A. Shurtleff ; Commonwealth of Massachusetts Metropolitan Improvements Commission
Date:
1909
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Private Collection
Collection (local):
Mapping Boston Collection
Subjects:
Highway planning--Massachusetts--Boston
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 map : col. ; 68 x 82 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
Boston, Mass : [The Commission]
Scale:
Scale 1:63,360
Language:
English
Notes:
Topographical sheets secured by courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.
From: Public Improvements for the Metropolitan District. Report of the Commission on Metropolitan Improvements, 1909.
Né Shurtleff, name changed in 1930.
Identifier:
06_01_001152
Barcode:
39999052508197