Proposed parks and parkways
Item Information
- Title:
- Proposed parks and parkways
- Description:
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In 1876, a group of concerned Bostonians held a public meeting in Faneuil Hall to address the public health issues facing the city: an ever-rising population, widespread illness, a surging death rate, air pollution, and diminishing public space. The solution, they determined, lay in a public park system. This map shows the Boston Park Commissioners’ early vision of a system of connected parks and parkways winding through the city. Two years later, Boston tasked Frederick Law Olmsted with creating such an urban park system; once completed, his “Emerald Necklace” would be the country’s first integrated system of public parks.
- Creator:
- Boston (Mass.). Park Commissioners
- Date:
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1876
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center - Collection (local):
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Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
- Subjects:
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Parks--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
- Places:
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MassachusettsSuffolk (county)Boston
- Extent:
- 1 map : col. ; 60 x 51 cm.
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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Boston :
[Park Dept.]
- Scale:
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Scale [ca. 1:26,800].
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Printed for Park Department City of Boston.
Distance from downtown Boston shown by concentric circles.
Includes references.
- Notes (exhibitions):
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Exhibited: "Breathing Room: Mapping Boston's Green Spaces" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2018.
- Identifier:
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06_01_004254
- Call #:
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G3764.B6G52 1876 .B67x
- Barcode:
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39999059005577
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