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Source Description
Site plan is from the Boston City Planning Board report "Government Center Project." Depicts the footprints of existing buildings, proposed new public buildings and proposed new private buildings in downtown Boston's Government Center urban renewal area. Includes parts of Beacon Hill, the North End, wholesale markets, downtown shopping, North Station and the West End (with footprint of proposed new residential buildings). Also includes name or use of some existing buildings.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
7h14cv71z
label
General plan
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7h14cv71z
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
General plan
description
Site plan is from the Boston City Planning Board report "Government Center Project." Depicts the footprints of existing buildings, proposed new public buildings and proposed new private buildings in downtown Boston's Government Center urban renewal area. Includes parts of Beacon Hill, the North End, wholesale markets, downtown shopping, North Station and the West End (with footprint of proposed new residential buildings). Also includes name or use of some existing buildings.
date
["1959"]
year
1959
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017184
creators
Adams, Howard, and Greeley
Boston (Mass.). City Planning Board
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Boston Redevelopment Authority Collection
subjects
Government Center (Boston, Mass.)--Maps
City planning--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Buildings--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Government Center
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Boston]
publisher
[Boston City Planning Board]
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map : color ; 41 x 54 cm
hasTranscription
no
dcId
7h14cv71z
type
map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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7f0322048e3f4bca