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Five oblique views showing three different plans of the south side of Boylston Street between Massachusetts Avenue and Hemenway Street in Back Bay. Shows the roof and facade of buildings, trees, paving, planters, benches, lampposts and other features. One plan is manuscript in pencil on translucent mylar with fill gradient film adhered on verso. A second plan is a thermal print copy of the base map with a manuscript drawing of a clock and flowerbed at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue. The third plan is a thermal print copy of the base map with manuscript drawings of "center logo & entrance" at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and "kiosk & planter" in the middle of Boylston Street. There are two photocopies of the third plan, one full size and one at a reduced size with manuscript color in marker. One illustration is a view from the corner of Boylston Street and Massachusetts Avenue looking south, showing buildings, trees, people and cars on the two streets. A second illustration titled "Parcel 13 rehabilitation" shows buildings facades, trees, and street address numbers on Boylston Street.
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Document identity
localId
9z905j23n
label
Boylston Street improvements
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9z905j23n
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Boylston Street improvements
description
Five oblique views showing three different plans of the south side of Boylston Street between Massachusetts Avenue and Hemenway Street in Back Bay. Shows the roof and facade of buildings, trees, paving, planters, benches, lampposts and other features. One plan is manuscript in pencil on translucent mylar with fill gradient film adhered on verso. A second plan is a thermal print copy of the base map with a manuscript drawing of a clock and flowerbed at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue. The third plan is a thermal print copy of the base map with manuscript drawings of "center logo & entrance" at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and "kiosk & planter" in the middle of Boylston Street. There are two photocopies of the third plan, one full size and one at a reduced size with manuscript color in marker. One illustration is a view from the corner of Boylston Street and Massachusetts Avenue looking south, showing buildings, trees, people and cars on the two streets. A second illustration titled "Parcel 13 rehabilitation" shows buildings facades, trees, and street address numbers on Boylston Street.
date
["[1970?–1979?]"]
year
1970
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017880A
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Boston Redevelopment Authority Collection
subjects
Back Bay (Boston, Mass.)--Pictorial works
Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)--Pictorial works
Back Bay (Boston, Mass.)--Maps
Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)--Maps
Buildings--Massachusetts--Boston--Pictorial works
City planning--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Back Bay
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
Drawings
typeOfResource
Cartographic
Still image
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
citySection
Back Bay
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.0833
extent
5 maps, 2 illustrations ; sheets 95 x 159 cm or smaller
notes
Oriented with north to the lower left.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
9z905j23n
type
map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
5e83490a2cb7322f