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    "label": "City of Boston plan of Columbia Road, showing connection with Franklin Park and Marine Park",
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    "title": "City of Boston plan of Columbia Road, showing connection with Franklin Park and Marine Park",
    "description": "When Olmsted first conceived the Boston park system, Columbia Road was intended to be a greenway connecting Franklin Park to Marine Park, as shown in this 1897 plan. This vision was never realized, as Columbia Road was already lined with buildings and used for commercial traffic. Today, Columbia Road is a busy thoroughfare bisected by a sparsely planted median. As part of its 2030 vision for a healthier, better connected city, the City of Boston plans to develop the Columbia Road Greenway, a green corridor with improved pedestrian and bike paths. The proposed greenway will link Franklin and Moakley Parks, finally completing the Emerald Necklace.",
    "date": "[\"1897\"]",
    "year": 1897,
    "citationUrl": "https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:1257b8974",
    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_004729",
    "creators": [
        "Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903"
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    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
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        "Boston and New England Maps",
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
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        "Parks--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps",
        "Boston (Mass.)--Maps"
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        "Massachusetts",
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        "Oriented with north toward the upper right.",
        "Shows streets and U.S. Harbor Commissioners' line.",
        "Relief shown by spot heights.",
        "Includes distance note and cross sections: Franklin Park to Edward Everett Square ; Strandway.",
        "Inset: Key map."
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