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Accompanies a report providing ownership information for certain land in the Government Center urban renewal project in Downtown Boston, researching ownership of these areas back to colonial times and taking into consideration the law of tidelands as affecting Dock Square.

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Document identity
localId
5x21wz981
label
Land ownership maps for land in the Government Center urban renewal project area
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
5x21wz981
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Land ownership maps for land in the Government Center urban renewal project area
description
Accompanies a report providing ownership information for certain land in the Government Center urban renewal project in Downtown Boston, researching ownership of these areas back to colonial times and taking into consideration the law of tidelands as affecting Dock Square.
date
["[ca. 1959]"]
year
1959
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017362a
creators
Nyman H. Kolodny and Associates
Blake, James
Bonner, John, approximately 1643-1726
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Boston Redevelopment Authority Collection
subjects
Government Center (Boston, Mass.)--Maps
Land tenure--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Real property--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Urban renewal--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
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Boston]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
5 maps : photocopies ; sheets 46 x 60 cm
notes
Accompanies a report providing ownership information for certain land in the Government Center urban renewal project in Downtown Boston, researching ownership of these areas back to colonial times and taking into consideration the law of tidelands as affecting Dock Square.
Maps are reproduced for 1722, 1738, 1804, 1852 and 1925.
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no
dcId
5x21wz981
type
map
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