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    "label": "Preliminary study of a plan for a Pleasure Bay between Dorchester Point and Castle Island",
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    "title": "Preliminary study of a plan for a Pleasure Bay between Dorchester Point and Castle Island",
    "description": "Olmsted envisioned Marine Park as the final jewel in the Emerald Necklace, linked to Franklin Park by a greenway along Columbia Road. The greenway was never constructed and Marine Park remains disconnected from the park system. However, the City of Boston has proposed a green link along Columbia Road to realize Olmsted’s vision. Shown here, Olmsted’s plan expanded City Point, shaping a semi-circular cove for swimming and boating. The plan includes a boardwalk for promenades along the water and a playground for schoolchildren. In the 1920s, Castle Island was connected to Marine Park by filling land and constructing stone causeways and mechanical tide gates.",
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    "year": 1884,
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_016345",
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        "Boston (Mass.). Department of Parks",
        "Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903"
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    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
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        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
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        "Pleasure Bay (Mass.)--Planning--Maps",
        "Castle Island (Mass.)--Planning--Maps"
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        "North and Central America",
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        "Suffolk (county)",
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    "notes": [
        "Conservation of this piece was funded by an anonymous donor.",
        "Inset: Boston Harbor.",
        "From City of Boston 9th annual report, 1884."
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