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The story of Boston’s park system begins at the Boston Common – the oldest park in the country. This 50 acre pastoral expanse was originally used for grazing cattle, and was converted to park space in the early 1800s. Abutting the Common is the Public Garden – America’s first public botanical park. Completed in 1860, it was Boston’s answer to Central Park. Intended to encourage leisurely strolls while taking in the exotic plant-life, the Garden serves as the gateway to a vast network of green spaces throughout the city.
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Document identity
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m900r664t
label
Atlas of the city of Boston : city proper
core
obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
m900r664t
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Atlas of the city of Boston : city proper
description
The story of Boston’s park system begins at the Boston Common – the oldest park in the country. This 50 acre pastoral expanse was originally used for grazing cattle, and was converted to park space in the early 1800s. Abutting the Common is the Public Garden – America’s first public botanical park. Completed in 1860, it was Boston’s answer to Central Park. Intended to encourage leisurely strolls while taking in the exotic plant-life, the Garden serves as the gateway to a vast network of green spaces throughout the city.
date
["1888"]
year
1888
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_012818
creators
Bromley, George Washington
Bromley, Walter Scott
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
Real property--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Landowners--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Beacon Hill (Boston, Mass.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Beacon Hill
Boston
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
Philadelphia
publisher
G.W. Bromley & Co.
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
citySection
Beacon Hill
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.0667
extent
1 map : color ; 51 x 77 cm
hasTranscription
no
dcId
m900r664t
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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5903e2bc5bc691f7