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Port facilities at Boston, MA

1 pp 1976

Aerial images of the port with red overprint indicating facilities.

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Port of Manchester

1 pp 1908

Oriented with north towards the upper right.

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Preliminary plan for Wood Island Park, East Boston

1 pp 1884

Frederick Law Olmsted’s celebrated Emerald Necklace often eclipses his five smaller, isolated parks in Boston, like Wood Island Park in East Boston. Though this plan shows a simple park featuring few walks and a playing field, Olmsted would transform Wood Island into his largest neighborhood park, with forty-six acres of public beach, picnic areas, tennis courts, outdoor gymnasiums for men and women, playgrounds, and several promenades. Despite its popularity, the park was razed for the expansion of Logan Airport in the mid-20th century, setting off decades of community activism and park advocacy.

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Preliminary plan for the extension of Commonwealth Avenue along Beacon Street Brookline

1 pp 1886

Oriented with north toward the upper right.

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Preliminary plan for widening Beacon Street from the Back Bay district of Boston to the public pleasure ground at Chestnut Hill Reservoir and for connections with Massachusetts and Commonwealth Avenues

1 pp 1886

Oriented with north toward the upper right.

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Preliminary plan for widening Chestnut Hill Avenue

1 pp 1891

Detailed plan for the widening of Chestnut Hill Avenue, between Beacon Street and Boylston Street, just across the Reservoir from Boston College.

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Preliminary study of a plan for a Pleasure Bay between Dorchester Point and Castle Island

1 pp 1884

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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Prichard & Roberts' new Chester guide

1 pp 1850

Relief shown pictorially.

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Profile of Huntington Avenue/St. James Avenue from Harcourt Street to Berkeley Street

1 pp 1990

Manuscript profile in ink on a translucent mylar sheet depicting buildings and trees along the south side of Huntington Avenue/St. James Avenue from Harcourt Street to Berkeley Street.

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