City of Boston plan of Columbia Road, showing connection with Franklin Park and Marine Park

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 traff...

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1897
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06_01_004729
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Boston Public Library
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Massachusetts
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Suffolk
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Boston
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Heliotype Print. Co.
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