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Source Description
Part of a set of 11 maps (Boston Public Library lacking map 2 showing proposed land use and map 7 showing existing land use) accompanying a loan/grant application submitted to the US Urban Renewal Administration seeking funds for an urban renewal project in the Washington Park area of Boston's Roxbury neighborhood.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
z890vb93t
label
Roxbury - N. Dorchester G.N.R.P.
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
z890vb93t
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Roxbury - N. Dorchester G.N.R.P.
description
Part of a set of 11 maps (Boston Public Library lacking map 2 showing proposed land use and map 7 showing existing land use) accompanying a loan/grant application submitted to the US Urban Renewal Administration seeking funds for an urban renewal project in the Washington Park area of Boston's Roxbury neighborhood.
date
["December 9, 1962"]
year
1962
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017322i
creators
Boston Redevelopment Authority
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Boston Redevelopment Authority Collection
subjects
Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)--Maps
City planning--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Express highways--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Streets--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Urban renewal--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Roxbury
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Boston]
publisher
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
citySection
Roxbury
schema:latitude
42.3167
schema:longitude
-71.0833
extent
1 map ; 112 x 82 cm
notes
Part of a set of 11 maps (Boston Public Library lacking map 2 showing proposed land use and map 7 showing existing land use) accompanying a loan/grant application submitted to the US Urban Renewal Administration seeking funds for an urban renewal project in the Washington Park area of Boston's Roxbury neighborhood.
Shows expressway and transit corridor, primary street, secondary street, collector street and local street.
Inset: [Location map].
hasTranscription
no
dcId
z890vb93t
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
0ec670cd39cef4ee