Fresh Pond Reservation
Author | : Rizzo Associates |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Fresh Pond Reservation (Cambridge, Mass.) |
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Author | : Rizzo Associates |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Fresh Pond Reservation (Cambridge, Mass.) |
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Author | : Jill Sinclair |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Cambridge (Mass.) |
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Author | : Jill Sinclair |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2009-02-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0262195917 |
The history of Fresh Pond Reservation—onetime summer retreat for wealthy Bostonians, center of the nineteenth-century ice industry, and stomping grounds for Harvard students—told through photographs, maps and plans, and stories. Fresh Pond Reservation, at the northwest edge of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been described as a “landscape loved to death.” Certainly it is a landscape that has been changed by its various uses over the years and one to which Cantabridgeans and Bostonians have felt an intense attachment. Henry James returned to it in his sixties, looking for “some echo of the dreams of youth,” feeling keenly “the pleasure of memory”; a Harvard student of the 1850s fondly remembered skating parties and the chance of “flirtation with some fair-ankled beauty of breezy Boston”; modern residents argue fiercely over dogs being allowed to run free at the reservation and whether soccer or nature is a more valuable experience for Cambridge schoolchildren. In Fresh Pond, Jill Sinclair tells the story of the pond and its surrounding land through photographs, drawings, maps, plans, and an engaging narrative of the pond's geological, historical, and political ecology. Fresh Pond has been a Native American hunting and fishing ground; the site of an eighteenth-century hotel offering bowling, food and wine, and impromptu performances by Harvard men; a summer retreat for wealthy Bostonians; a training ground for trench warfare; a location for picnics and festivals for workers and sporting activities for all. The parkland features an Olmsted design, albeit an imperfectly realized one. The pond itself—a natural lake carved out by the retreating Ice Age about 15,000 years ago—was a center of the nineteenth-century ice industry (disparaged by Thoreau, writing about another pond), and still supplies the city of Cambridge with fresh drinking water. Sinclair's celebration of a local landscape also alerts us to broader issues—shifts in public attitudes toward nature (is it brutal wilderness or in need of protection?) and water (precious commodity or limitless flow?)—that resonate as we remake our relationship to the landscape.
Author | : Massachusetts |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1176 |
Release | : 1910 |
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Author | : Not For Tourists |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 999 |
Release | : 2017-11-07 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1510725237 |
The Not For Tourists Guide to Boston is a map-based, neighborhood-by-neighborhood guidebook for already street-savvy Bostonians, business travelers, and tourists alike. It divides the city into twenty-eight neighborhoods, mapped out and marked with user-friendly icons identifying services and entertainment venues. Restaurants, banks, community gardens, hiking, public transportation, and landmarks—NFT packs it all into one convenient pocket-sized guide. Want to catch a game of one of our world champion teams? NFT has you covered. How about eating the best pizza of the entire East Coast? We’ve got that, too. The nearest ritzy restaurant, historic trail, jazz lounge, or bookstore—whatever you need—NFT puts it at your fingertips. This light and portable guide also features: • A foldout highway map • Sections on all of Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville • More than 110 neighborhood and city maps • Listings for theaters, museums, entertainment hot spots, and nightlife Buy it for your cah or your pawket; the NFT guide to Beantown will help you make the most of your time in the city.
Author | : Not For Tourists |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 671 |
Release | : 2016-10-18 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1510710612 |
The Not For Tourists Guide to Boston is a map-based, neighborhood-by-neighborhood guidebook for already street-savvy Bostonians, business travelers, and tourists alike. It divides the city into 28 neighborhoods, mapped out and marked with user-friendly icons identifying services and entertainment venues. Restaurants, banks, community gardens, hiking, public transportation, and landmarks—NFT packs it all into one convenient pocket-sized guide. Want to catch a game of one of our world champion teams? NFT has you covered. How about eating the best pizza of the entire East Coast? We’ve got that, too. The nearest ritzy restaurant, historic trail, jazz lounge, or bookstore—whatever you need—NFT puts it at your fingertips. This light and portable guide also features: • A foldout highway map • Sections on all of Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville • More than 110 neighborhood and city maps • Listings for theaters, museums, entertainment hotspots, and nightlife Buy it for your cah or your pawket; the NFT guide to Beantown will help you make the most of your time in the city.
Author | : Massachusetts. Dept. of the State Auditor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 722 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Finance, Public |
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Author | : Robert Todd Felton |
Publisher | : Wilderness Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2013-09-09 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0899977197 |
Boston is a walker's town. It's as clear as the brick red path marking the Freedom Trail, the bright blue signs of the Harborwalk, and the green of the Emerald Necklace series of parks. Boston's nearly 400-year history has led to the development of hidden neighborhoods, historic sites, and iconic parks that tempt both Bostonians and visitors out onto the sidewalks, paths, and trails lacing this close-knit city. In addition, the Big Dig project, which helped revive downtown and the waterfront by moving Interstate 93 underground, has created an energy and excitement that has driven projects like the Harborwalk and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. Walking Boston offers the best of Boston's new and old rambles. This portable guide features detailed maps, original photos, and public transportation information for every trip. Route summaries make each walk easy to follow, and a "Points of Interest" section summarizes each walk's highlights.
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Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Cemeteries |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 812 |
Release | : 1909 |
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