FAH 198-05 Government Center

2. Historical background

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Image Sources: 

1. “The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.” Photograph. The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. Accessed November 19, 2015. http://maps.bpl.org/.

2. “Scollay Square showing subway station.”  Photograph. 1910.  Accessed November 18, 2015. Digital Commonwealth,  http://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/nv935h248.

3. “Memories and Photos of Scollay Square.” Photograph. Memories and Photos of Scollay Square. Accessed December 9, 2015. http://www.bambinomusical.com/Scollay/Memories.html.

4. “Urban Renewal.” Photograph. The West End Museum. 2015. Accessed November 19, 2015. http://thewestendmuseum.org/history-of-the-west-end/urban-renewal/.

5. Boston Redevelopment Authority. Photograph. City Hall Area Construction. 1964-68. Government Center Urban Renewal Project.

6. “Quincy Market | Wikiwand.” Photograph. Wikiwand. Accessed December 9, 2015. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Quincy_Market.

7. Flint, Anthony. “Boston’s Highway That Went Nowhere: Lessons from the Inner Belt Fight, 40 Years Later.” Photograph. City Lab. Accessed November 19, 2015. http://www.citylab.com/commute/2012/05/bostons-highway-went-nowhere-look-back-inner-belt-fight-40-years-later/1884/.

8. “Edward W. Brooke Courthouse I.” Photograph. Flickr. August 24, 2007. Accessed December 1, 2015. https://www.flickr.com/photos/unterbau/1250325361.

9. “Triumph, Tragedy Mark Boston’s Big Dig Project.” Photograph. Construction Equipment Guide. Accessed December 1, 2015. http://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/historical/big-dig/.

10. Ryan, David L. “Workers Reinstall Glass Walls Surrounding New Government Center Station – The Boston Globe.” BostonGlobe.com. November 6, 2015. Accessed December 2, 2015. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/05/workers-reinstall-glass-walls-surrounding-new-government-center-station/b5ULBQWwjbe8DIcXvFzjhM/story.html.

References:

“American FactFinder.” American FactFinder. December 1, 2014. Accessed November 19, 2015. http://factfinder.census.gov/.

Connell, James C. The Hub’s Metropolis Greater Boston’s Development from Railroad Suburbs to Smart Growth. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2013.

Connor, Thomas H. Building a New Boston: Politics and Urban Renewal, 1950-1970. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1993.

Kennedy, Lawrence W. Planning the City upon a Hill Boston since 1630. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1992.

“Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.” MBTA Riding the T. Accessed December 1, 2015. http://mbta.com/riding_the_t/default.asp?id=26899.

Pasnik, Mark. “Building Government Center.” In Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston 1960-1976. Monacelli Press, 2015.

“Urban Renewal.” The West End Museum. 2015. Accessed November 19, 2015. http://thewestendmuseum.org/history-of-the-west-end/urban-renewal/.

 

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