Special Topics: Engineering Boston

A Boston Globe article on Frederick Law Olmsted's remaking of the Back Bay Fens.

Describes the history of the Faneuil Hall Market building, and its transformation into a festival marketplace.

This report is "updated every seven years ... provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of Boston's park system as well as a
set of goals and a Seven-Year Action Plan that will guide the City’s parks-related work heading toward 2030."

Describes the history, landscape, and architecture of the Esplanade.

A history of the Esplanade and its buildings. Illustrated with site plans and photos.

The papers of the creator of Boston's Emerald Necklace, New York's Central Park, and other landscape projects throughout the United States.

Oversees the management of 450,000 acres of public recreational throughout the Commonwealth.

The history of the nation's first garden cemetery.

Describes the Greenway's parks, footpaths, plantings, and trees. The Greenway occupies the site of the old, elevated Central Artery and now connects the city to the waterfront.

Provides a history of Boston Common and the Mill Dam. It also weighs the question of constructing a Public Garden or of selling the newly filled land.

An account of a meeting held at Fanueil during which Boston's leading citizens advocated for the creation of public parks.

Some years are missing.

Contains information on public baths and beaches in Massachusetts.