Originally a narrow, barren strip of land known as the Neck, Boston's South End grew from a lonely sentry post and execution grounds to what is today the largest Victorian neighborhood in the United States. With the filling of the South Cove in the 1830s, the area became one of the greatest planned residential districts of its time, a heritage preserved in unique architectural features such as red brick swell bay facades, elaborate balusters, and fanciful porches.
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Boston historian Anthony Mitchell Sammarco captures the spirit of this elegant neighborhood in a compelling photographic history. His visual chronicle is both informative and entertaining.
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This review is from: Boston's South End (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) (Paperback)
This book has 128 pages, with almost every page covered by two black & white photographs with a short caption. Chapters are: The Early South End, Places of Worship, Schools, Hospitals, Temples of Fun, Transportation, The 20th Century, The Library, and Business & Industry.The picture captions are interesting and credit their source. The book may have benefited from more text, but it is chock full of great photoographs that bring this interesting neighborhod to life. Volumes on the Back Bay and the North End are interesting also.
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The laying out of Worcester Square in 1852 was a dramatic approach to Victorian planning, with how-fronted townhouses creating a dramatic frame to the Boston City Hospital, designed by Gridley J. Fox Bryant and huilt between 1861 and 1864 on Harrison Avenue. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South End, Washington Street, Union Park, Columbus Avenue, Tremont Street, Chester Square, Courtesy of the Boston Athenaeum, West Newton Street, United States, Worcester Square, East Berkeley, Harrison Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue, Fox Bryant, Shawmut Avenue, City Hospital, Iistorical Society, Lutheran Church, Worcester Street, Congregational Church, Williams Market, Courtesy of Frank Cheney Browse Sample Pages:
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The laying out of Worcester Square in 1852 was a dramatic approach to Victorian planning, with how-fronted townhouses creating a dramatic frame to the Boston City Hospital, designed by Gridley J. Fox Bryant and huilt between 1861 and 1864 on Harrison Avenue. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South End, Washington Street, Union Park, Columbus Avenue, Tremont Street, Chester Square, Courtesy of the Boston Athenaeum, West Newton Street, United States, Worcester Square, East Berkeley, Harrison Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue, Fox Bryant, Shawmut Avenue, City Hospital, Iistorical Society, Lutheran Church, Worcester Street, Congregational Church, Williams Market, Courtesy of Frank Cheney Browse Sample Pages:
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