Boston's "changeful times" : origins of preservation & planning in America /
Boston's "Changeful Times" chronicles the relationship between historic preservation, planning, and the desire for permanence in Boston during the years from 1860 to 1930. Michael Holleran describes Boston as a city aware of its prominent Puritan and Revolutionary history and proud of...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
1998.
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| Series: | Creating the North American landscape.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- The culture of change
- Problems with change
- Selling permanence
- Preservation
- Parks and the permanent landscape
- From monuments to landmarks
- The sacred sky line
- The limits of permanence
- Institutionalized preservation
- Public control.
