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- catalog abstract "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 its role as guardian of the past through institutions such as the Athenaeum and the Massachusetts Historical Society. Exploring Boston's struggles to save now-famous land-marks such as the Old South Church and Boston Common, Holleran traces the preservation movement's growth from its focus on saving historic buildings to its involvement in preserving public green spaces and addressing other large-scale urban issues. He describes subdivision design innovations and the use of deed restrictions, limits on building heights, and neighborhood zoning protection to control ever-increasing urban growth. Holleran concludes that the tools invented for stopping change proved even more powerful for shaping change. New York City drew on Boston's experience to create the first comprehensive zoning ordinance which, by the end of the 1920s, had fundamentally altered the city-building process. As preservationists, environmentalists, and planners today discover common ground, Holleran concludes, they are in effect rediscovering the shared origins of their-separate movements. A history of preservation, real estate development, city planning, and Boston's urban development, Boston's "Changeful Times" will appeal to readers curious to learn more about how and why America's cities came to look the way they do.".
- catalog contributor b10439341.
- catalog coverage "Boston (Mass.) History.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "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 its role as guardian of the past through institutions such as the Athenaeum and the Massachusetts Historical Society. Exploring Boston's struggles to save now-famous land-marks such as the Old South Church and Boston Common, Holleran traces the preservation movement's growth from its focus on saving historic buildings to its involvement in preserving public green spaces and addressing other large-scale urban issues.".
- catalog description "He describes subdivision design innovations and the use of deed restrictions, limits on building heights, and neighborhood zoning protection to control ever-increasing urban growth.".
- catalog description "Holleran concludes that the tools invented for stopping change proved even more powerful for shaping change. New York City drew on Boston's experience to create the first comprehensive zoning ordinance which, by the end of the 1920s, had fundamentally altered the city-building process. As preservationists, environmentalists, and planners today discover common ground, Holleran concludes, they are in effect rediscovering the shared origins of their-separate movements. A history of preservation, real estate development, city planning, and Boston's urban development, Boston's "Changeful Times" will appeal to readers curious to learn more about how and why America's cities came to look the way they do.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-327) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xii, 337 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Boston's "changeful times".".
- catalog identifier "0801857295 (hdbk., acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0801866448 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "9780801857294 (hdbk., acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Boston's "changeful times".".
- catalog isPartOf "Creating the North American landscape".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Boston's "changeful times".".
- catalog spatial "Boston (Mass.) History.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Boston".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Boston.".
- catalog subject "974.4/61 21".
- catalog subject "City planning Massachusetts Boston History.".
- catalog subject "F73.37 .H5 1998".
- catalog subject "Historic buildings Conservation and restoration Massachusetts Boston.".
- catalog subject "Historic preservation Massachusetts Boston.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Boston's "changeful times" : origins of preservation & planning in America / Michael Holleran.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".