Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/008940587/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 39 of
39
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract ""Two hundred years ago the Charles was a tidal river, edged by hundreds of acres of salt marshes and mudflats. Inventing the Charles River describes how, before the creation of the basin could begin, the river first had to be imagined as a single public space. The new esplanades along the river changed the way Bostonians perceived their city: and the basin, with its expansive views of Boston and Cambridge, became an iconic image of the metropolis." "The book focuses on the precarious balance between transportation planning and the stewardship of the public realm. Long before the esplanades were realized, great swaths of the river were given over to industrial enterprises and transportation - millponds, bridges, landfills, and a complex network of road and railway bridges. In 1929, Boston's first major highway controversy erupted when a four-lane road was proposed as part of a new esplanade. At twenty-year intervals, three riverfront road disputes followed, successively more discordant and complex, culminating in the lawsuits over "Scheme Z," the Big Dig's plan for eighteen lanes of highway ramps and bridges over the river. More than four hundred photographs, maps, and drawings illustrate past and future visions for the Charles and document the river's place in Boston's history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12555869.
- catalog contributor b12555870.
- catalog coverage "Boston Region (Mass.) History.".
- catalog coverage "Charles River (Mass.) History.".
- catalog coverage "Charles River Valley (Mass.) History.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Two hundred years ago the Charles was a tidal river, edged by hundreds of acres of salt marshes and mudflats. Inventing the Charles River describes how, before the creation of the basin could begin, the river first had to be imagined as a single public space. The new esplanades along the river changed the way Bostonians perceived their city: and the basin, with its expansive views of Boston and Cambridge, became an iconic image of the metropolis." "The book focuses on the precarious balance between transportation planning and the stewardship of the public realm. Long before the esplanades were realized, great swaths of the river were given over to industrial enterprises and transportation - millponds, bridges, landfills, and a complex network of road and railway bridges. In 1929, Boston's first major highway controversy erupted when a four-lane road was proposed as part of a new esplanade. At twenty-year intervals, three riverfront road disputes followed, successively more discordant and complex, culminating in the lawsuits over "Scheme Z," the Big Dig's plan for eighteen lanes of highway ramps and bridges over the river. More than four hundred photographs, maps, and drawings illustrate past and future visions for the Charles and document the river's place in Boston's history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Renata von Tscharner -- Earth Work -- The Science of City Building -- A Water Park -- The Emerald Metropolis -- Damming the Basin -- The Colleges and the Esplanades -- Highways and Park Ways -- The Lost Half Mile -- The Big Dig -- Crossing the Charles -- Urban Visions and the Future of the River -- Views from the River.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-450) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 493 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Inventing the Charles River.".
- catalog identifier "0262083078 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Inventing the Charles River.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. ; London, England : MIT Press,".
- catalog relation "Inventing the Charles River.".
- catalog spatial "Boston Region (Mass.) History.".
- catalog spatial "Charles River (Mass.) History.".
- catalog spatial "Charles River Valley (Mass.) History.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Boston Region".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Charles River Valley".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Charles River".
- catalog subject "333.78/45/097444 21".
- catalog subject "City and town life Massachusetts Charles River Valley History.".
- catalog subject "City planning Massachusetts Boston Region History.".
- catalog subject "F72.C46 H33 2003".
- catalog subject "Landscape Social aspects Massachusetts Charles River Valley History.".
- catalog subject "Landscapes Social aspects Massachusetts Charles River Valley History.".
- catalog subject "River engineering Massachusetts Charles River History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Renata von Tscharner -- Earth Work -- The Science of City Building -- A Water Park -- The Emerald Metropolis -- Damming the Basin -- The Colleges and the Esplanades -- Highways and Park Ways -- The Lost Half Mile -- The Big Dig -- Crossing the Charles -- Urban Visions and the Future of the River -- Views from the River.".
- catalog title "Inventing the Charles River / Karl Haglund.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".