Lost Boston

Name: Lost Boston
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ISBN: 9781558495272

ISBN-10: 1558495274

ISBN-13: 9781558495272

Edition: 3rd 2006 (Expanded)

Authors: Jane Holtz Kay, Jane Holtz Kay

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An expanded and updated edition of a classic work of architectural history, described by the Washington Post as "an elegant architectural history, excellently illustrated." The author is architecture/planning critic for The Nation.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Publication date: 3/23/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 2.112
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. vii
A Personal Preface	p. ix
The City Upon a Hill, 1630-1680	p. 1
Portfolio: State of Mind	p. 10
Spires to God
Schools and Universities
Geography Is Destiny, 1680-1730	p. 25
Portfolio: The Sway of the Land	p. 32
Viewing the City
Crooked and Narrow Streets
Growth to Independence, 1730-1780	p. 41
Portfolio: Landscape of Revolution	p. 54
Federalist Foundations, 1780-1800	p. 63
Portfolio: To Market, to Market	p. 72
Down to the Sea in Ships and Wharves
Houses of Commerce
Splendors by the Shovelful, 1800-1820	p. 93
Portfolio: Shaping the City	p. 106
Heroic Acts of Landscape
Urban Squares and Enclaves
The Seemly Row
Granite in Athens, 1820-1850	p. 127
Portfolio: City as Celebration	p. 148
Deck the Halls, Walls, and Wayfares
Streets for People
Arts and Entertainment
New Land, 1850-1870	p. 169
Portfolio: Magnificence for the Municipality	p. 188
Landscape of Reform and Charity
Houses of Hospitality
Public Buildings
The City Afire, 1870-1880	p. 207
Portfolio: The Flaming Landscape	p. 222
The Greening of Boston, 1880-1900	p. 229
Portfolio: Planting the City	p. 252
A Delight of Gardens
Riding the Rails
More Stately Mansions
Muted Hurrahs, 1900-1930	p. 271
Portfolio: God Was in the Details	p. 286
The Building as Billboard
Art of Adornment
Epilogue from a Fin-de-Siecle City	p. 295
Portfolio: The Lost City	p. 299
The Saved City
The Endangered City
Picture Credits	p. 328
Selected Bibliography	p. 332
Index	p. 333
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