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Book Title
Hub's Metropolis : Greater Boston's Development from Railroad Suburbs to Smart Growth
Publication Name
The Hub's Metropolis
Title
The Hub's Metropolis
Subtitle
Greater Boston's Development from Railroad Suburbs to Smart Growt
Author
James C. O'Connell
Contributor
Albert LaFarge (Contributions by)
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
0262545861
EAN
9780262545860
ISBN
9780262545860
Publisher
MIT Press
Genre
Architecture, Business & Economics, History
Topic
Urban & Land Use Planning, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Economic History
Release Year
2022
Release Date
07/06/2022
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
229mm
Item Length
9in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Type
Landscape
Publication Year
2022
Item Width
7in
Number of Pages
344 Pages

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The evolution of the Boston metropolitan area, from country villages and streetcar suburbs to exurban sprawl and "smart growth." Boston's metropolitan landscape has been two hundred years in the making. From its proto-suburban village centers of 1800 to its far-flung, automobile-centric exurbs of today, Boston has been a national pacesetter for suburbanization. In The Hub's Metropolis , James O'Connell charts the evolution of Boston's suburban development. The city of Boston is compact and consolidated-famously, "the Hub." Greater Boston, however, stretches over 1,736 square miles and ranks as the world's sixth largest metropolitan area. Boston suburbs began to develop after 1820, when wealthy city dwellers built country estates that were just a short carriage ride away from their homes in the city. Then, as transportation became more efficient and affordable, the map of the suburbs expanded. The Metropolitan Park Commission's park-and-parkway system, developed in the 1890s, created a template for suburbanization that represents the country's first example of regional planning. O'Connell identifies nine layers of Boston's suburban development, each of which has left its imprint on the landscape- traditional villages; country retreats; railroad suburbs; streetcar suburbs (the first electric streetcar boulevard, Beacon Street in Brookline, was designed by Frederic Law Olmsted); parkway suburbs, which emphasized public greenspace but also encouraged commuting by automobile; mill towns, with housing for workers; upscale and middle-class suburbs accessible by outer-belt highways like Route 128; exurban, McMansion-dotted sprawl; and smart growth. Still a pacesetter, Greater Boston has pioneered antisprawl initiatives that encourage compact, mixed-use development in existing neighborhoods near railroad and transit stations. O'Connell reminds us that these nine layers of suburban infrastructure are still woven into the fabric of the metropolis. Each chapter suggests sites to visit, from Waltham country estates to Cambridge triple-deckers.

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Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262545861
ISBN-13
9780262545860
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4057236846

Product Key Features

Book Title
Hub's Metropolis : Greater Boston's Development from Railroad Suburbs to Smart Growth
Author
James C. O'Connell
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Urban & Land Use Planning, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Economic History
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Architecture, Business & Economics, History
Number of Pages
344 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
13 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hc108.B65o26 2022
Copyright Date
2013
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2012-029442
Dewey Decimal
330.9744/61
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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