Inventing the Charles River /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Haglund, Karl
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : MIT Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
City and town life > Massachusetts > Charles River Valley > History.
Landscapes > Social aspects > Massachusetts > Charles River Valley > History.
River engineering > Massachusetts > Charles River > History.
City planning > Massachusetts > Boston Region > History.
River engineering > Massachusetts > Charles River Valley > History.
Vie urbaine > Massachusetts > Charles, Vallée du > Histoire.
Paysages > Aspect social > Massachusetts > Charles, Vallée du > Histoire.
Technologie fluviale > Massachusetts > Charles, Vallée du > Histoire.
Charles (Mass. : Fleuve) > Histoire.
Urbanisme > Massachusetts > Boston, Région de > Histoire.
Technologie fluviale > Massachusetts > Charles (Fleuve) > Histoire.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
City and town life
City planning
Landscapes > Social aspects
River engineering
Charles River (Mass.) > History.
Charles River Valley (Mass.) > History.
Boston Region (Mass.) > History.
Charles, Vallée du (Mass.) > Histoire.
Boston, Région de (Mass.) > Histoire.
Massachusetts > Boston Region
Massachusetts > Charles River
Massachusetts > Charles River Valley
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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