Lost Boston

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". . . by far the best of this crop of city hooks, an elegant architectural history, excellently illustrated. . ."
— Washington Post
Lost Boston is a visual feast, an eloquent appeal for the presentation of an architectural heritage, and an eminently readable history of a remarkable city's physical development.
In the tradition of Lost New York and Lost Chicago, lane Holtz Kay has created a book that brings history to life. An engaging text supplemented by over 300 rare photographs and prints imaginatively traces Boston's evolution from the barren swamp peninsula settled by the colonists to the familiar metropolis of today. Those who literally created Boston through the years—from architects like Charles Bulfinch and H. H. Richardson and parks wizard Frederick Law Olmsted to politicians like mayors lames Curley and John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald—are masterfully brought to life, and the lavish photographs and line drawings will fascinate every reader.
"Lost Boston earns a place... Tovább

Fülszöveg

". . . by far the best of this crop of city hooks, an elegant architectural history, excellently illustrated. . ."
— Washington Post
Lost Boston is a visual feast, an eloquent appeal for the presentation of an architectural heritage, and an eminently readable history of a remarkable city's physical development.
In the tradition of Lost New York and Lost Chicago, lane Holtz Kay has created a book that brings history to life. An engaging text supplemented by over 300 rare photographs and prints imaginatively traces Boston's evolution from the barren swamp peninsula settled by the colonists to the familiar metropolis of today. Those who literally created Boston through the years—from architects like Charles Bulfinch and H. H. Richardson and parks wizard Frederick Law Olmsted to politicians like mayors lames Curley and John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald—are masterfully brought to life, and the lavish photographs and line drawings will fascinate every reader.
"Lost Boston earns a place on the short shelf of indispensable books about the architecture and physical form of Boston "
—Boston Globe
". . . photographs you want to reach out and touch."
—Boston Phoenix
"A remarkable narrative of Boston's evolution. . . Highly recommended."
— Library /ournal
Lifelong Bostonian JANE HOLTZ KAY is currently architecture critic for both
The Christian Science Monitor and The Nation.
ISBN 0-395-32133-6
978039532133190000 Vissza