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Exploring Boston’s historic maps

Common Boston

Saturday, June 23, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (EDT)

Boston, MA

Exploring Boston’s historic maps

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Join us as Alex Krieger FAIA, professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, discusses Boston’s development and morphology through various illustrated historic maps in the new Leventhal Map Center. This space opened last year with the mission of using the Boston Public Library’s permanent collection of 200,000 maps and 5,000 atlases, and a select group of rare maps collected by Norman B. Leventhal.

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Boston Public Library in Copley Square
700 Boylston Street
Leventhal Map Center
Boston, MA 02116

Saturday, June 23, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (EDT)


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Common Boston

Common Boston (commonboston.org) Is a volunteer organization and committee of the Boston Society of Architects. Our Mission is to open up Boston in celebration of architecture and design in our neighborhoods, generating dialogue between designers and the public to create a more sustainable, equitable, creative, and inspiring urban environment.

During Common Boston Week 2013: May 30 - June 09 we will explore Boston through open tours, interactive events and discussion forums.

Most events are free and open to the public.

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