Building Old Cambridge: Architecture and Development (MIT Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (840 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262034808 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 968 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Richardson, Eleanor Raymond, Carl Koch, and Benjamin Thompson. Based on the city's comprehensive architectural inventory and drawing extensively on primary sources, Building Old Cambridge considers how the social, economic, and political history of Old Cambridge influenced its architecture and urban development.Old Cambridge was famously home to such figures as the proscribed Tories William Brattle and John Vassall; authors Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and William Dean Howells; publishers Charles C. Houghton; developer Gardiner Greene Hubbard, a founder of Bell Telephone; and Charles Eliot, the landscape architect. The authors explore Old Cambridge's architecture and development in the context of its social and economic history; the
Sullivan, a city planner, has been Executive Director of the Cambridge Historical Commission since 1974.. Charles M. Maycock is an architectural historian and Survey Director of the Cambridge Historical Commission. Susan E
The Best Book of Its Kind This book, 20 years in the making, is the definitive volume for this subject. Containing interesting details of history, architecture, personalities, transportation, social aspects of the growth of Old Cambridge and many images never before seen, this book should satisfy anyone deeply in. Beautiful! Wonderful book, very interesting!. Must read! Sandy Eaton Amazingly interesting book! Must read if you are interesting in Cambridge history.
(Boston Globe) . Richly illustrated, including many maps and photographs through time. From the Cambridge Historical Commission's survey director and executive director comes a massive, absorbing, and enthrallingly illustrated volume on the community's evolution -- full of enlightenments. (Harvard Magazine)Comprehensive look at the history and development of Cambridge, which offers historical treasures throughout