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1977
GUSN-169855
The Blackstone Block occupies almost two-and-a-half acres behind Boston's City Hall. It contains one of the last remaining fragments of Boston's original 17th-century street pattern and represents more than 300 years of Boston's development. This article looks at the block and the challenge of preserving it for the future.
Article ID 236
SC001
Old-Time New England
SC001.1977.068.249.002
The Blackstone Block occupies almost two-and-a-half acres behind Boston's City Hall. It contains one of the last remaining fragments of Boston's original 17th-century street pattern and represents more than 300 years of Boston's development. This article looks at the block and the challenge of preserving it for the future.
Volume 68, Number 249 (Summer/Fall, 1977)
Miguel Gomez-Ibanez (Author)
(1977). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
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Boston, Mass.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Old Time New England
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