Lost Boston - Hardcover

Kay, Jane Holtz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395276098 ISBN 13: 9780395276099

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1980

Synopsis

Photographs document homes, mansions, theaters, museums, office buildings, factories, and churches in Boston that have been torn down or destroyed by fire

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"An elegant architectural history, excellently illustrated."--Washington Post

"Earns a place on the short shelf of indispensable books about the architecture and physical form of Boston."--Boston Globe

"Not just another historical picture book, this is a remarkable narrative of Boston 's evolution. Kay's lively, well-researched text opens to view the many new environments that Boston assimilated while holding to old ideals. Various attempts at shaping the city by leveling hills, filling tidal estuaries, and widening and straightening crooked streets are displayed in the excellent reproductions of more than 350 rare photographs that supplement the text. . . . The author also documents the development of three centuries of architectural styles, many of which are only preserved through the medium of photographs. Kay vividly describes the Puritans' City upon a Hill of 1630-1680, the Granite in Athens of 1820-1850, and the New Land of 1850-1870, among other equally absorbing themes. Highly recommended."--Library Journal

About the Author:

Jane Holtz Kay is the architecture critic for both THE NATION and THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, and the author of ASPHALT NATION and LOST BOSTON. She lives in Boston.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0395276098
• ISBN 13: 9780395276099
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304