Der größte Teil Bostons wurde auf Grundstücken errichtet, die 1630 noch nicht existierten
Von vladgrinch
Der größte Teil Bostons wurde auf Grundstücken errichtet, die 1630 noch nicht existierten
Von vladgrinch
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Expansion accelerated in the 18th and especially 19th centuries. Material taken from nearby hills, including Beacon Hill, was used to fill in the surrounding shallows. Entire neighborhoods like Back Bay and the South End were built this way, adding thousands of acres and reshaping the city.
Today, roughly half of central Boston sits on reclaimed land, turning what was once a small peninsula into a much larger and continuous city.
Imagine having oceanfront property and the city just says „Sorry buddy, we are moving the ocean down a few blocks“
Bostonians are spirituality Dutch.
So what happens if there’s an earthquake?
Thank you! This really threw me for a loop when maps of Boston were shown during Ken Burns’ Revolutionary War doc.
Knowing how much better of a harbor it used to be makes its early prominence more understandable
The North End and Charlestown are still separated by the Charles River. This map has greyed out a portion of the river for some reason.
This is actually why Boston’s layout makes a bit more sense. (A bit more sense, not a lot more sense.) Many of the streets were built in a rough grid that paralleled the harbor. It was just such an oddly-shaped peninsula. Then, when they infilled, they built each section with its own internal logic instead of following the logic of downtown.