Lost Boston

Acknowledgments vii A Personal Preface ix The City Upon a Hill, 1630--1680 1(24) Portfolio: State of Mind 10(15) Spires to God Schools and Universities Geography Is Destiny, 1680--1730 25(16) Portfolio: The Sway of the Land 32(9) Viewing the City Crooked and Narrow Streets Growth to Independence, 1730--1780 41(22) Portfolio: Landscape of Revolution 54(9) Federalist Foundations, 1780--1800 63(30) Portfolio: To Market, to Market 72(21) Down to the Sea in Ships and Wharves Houses of Commerce Splendors by the Shovelful, 1800--1820 93(34) Portfolio: Shaping the City 106(21) Heroic Acts of Landscape Urban Squares and Enclaves The Seemly Row Granite in Athens, 1820--1850 127(42) Portfolio: City as Celebration 148(21) Deck the Halls, Walls, and Wayfares Streets for People Arts and Entertainment New Land, 1850--1870 169(38) Portfolio: Magnificence for the Municipality 188(19) Landscape of Reform and Charity Houses of Hospitality Public Buildings The City Afire, 1870--1880 207(22) Portfolio: The Flaming Landscape 222(7) The Greening of Boston, 1880--1900 229(42) Portfolio: Planting the City 252(19) A Delight of Gardens Riding the Rails More Stately Mansions Muted Hurrahs, 1900--1930 271(24) Portfolio: God Was in the Details 286(9) The Building as Billboard Art of Adornment Epilogue from a Fin-de-Siecle City 295(33) Portfolio: The Lost City 299(29) The Saved City The Endangered City Picture Credits 328(4) Selected Bibliography 332(1) Index 333