How many times have we compared the layout of Boston streets to New York’s? How many times have you debated with friends the merits of a convenient grid system versus Boston’s “charming” and “quaint” ...
This story was originally published by Data-Smart City Solutions. The Vision Zero initiative began in Sweden in 1997 with the goal of eliminating fatal traffic and pedestrian accidents, and has since ...
Boston, the capital of Massachusetts and the largest city in New England, features neighborhoods with names and identities that still hold strong to their colonial beginnings. Some neighborhoods began ...
It seems like no one can be impartial when it comes to brutalism — the mid-20th century monumental concrete architecture — in Boston. The buildings remain controversial because they are seen as ...
The City of Boston wants to take steps now to mitigate the disastrous outcomes associated with predicted sea level rise in upcoming decades. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh laid out an ambitious vision for ...
Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, once called Boston’s Emerald Necklace “the most important work of our profession now in hand.” His elegant system of parks tamed the Muddy ...
Preview the 2018 Boston Marathon with course map available in all of the Boston Herald’s online coverage. Check out the landmarks and every twist and turn of course: from the start at Hopkinton Town ...
For almost two years, Boston Public Library intern Rachel Mead helped to create the library’s digital Atlascope. Incorporating historic maps of urban Boston, the tool lets users see how places have ...
How many times have we compared the layout of Boston streets to New York’s? How many times have you debated with friends the merits of a convenient grid system versus Boston’s “charming” and “quaint” ...