Planning the City upon a Hill
Subtitle: Boston Since 1630
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: May 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780870239236
Subjects: City & town planning - architectural aspects; Local history; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Architecture; USA; Planning; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.
First sentence: In 1630 when John Winthrop proclaimed to his fellow passengers aboard the Arbella, "We shall be as a City upon a Hill," he did not have the site of Boston in mind.