Conservation in downtown Boston (preliminary study).
Published: 1973
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1973
Subjects: Architecture -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Chronology -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Building Styles.; Development Projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Urban Design.; Historic buildings -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Historic preservation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Planning.; City planning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Development Projects -- Policies.
Description: ...among the purposes of this historic preservation study is to trace the economic origins of Boston's physical growth and the architectural forms which evolved, especially of commercial architecture and to evaluate and to establish a process for evaluating the relative significance of buildings and groups of buildings in the downtown area; describes the area and the study's methodology; includes summary of findings and urban design policies for development project proposals; also includes a section titled "History and Economic Growth: Its Expression in the Downtown Environment", a chronology of building styles and a section titled "System for Evaluation of Historical, Architectural and Visual Content" consisting of a series for forms together with standardized phrases to be used in filling in the forms; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...