Figure 121
Plan of the Back Bay Fens, showing progress of work to December 31, 1885
(William Jackson, City Engineer).

Figure 30
Back Bay and Parker Hill parks with connecting parkways as proposed by the Boston park commissioners, 1876.

President of sewers, held probably in November 1878, proved helpful, and Olmsted continued to consult

"Proposed Improvement of Back Bay" (Figure 31).¹²
The lithographed plan shows a wiggling water-

Figure 49 (top)
General plan for the sanitary improvement of Muddy River by F. L. Olmsted, 1881.

Figure 50 (bottom)
Olmsted's revised plan for the Muddy River Improvement, as published in 1892.