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At the beginning of each studio, we will discuss one topic per studio day. You are responsible for completing the readings and being prepared to discuss them. The intention of these discussions is to equip you with the theoretical and place-specific content necessary for you to successfully complete the project.

Readings

1 • Topographic Construction and The Gatehouse

Discuss 1 September

Zaitzevsky, Cynthia. 1982 Frederick Law Olmsted and the Boston Park System. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Ch.1, pp 3-18 and Ch. 4, pp 51-64. SB 483.B73 Z34

Seasholes, Nancy. "Gaining Ground: BostonĚs Topographical Development in Maps," in Mapping Boston, Alex Krieger and David Cobb, eds. 1999. Boston: MIT Press. GA 430 .M36 1999

Further Resources for Readings 1

Whitehill, Walter Muir. 1959. Boston: A Topographical History. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. F 73.3 .W57 1959

Back Bay Boston: The City as a Work of Art. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1969. N 6535 .B7 B75

Krieger, Alex and David Cobb, eds. 1999. Mapping Boston. Boston: MIT Press. GA 430 .M36 1999

Soil Conservation Service. 1989. Soil Survey of Norfolk and Suffolk Counties, Massachusetts.

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