Boston's Back Bay in the Victorian Era
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Publisher Description
The Back Bay was one of Boston's premier residential neighborhoods between 1837 and 1901. From its quagmire beginnings and with the creation of the Boston Public Garden in the 1830s, the Back Bay was envisioned as an urbane and sophisticated streetscape of stone and brick row houses. The major center of the neighborhood became Art Square, now known as Copley Square, which was surrounded by Trinity Church, New Old South Church, Second Church of Boston, the Boston Public Library, and S.S. Pierce and Company. With images of swan boats and architectural delights, Boston's Back Bay in the Victorian Era illuminates a particularly vibrant period in this intriguing and relatively new neighborhood's past.
Customer Reviews
Very well done
Since starting a novel that takes place in Boston in the 1880s, I've been on the hunt for pictorial journals of the Back Bay and Cambridge. This particular book really filled my needs. The photographs, taking place in the early 1880s of the public garden and the townhouses in the exclusive neighborhoods of the Back Bay were exactly what fitted into the scenes that have already materialized in my mind for my characters. This book just provided the actual picture evidence to fill in what my imagination lacked. And because I am physically disabled, I cannot take a trip into Boston and see things for myself.