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Recent Press

Press for Getting Around Town

The Boston Globe - Boston Public Library asks supporters to come up with new names for MBTA stops

The Huntington News - ‘Getting Around Town’ exhibit shows deep history of Boston transit system

WGBH - What 400 years of Boston transit history tells us about the MBTA’s future

Dorchester Reporter - BPL exhibit lays out role of streetcars in building of modern-day Dorchester

StreetsBlogMASS - New BPL Exhibit Showcases a History of Boston Through Its Transit Maps

Other Recent Press

IIIF Consortium Welcomes Two New Associate Members

Boston.com - Where do you draw the line for Greater Boston?

The Boston Globe - Map quest: At BPL’s Leventhal center, two shows speak to a changing city

Fenway News - BPL Exhibit Explores How Maps Can Reveal Political, Social, and Environmental Meaning

The Boston Globe - We Need Rain: Drought threatens the very foundation of some Boston buildings

The Boston Globe - When Boston gave America some sugar

WBUR - 8 Maps That Explain Boston’s Changing Shoreline

Press for Building Blocks

The Boston Globe - Map quest: At BPL’s Leventhal center, two shows speak to a changing city

Press for Becoming Boston

The Boston Globe - Map quest: At BPL’s Leventhal center, two shows speak to a changing city

Press for More or Less in Common

Fenway News - BPL Exhibit Explores How Maps Can Reveal Political, Social, and Environmental Meaning

The Boston Globe - Maps: What Boston could have looked like

The Boston Globe - At 200, Frederick Law Olmsted continues to shape public space

The Boston Globe - Mapping environmental injustice

Museum Open House

The Huntington News, Northeastern University

WBZ New England Weekend

The Harvard Crimson

WBUR Radio Clip

Boston Globe, The Ticket - Things to do around Boston this weekend

WBUR, 5 things to do this weekend

Press for Bending Lines

WBZ New England Weekend

Harvard Magazine

Boston Sunday Globe, Ideas

CityLab

Press for Atlascope

Boston Business Journal

WBZ Newsradio

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