Jamaica Park and Bussey Farm Parkway : West Roxbury district

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Jamaica Park and Bussey Farm Parkway

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Title:
Jamaica Park and Bussey Farm Parkway : West Roxbury district
Description:
Boston’s largest body of fresh water, Jamaica Pond had long served both as a recreation spot and water source for the city. To Olmsted, the pond was a natural setting for a park, describing it in 1882 as “a natural sheet of water, with quiet, graceful shores, rear banks of varied elevation and contour, for the most part shaded by a fine natural forest-growth.” Unlike other parks in the Emerald Necklace, Olmsted did relatively little to alter the terrain. Shown here, Jamaica Park connects to the Necklace by two parkways: Jamaicaway to the north, and Arborway, formerly Bussey Farm Parkway.
Creator:
Boston (Mass.). Park Commissioners
Date:
1876
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Parks--Massachusetts--Boston--Jamaica Plain--Maps
Jamaica Plain (Boston, Mass.)--Maps
Places:
Suffolk (county) > Boston > Jamaica Plain
Extent:
1 map : col. ; 37 x 54 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Boston, Mass : [s.n.]
Scale:
Scale 1:4,800.
Language:
English
Notes:
Oriented with north toward the upper left.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "Breathing Room: Mapping Boston's Green Spaces" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2018.
Identifier:
06_01_003911
Call #:
G3764.B6:2J3 1876 .B67
Barcode:
39999059002640