- Jun 3, 2022
- Rachel Sharer
LMEC Awarded Grant to Support Community History Exhibition
The Leventhal Center has been awarded a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Regional Grant to support a 2023 urban atlas exhibition.
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- May 26, 2022
- Garrett Dash Nelson
Landscapes of visual repetition in "Bird's Eye Cards"
A new map visualization invites you to look at patterns in the landscape as seen from above
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- May 18, 2022
- Anne-Sophie Pratte
A Qing Dynasty Imperial Route Map
Travel alongside the Qianlong Emperor in this interactive tour of a map nearly twenty feet long
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- Apr 26, 2022
- Megan Nally
Celebrating Frederick Law Olmsted
Today—April 26th, 2022—marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted. Join us in celebrating his legacy and contributions to landscapes across the country!
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- Apr 14, 2022
- Megan Nally
Power, paper, and PCBs: An environmental history of the Lower Neponset River
Last month, the EPA announced the addition of the Lower Neponset River to the Superfund National Priorities List—a designation that will provide federal resources for a long-awaited environmental hazard investigation and cleanup project.
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- Mar 24, 2022
- Rachel Sharer
Going Green In Union Square
This past Monday marked the historic opening of the new Union Square stop on the MBTA's Green Line extension. In this article, we unpack the history of Union Square and explore how transit relates to broader social justice issues.
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- Mar 16, 2022
- Mirela Altic
Rediscovering a Map of the Amazon
A 1755 map created by a German Jesuit missionary for the Portuguese Empire casts new light on early European efforts to map the Amazon River valley
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- Mar 10, 2022
- Ian Spangler
Of Odors and Esplanades
When it comes to urban ecological changes, there's more to smell than meets the nose.
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- Feb 25, 2022
- Megan Nally
A focus on Black geographies and cartographies
To recognize Black History Month and acknowledge our commitment to share Black histories year round, we’ve collected a set of materials that reflect on Black historical figures, geographies, and cartographies, as an inspiration for further consideration and research.
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- Jan 31, 2022
- Michelle LeBlanc
Maptivists at the Margarita Muñiz Academy
Our education team spent the first two weeks of January teaching an intersession on critical map literacy to a small group of seniors at the Margarita Muñiz Academy.
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