Boston - Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library

March 2, 2021
Rachel Mead

Transit History with the BRA

A close look at one of our newly accessible maps on Boston development history

March 9, 2021
Rachel Mead

Showtime in Downtown Boston

Tonight we’re diving into our recently digitized Boston Redevelopment Authority Collection with a Map Show and Tell event—here’s a sneak peek of a map that we’ll look at

January 28, 2021
Garrett Dash Nelson and Lauren Chen

A new view into urban renewal in Boston

Announcing 124 newly-digitized objects from the Boston Redevelopment Authority Collection

April 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.

March 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.

December 3, 2025
Kate Lautenbach

Dating every building in Boston

Why tax assessments are actually interesting

March 4, 2021
Garrett Dash Nelson

Making water into gold

How much of Boston’s present-day property value would have been underwater in 1630?

October 21, 2022
Tess D. McCann

Always Devoted to Such Use: Sacrifice Zones and Storage on the Boston-Revere Border

A new logistics center in Revere tells a familiar story and poses the question: how inextricable is land use from the land itself?

March 4, 2023
Amy Finstein, Emily Marino, Owen Kenney, Kathleen McCarthy, Julia Clarke, and Maggie Hartnett

New Stories From Before Displacement: An Urban History

Undergraduates at the College of the Holy Cross used Atlascope to research the buildings and landscapes of Boston that were destroyed by the Central Artery

June 1, 2023
Patricio Pino

Mapping 250 Years of Poetry in Boston

Explore the striking work and lives of some of the poets who have been inspired by the communities of Boston, across the city’s landscapes, and throughout its long history.