- Sep 24, 2022
- Ezra Acevedo
Olmsted to Airport: East Boston and Urban Development
East Boston was once home to one of Fredrick Law Olmsted's parks, now it contains Logan Airport. How did this neighborhood change?
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- Sep 19, 2022
- Megan Nally
The (unrealized) Metropolitan Master Highway Plan of 1948
The Southwest Expressway and Inner Belt Highway projects were both proposed in the Master Highway Plan for the Boston Metropolitan Area in 1948. Designed to cut through densely-populated areas inside and outside of Boston, both projects were eventually halted and abandoned in the early 1970s.
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- Sep 12, 2022
- Kyler Hoogendoorn-Ecker
Inviting to all: The geography of the Boston Public Schools exam invitation system
In attempts to make the admissions process more equitable, the system for exam school invitations at BPS has changed three times in as many years. How can maps help us make sense of these changes?
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- Sep 2, 2022
- Rachel Sharer
The Spirit of Radio
Explore some new and old radio maps in our collection, and learn a bit about the history of radio communications.
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- Aug 25, 2022
- Garrett Dash Nelson
Surveying all of Massachusetts in the town plans collections
Two digital collections from the Massachusetts Archives capture the micro-scaled geographies of Massachusetts towns in the Early Republic period
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- Aug 19, 2022
- Ezra Acevedo
Mapping depictions of oil
From the ground to the gas pump, oil production poses serious environmental justice concerns.
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- Aug 12, 2022
- Kyler Hoogendoorn-Ecker
Pictorial Maps of Americana
What can pictorial maps from the mid-twentieth century tell us about American identity?
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- Aug 1, 2022
- Emily Bowe
A trip to Vacationland
Travel with us to a land far, far away...just 2 hours up I-95.
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- Jul 18, 2022
- Emily Bowe
Remixing our Climate Ready Boston map
Reflections from the mapmaker...and a chance to remix the map yourself
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- Jul 14, 2022
- Ezra Acevedo
An interview with Ezra Acevedo
An interview with Fall 2022 Northeastern co-op, Ezra Acevedo
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