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Robert Gould Shaw Memorial

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Image of memorial located in Boston Commons

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Post office square parking garage, Boston, Massachusetts

This letter from January 1984 by service consulting firm Wilbur Smith and Associates describes the functional obsolescence of the aging Parking Garage 3 structure in Boston's Post Office Square. Topics include garage use and negative traffic impact…

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A new plan of ye great town of Boston in New England in America, with the many additionall buildings & new streets to the year 1743

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Map of the North End in 1743

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Detail of 1743 map of Boston by William Price, showing the North End and vicinity.

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Christopher Columbus Statue through the Portico

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A Statue of Christopher Columbus erected in 1970 centered in the covered portico in the Christopher Columbus Park. Behind it, the "Joe's" sign of the 1960s chain Joe's Restaurant and Grill, which opened this location in 1985, is centered as well in…