Boston: An Urban Analysis PL 216

Boston History and Institutions

Boston Society of Architects, Architecture Boston
Campbell and Vanderwarker, Cityscapes of Boston
Handlin, Boston Immigrants
Harrell & Smith, Victorian Boston Today
Herndon, Boston Today (1892)
*Kaye, Lost Boston
King, Handbook of Boston
Kozol, Death at an Early Age
Krum, Three Deckers in Dorchester
O'Connor The Boston Irish
O'Connor Fitzpatrick's Boston - 1846-1866
*Lukas, Common Ground
Schray, Village School Downtown
Seasholes, Gaining Ground: A History of Landmaking in Boston
Tucci, Built in Boston: City and Suburb, 1800 - 2000
Warner, Streetcar Suburbs
Warner, The Urban Wilderness
Warner, The Way We Really Live
Whitehill, Boston, A Topographical History
*Zaitzevsky, Olmsted

 

Local Flavor

Curley, I'd Do It Again
*Beatty, The Rascal King
Dineen, The Purple Shamrock
Elle, Not So Long Ago, Oral Histories
*Hagland, Inventing the Charles River

Halpert, Brahmins & Bullyboys

*Krieger and Cobb, Mapping Boston
Marquad, The Late George Apley
*O'Connor, The Last Hurrah

General Cities

Bloomer & Moore, Body, Memory, and Architecture
Branch, An Atlas of Rare City Maps - Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842

Burns, New York

Caro, The Power Broker

Clay, Close-Up
Fishman, Urban Utopias in the 20th Century
Goetz, Understanding Neighborhood Change
Jacobs, Cities and the Wealth of Nations
Jacobs, The Economy of Cities
Kotter, Neighborhood Government
Kowinski, The Malling of America
Le Corbusier, The City of Tomorrow and Its Planning
Lynch, Image of the City
* Miller, Central Park, An AmericanMasterpiece
Mumford, The Culture of Cities
Whyte, City: Rediscovering the Center

* Personal Favorites

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