Boston's "changeful times" : origins of preservation and planning in America
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Boston's "changeful times" : origins of preservation and planning in America
（Creating the North American landscape）
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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In the mid-19th century, American cities underwent intense physical change at a pace seldom seen before or since. The prevailing culture of city building held that change was both inevitable and good. But this view did not go unchallenged. After the Civil War, rapid and unwelcome social transformations undermined the idea that change was necessarily for the better. A growing ideology of home and family valued stability, and thus questioned the ideals of constant environmental change. In Boston, reform-minded citizens tallied the costs of unrestrained change and searched for ways to control growth and create a sense of stability in their city. Their preservationist efforts helped to pioneer new approaches to planning and real estate development that eventually spread from Boston and other key cities to the rest of the nation. "Boston's 'Changeful Times'" chronicles the relationship between historic preservation, planning and the desire for permanence in Boston during the years from 1860 to 1930.
Michael Holleran describes Boston as a city aware of its prominent Puritan and Revolutionary history and proud of its role as a guardian of the past through institutions such as the Athenaeum and the Massachusetts Historical Society. Exploring Bostonians' struggles to save now-famous landmarks such as the Old South Church and Boston Common, Holleran traces the preservation movement's growth from its focus on saving historic buildings to its involvement in preserving public green spaces and addressing other large-scale urban issues. Holleran concludes that the tools invented for "stopping" change proved even more powerful for "shaping" change.
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