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Virtual Lecture: Boston's Streets Before 1701

Presented by Boston By Foot at Online/Virtual Space

Sep 15 2020
Virtual Lecture: Boston's Streets Before 1701

Public historian and local author Alex Goldfeld will give an illustrated presentation on Boston’s creation and placement of its streets in the 1600s.

Public historian and local author Alex Goldfeld will give an illustrated presentation on Boston’s creation and placement of its streets in the 1600s. He will draw on his graduate research in The History of the Streets of Boston’s North End (2007) to speak about how and why Bostonians added streets to the Shawmut Peninsula. The audience will also see the first official list of streets names, created in 1708, and hear some theories as to why the town’s often colorful street names were ... view more »

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