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Pill Hill

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Creator(s)
planner: Frederick Law Olmsted (American, 1822-1903), developer: Edward Southwick Philbrick (American, 1827-1889), developer: Brookline Land Company (active late 19th century)
Time period
creation date: subdivision plan of Philbrick estate, 1870s
Location
Site: Brookline (Massachusetts, United States)
Cultural context
American
Description
Fashionable hillside community with Olmsted-planned enclave sited along loop road.
general view, Irving Street with sign for Maple Street in distance, 1987
Work type
Housing development
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Image
Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by Julie Johnson
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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