Fort Hill
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Creator(s)
landscape architect: park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (American, 1822-1903)
Time period
creation date: first parcel of land subdivided, 1830s, creation date: hilltop fort designed as a park, 1895
Location
Site: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Cultural context
American
Description
Fashionable development featuring fine views, good air, proximity to city. Situated near the only land route to and from Boston.
general view, empty, boarded-up apartment buildings on Highland Street, 1987
Work type
Neighborhood, Housing development
Type
Image
Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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