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Aspinwall Hill

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159108_sv.jpg

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1.05 MB

Format

JPEG

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Creator(s)
planner: original plan by Frederick Law Olmsted (American, 1822-1903), planner: revised plan by Ernest W. Bowditch (American, active 1891-1899), developer: Aspinwall Hill Land Company (American, active late 19th century)
Time period
creation date: Olmsted plan, 1880, creation date: Bowditch plan, 1883, creation date: Aspinwall Hill Land Company plan, 1885
Location
Site: Brookline (Massachusetts, United States)
Cultural context
American
Description
Curving road layout to accommodate hill site and earlier plan for hilltop park.
general view, lawn furniture and kiddie pool, 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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