Report of the Board of Metropolitan Park Commissioners.

1893

Joint Board on the Improvement of the Charles River. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1893. Written primarily by Charles Eliot Jr., it is reputed to be the first regional planning effort in the U.S. The report proposes creation of a regional park system throughout the Boston Basin that stretches from Cape Ann to the Blue Hills.

Sources
  • O'Connell, James C.
  • Southworth, Susan and Michael
  • Massachusetts Historical Society
  • Haglund, Karl
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