Back Bay Complete, 1899

Description

The Back Bay landfill project is nearly finished. A.E. Downs's bird's-eye view shows Boston at the close of the nineteenth century, its land mass roughly doubled from what it was fifty years earlier. The Common and Public Garden sit at the center, with the new Back Bay grid stretching west. The burned district from 1872 has been rebuilt and expanded into a dense commercial waterfront.

The Back Bay's orderly street grid stands against the tangled colonial lanes of the original peninsula. Two centuries of city planning visible at once.
The index of points of interest keyed around the margin, each corresponding to a feature in the drawing.
The harbor. The mix of sailing ships and steamers marks the transition between two eras of maritime commerce.

Design

Every poster is printed on heavyweight 250gsm matte archival paper with a smooth, uncoated finish.

All prints are high-quality reproductions made from museum-grade scans at 300 DPI. Depending on the original scan dimensions, some prints may include white fill along the edges.

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