Charles Street Jail Architecture

Author : Joseph McMaster
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439654323

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Charles Street Jail by Joseph McMaster Pdf

In nearly a century and a half of continuous use, Boston’s Charles Street Jail was a bustling crossroads where the famous and infamous rubbed elbows. Everyone from Whitey Bulger to a captured German U-boat captain to a future mayor of Boston—to name just a few—served time there. When it opened in 1851, the Charles Street Jail was hailed as a model for the humanitarian treatment of prisoners. Over time, though, as the jail grew increasingly outmoded, its name became virtually synonymous with corruption, misery, and overcrowding. In a landmark legal case in 1973, the courts ordered the jail closed, finding its conditions so bad they violated inmates’ constitutional rights. After sitting vacant and deteriorating for many years, the magnificent, historic granite structure recently gained a new lease on life when it was renovated and transformed into a luxury hotel. Today, the building welcomes guests of a sort the old clientele could scarcely have imagined.

Author : John Rochester Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Prisons
ISBN : COLUMBIA:AR53617118

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The History of Prison Architecture by John Rochester Thomas Pdf

Author : Timothy M. Burke
Publisher : Steerforth
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781586421540

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The Paradiso Files by Timothy M. Burke Pdf

In this bold and suspenseful true-crime story, former homicide prosecutor Timothy M. Burke makes his case against one Leonard Paradiso. Lenny “The Quahog” was convicted of assaulting one young woman and paroled after three years, but Burke believes that he was guilty of much more – that Paradiso was a serial killer who operated in the Boston area, and maybe farther afield, for nearly fifteen years, assaulting countless young women and responsible for the deaths of as many as seven. Burke takes the reader inside the minds of prosecutors, police investigators, and one very dangerous man who thought he had figured out how to rape and murder and get away with it. The Paradiso Files generated headlines when first published in February 2008. Nine days later, Paradiso died at the age of sixty-five without commenting on any of Burke’s accusations, including that he murdered Joan Webster, a Harvard graduate student who disappeared from Logan Airport in 1981. Boston-area prosecutors announced in September 2008 that Burke’s revelations had led them to reopen the unsolved murder cases of three young women – Melodie Stankiewicz, Holly Davidson, and Kathy Williams. There were “too many similarities between the individual cases to ignore,” a prosecutor involved in the new investigation said. Burke’s account leaves little doubt that Paradiso’s deeds should go down in infamy, alongside those of the Boston Strangler.

Author : Bainbridge Bunting
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0674372913

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Harvard by Bainbridge Bunting Pdf

This history of Harvard's architecture examines the Federal architecture of Charles Bulfinch, H.H. Richardson's Romanesque buildings, the Imperial manner reflected in Widener Library, and the work of other architects such as Charles McKim, Gropius and Le Corbusier.

Author : DK Eyewitness
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781465491213

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DK Eyewitness Top 10 New England by DK Eyewitness Pdf

With its stunning coastline, mountain wilderness, historic cities, charming seaside towns and famously fresh lobster, New England packs a serious punch. Your DK Eyewitness Top 10 travel guide ensures you'll find your way around New England with absolute ease. Our newly updated Top 10 travel guide breaks down the best of New England into helpful lists of ten - from our own selected highlights to the best museums and historic sites, places to eat, shops and events. You'll discover: - Eight easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day-trip, a weekend, or a week - Detailed Top 10 lists of New England's must-sees, including detailed breakdowns of historic Boston, Mount Desert Island, Cape Cod, Newport, the White Mountains, the Litchfield Hills, the Green Mountains, Portland and Casco Bay, the Lakes Region and the Berkshires - New England's most interesting areas, with the best places for shopping, going out, and sightseeing - Inspiration for different things to enjoy during your trip - including children's activities and things to do for free - Streetsmart advice: get ready, get around, and stay safe DK Eyewitness Top 10s have been helping travellers to make the most of their breaks since 2002. Staying for longer and looking for a more comprehensive guide? Try our DK Eyewitness New England or DK Eyewitness USA.

Author : DK Travel
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781465466365

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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide USA by DK Travel Pdf

Explore the beautiful USA. From the Empire State Building to the Golden Gate bridge, this DK travel guide has you covered and will take you to the best places in the United States. From top restaurants, bars, and clubs to standout scenic sites and walks, our insider tips are sure to make your trip outstanding. Whether you're looking for unique and interesting shops and markets, or seeking the best venues for music and nightlife, we have entertainment and hotel recommendations for every budget covered in our Eyewitness Travel Guide. Discover DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: USA. + Detailed itineraries and "don't-miss" destination highlights at a glance. + Illustrated cutaway 3-D drawings of important sights. + Floor plans and guided visitor information for major museums. + Guided walking tours, local drink and dining specialties to try, things to do, and places to eat, drink, and shop by area. + Area maps marked with sights. + Detailed city maps include street finder indexes for easy navigation. + Insights into history and culture to help you understand the stories behind the sights. + Hotel and restaurant listings highlight DK Choice special recommendations. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: USA truly shows you the US like no one else can.

Author : Manuel Jorge Rodrigues Couceiro da Costa,Filipa Roseta,Joana Pestana Lages,Susana Couceiro da Costa
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1267 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351849586

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Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges by Manuel Jorge Rodrigues Couceiro da Costa,Filipa Roseta,Joana Pestana Lages,Susana Couceiro da Costa Pdf

The escalating interdependecy of nations drives global geopolitics to shift ever more quickly. Societies seem unable to control any change that affects their cities, whether positively or negatively. Challenges are global, but solutions need to be implemented locally. How can architectural research contribute to the future of our changing society? How has it contributed in the past? The theme of the 10th EAAE/ARCC International Conference, “Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges”, was set to address these questions. This book, Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges, includes reviewed papers presented in June 2016, at the 10th EAAE/ARCC International Conference, which was held at the facilities of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon. The papers have been further divided into the following five sub-themes: a Changing Society; In Transit – Global Migration; Renaturalization of the City; Emerging Fields of Architectural Practice; and Research on Architectural Education. The EAAE/ARCC International Conference, held under the aegis of the EAAE and of the ARCC, is a conference organized every other year, in collaboration with one of the member schools/ universities of those associations, alternatively in North America or in Europe.

Author : Manuel Jorge Rodrigues Couceiro da Costa,Filipa Roseta,Susana Couceiro da Costa,Joana Pestana Lages
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351652650

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Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges Volume 2 by Manuel Jorge Rodrigues Couceiro da Costa,Filipa Roseta,Susana Couceiro da Costa,Joana Pestana Lages Pdf

The EAAE/ARCC International Conference, held under the aegis of the EAAE (European Association for Architectural Education) and of the ARCC (Architectural Research Centers Consortium), is a conference organized every other year, in collaboration with one of the member schools / universities of those associations, alternatively in North America or in Europe. The EAAE/ARCC Conferences began at the North Carolina State University College of Design, Raleigh with a conference on Research in Design Education (1998); followed by conferences in Paris (2000), Montreal (2002), Dublin (2004), Philadelphia (2006), Copenhagen (2008), Washington (2010), Milan (2012) and Honolulu (2014). The conference discussions focus on research experiences in the field of architecture and architectural education, providing a critical forum for the dissemination and engagement of current ideas from around the world.

Author : Hugh Howard
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780802159243

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Architects of an American Landscape by Hugh Howard Pdf

A dual portrait of America’s first great architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, and her finest landscape designer, Frederick Law Olmsted—and their immense impact on America As the nation recovered from a cataclysmic war, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the built and natural world around them through their pioneering work in architecture and landscape design. Frederick Law Olmsted is widely revered as America’s first and finest parkmaker and environmentalist, the force behind Manhattan’s Central Park, Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, Biltmore’s parkland in Asheville, dozens of parks across the country, and the preservation of Yosemite and Niagara Falls. Yet his close friend and sometime collaborator, Henry Hobson Richardson, has been almost entirely forgotten today, despite his outsized influence on American architecture—from Boston’s iconic Trinity Church to Chicago’s Marshall Field Wholesale Store to the Shingle Style and the wildly popular “open plan” he conceived for family homes. Individually they created much-beloved buildings and public spaces. Together they married natural landscapes with built structures in train stations and public libraries that helped drive the shift in American life from congested cities to developing suburbs across the country. The small, reserved Olmsted and the passionate, Falstaffian Richardson could not have been more different in character, but their sensibilities were closely aligned. In chronicling their intersecting lives and work in the context of the nation’s post-war renewal, Hugh Howard reveals how these two men created original all-American idioms in architecture and landscape that influence how we enjoy our public and private spaces to this day.

Author : DK Eyewitness
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780744089844

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DK Eyewitness Top 10 Boston by DK Eyewitness Pdf

Immerse yourself in one of America’s oldest and most vibrant cities. Boston’s streets are packed with beautiful colonial-era buildings, world-renowned museums, verdant gardens and parks, as well as historic sites which have enshrined the city as the cradle of American history. Your DK Eyewitness Top 10 travel guide ensures you’ll find your way around Boston with absolute ease. Our newly updated Top 10 travel guide breaks down the best of Boston into helpful lists of ten – from our own selected highlights to the best day trips, places to eat, shops and events. You'll discover: • Ten easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day-trip, a weekend, or a week • Detailed Top 10 lists of Boston’s must-sees, including detailed breakdowns of the Freedom Trail, Museum of Science, Boston Common and Public Garden, Harvard University, Newbury Street, the Museum of Fine Arts, Trinity Church, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Charlestown Navy Yard and the New England Aquarium • Boston’s most interesting areas, with the best places for shopping, going out, and sightseeing • Inspiration for different things to enjoy during your trip – including children’s activities, things to do for free and unmissable experiences off the beaten path • A free laminated pull-out map of Boston featuring a subway map, plus eight color neighborhood maps • Streetsmart advice: get ready, get around, and stay safe • A lightweight format perfect for your pocket or bag when you’re on the move DK Eyewitness Top 10s have been helping travelers to make the most of their breaks since 2002. Staying for longer and looking for a more comprehensive guide? Try our DK Eyewitness New England or DK Eyewitness USA.

Author : Steven Conn,Max Page
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812293104

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Building the Nation by Steven Conn,Max Page Pdf

Moving away from the standard survey that takes readers from architect to architect and style to style, Building the Nation: Americans Write About Their Architecture, Their Cities, and Their Landscape suggests a wholly new way of thinking about the history of America's built environment and how Americans have related to it. Through an enormous range of American voices, some famous and some obscure, and across more than two centuries of history, this anthology shows that the struggle to imagine what kinds of buildings and land use would best suit the nation pervaded all classes of Americans and was not the purview only of architects and designers. Some of the nation's finest writers, including Mark Twain, W. E. B. Du Bois, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Lewis Mumford, E. B. White, and John McPhee, are here, contemplating the American way of building. Equally important are those eloquent but little-known voices found in American newspapers and magazines which insistently wondered what American architecture and environmental planning should look like. Building the Nation also insists that American architecture can be understood only as both a result of and a force in shaping American social, cultural, and political developments. In so doing, this anthology demonstrates how central the built environment has been to our definition of what it is to be American and reveals seven central themes that have repeatedly animated American writers over the course of the past two centuries: the relationship of American architecture to European architecture, the nation's diverse regions, the place and shape of nature in American life, the design of cities, the explosion of the suburbs, the power of architecture to reform individuals, and the role of tradition in a nation dedicated to being perennially young.

Author : Patricia Harris
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780756694593

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Top 10 New England by Patricia Harris Pdf

Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK Top 10 New England uses exciting colorful photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful travel. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from avoiding the crowds to finding out the freebies, The DK Top 10 Guides take the work out of planning any trip.

Author : Lonely Planet,Mara Vorhees
Publisher : Lonely Planet
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781743609880

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Lonely Planet Boston by Lonely Planet,Mara Vorhees Pdf

Lonely Planet Boston is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Trace American history along the Freedom Trail, feel the intensity of Red Sox Nation at Fenway Park, or take an enchanting lantern-lit stroll through Beacon Hill; all with your trusted travel companion.

Author : James F. O’Gorman
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780819569691

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Henry Austin by James F. O’Gorman Pdf

Winner of the Historic New England Book Prize (2009) Winner of the Henry-Russell Hitchcock Book Award (2010) Henry Austin's (1804–1891) works receive consideration in books on nineteenth-century architecture, yet no book has focused scholarly attention on his primary achievements in New Haven, Connecticut, in Portland, Maine, and elsewhere. Austin was most active during the antebellum era, designing exotic buildings that have captured the imaginations of many for decades. James F. O'Gorman deftly documents Austin's work during the 1840s and '50s, the time when Austin was most productive and creative, and for which a wealth of material exists. The book is organized according to various building types: domestic, ecclesiastic, public, and commercial. O'Gorman helps to clarify what buildings should be attributed to the architect and comments on the various styles that went into his eclectic designs. Henry Austin is lavishly illustrated with 132 illustrations, including 32 in full color. Three extensive appendices provide valuable information on Austin's books, drawings, and his office.

Author : Mary Melvin Petronella
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1555536050

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Victorian Boston Today by Mary Melvin Petronella Pdf

This lavishly illustrated guidebook to the many distinctive attractions of Boston's Victorian heritage provides the walker and the armchair traveler alike with delightful and enlightening discoveries of the city's remarkable treasure trove of nineteenth-century landmarks and luminaries. Victorian Boston Today, edited by Mary Melvin Petronella for the New England Chapter of the Victorian Society of America, includes a beautifully drawn map for each tour, and contains such features as expanded descriptive captions for the profuse vintage illustrations, telephone numbers and web addresses for sites open to the public, directions between tour sites, information about public transportation, and a wealth of other practical enhancements and tips. From the South End's signature residential squares to the Black Heritage Trail to Jamaica Plain's pastoral landscape, these walking tours vividly recapture the spirit of Victorian Boston. The guidebook will fascinate Boston residents, tourists, and historians, and it will provide inspiration for the active preservation of the city's magnificent buildings and neighborhoods.