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===Published in the 18th century=== |
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* {{citation |title=Names of the Streets, Lanes & Alleys within the Town of Boston |location=Boston |publisher=Printed by Bartholomew Green |year=1708 |oclc=511023684 }} |
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* {{citation |author=Thomas Pemberton |title=Topographical and Historical Description of Boston |year=1794 }} |
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===Published in the 19th century=== |
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;1800s-1840s |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown |publication-date = 1819 |publication-place = London |title = [[Rees's Cyclopædia|The Cyclopaedia]] |author= Abraham Rees |chapter=Boston |chapterurl= http://archive.org/stream/cyclopaediaorun05rees#page/82/mode/1up }} |
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* {{cite book | author=Caleb H. Snow | title=History of Boston | url=http://books.google.com/?id=7eovZyvw7S8C | location=Boston | publisher=Abel Bowen |year=1828}} |
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* {{Cite book |publisher =William Blackwood |publication-date = 1830 |publication-place = Edinburgh |title = [[Edinburgh Encyclopædia]] |editor=David Brewster |chapter=Boston |chapterurl= http://archive.org/stream/edinburghencyclo03edinuoft#page/772/mode/2up }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Jocelyn, Darling & Co. |publication-place = New York |title = American Advertising Directory, for Manufacturers and Dealers in American Goods |publication-date = 1831 |oclc = 1018684 |chapter=Boston |chapterurl=http://www.archive.org/stream/americanadvertis00newy#page/16/mode/2up }} |
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;1850s-1890s |
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* {{Citation |publisher = C.C. Little and J. Brown |publication-place = Boston |title = Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7063863M/A_municipal_history_of_the_town_and_city_of_Boston_during_two_centuries |author = [[Josiah Quincy III|Josiah Quincy]] |publication-date = 1852 }} |
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* {{cite book |title=Index of Dates ... Facts in the Chronology and History of the World |author= J. Willoughby Rosse |location= London |publisher=[[Henry George Bohn|H.G. Bohn]] |year=1858 |via=Hathi Trust |chapterurl= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030807786?urlappend=%3Bseq=114 |chapter= Boston }} |
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* {{cite book|author=Henry Stevens|title=Catalogue of the American Books in the Library of the British Museum |year=1866|publisher=C. Whittingham at the Chiswick Press |location=London |chapter=Boston |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=SCQBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA71 }} |
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* {{cite journal |title=Boston |author= [[Charles Francis Adams, Jr.]] |journal= North American Review |volume= 106 |year=1868 |pages= 1–25 |url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/chi.25854397?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 |jstor=25108129 }} |
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* {{cite book |title=Bibliotheca Americana |editor=[[Joseph Sabin]] |location= New York |year= 1869 |oclc=13972268 |volume=2 |chapter=Boston |chapterurl= http://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofbook02sabi#page/302/mode/1up }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = D. Appleton and Company |publication-date = 1876 |publication-place = New York |title = Appleton's Illustrated Hand-Book of American Cities |chapter=Boston |chapterurl= http://www.archive.org/stream/appletonsillustr00newy#page/60/mode/2up }} |
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* {{citation |title=Check List for American Local History: Reprinted with Additions from the Bulletins of the Boston Public Library |publisher= Rockwell & Churchill |year= 1876 |author=[[Frederic Beecher Perkins]] |chapter=Boston |chapterurl= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b4524371?urlappend=%3Bseq=18 |pages= 12–33 }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = James R. Osgood and Company |publication-place = Boston |title = Memorial History of Boston |editor = [[Justin Winsor]] |publication-date = 1880–1881 |oclc = 4953409 }} |
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** [http://www.archive.org/stream/memorialhistory01wins#page/n13/mode/2up v.1]: Early and Colonial Periods |
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** [http://www.archive.org/stream/memorialhistory02wins#page/n9/mode/2up v.2]: Provincial Period |
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** [http://www.archive.org/stream/memorialhistory03wins#page/n11/mode/2up v.3]: Revolutionary Period. The Last Hundred Years, Pt.1 |
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** [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1bk1nn56 v.4]: Last Hundred Years, Pt.2. Special topics |
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* {{citation |title=Bulletin of the Boston Public Library |volume=5 |date=September 1883 |chapter=Index of Articles upon American Local History, in Historical Collections in the Boston Public Library: Boston |chapterurl=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101065267914?urlappend=%3Bseq=445 |pages=437–440 }} |
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* {{Citation |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7112253M/Boston_events._A_brief_mention_and_the_date_of_more_than_5_000_events_that_transpired_in_Boston_from |publication-date = 1884 |author = Edward H. Savage |title = Boston Events |publisher=Tolman & White, printers |location=Boston }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Houghton Mifflin |publication-place = Boston |title = The City Wilderness: a Settlement Study |url = http://archive.org/stream/citywildernessse00wood#page/n3/mode/2up |author = South End House |editor=Robert A. Woods |publication-date = 1898 |oclc = 849952 }} |
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===Published in the 20th century=== |
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;1900s-1940s |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Reform Club |publication-place = New York |series=Municipal Affairs |edition=2nd |author = Robert C. Brooks |title= Bibliography of Municipal Problems and City Conditions |publication-date = 1901 |volume=5 |oclc=1855351 |chapter=Boston |chapterurl= http://archive.org/stream/bibliographyofmu00broorich#page/26/mode/1up}} |
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* {{cite book |title=[[Chambers's Encyclopaedia]] |location=London |chapterurl= http://archive.org/stream/chamberssency02lond#page/344/mode/1up |chapter=Boston |year=1901 }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Municipal Print. Office |publication-place = Boston |title = Population and finances of Boston |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6912929M/The_population_and_finances_of_Boston. |author = Frederick Harold Fay |publication-date = 1901 |oclc = 6055315 }} |
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* {{cite journal |title=Boston |author= [[Henry James]] |journal= North American Review |volume= 182 |year=1906 |pages= 333–355 |url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/chi.16251213?urlappend=%3Bseq=333 |jstor=25105534 }} |
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* {{Citation | publisher = K. Baedeker | publication-place = Leipzig | edition = 4th | title = United States | publication-date = 1909 | oclc = 02338437 |chapter=Boston |chapterurl= http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedstateswith00karl#page/252/mode/2up |pages=253–274 }} |
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*{{citation |work= Records Relating to the Early History of Boston |title= Selectmen Minutes 1818–1822 |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=olMMAAAAYAAJ |publisher=City of Boston | year=1909}} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = City of Boston |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL14037282M/A_record_of_the_streets_alleys_places_etc._in_the_city_of_Boston |title = A Record of the Streets, Alleys, Places, Etc., in the City of Boston |publication-date = 1910 }} |
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* {{cite book|editor=William Dwight Porter Bliss and Rudolph Michael Binder |title= New Encyclopedia of Social Reform |year=1910 |publisher=Funk & Wagnalls |location=New York |chapter=Boston |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=z4czAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA124 |pages=124–126 |author=Robert A. Woods }} |
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* {{Citation |title = Personality of American Cities |author=[[Edward Hungerford (author)|Edward Hungerford]] |publication-date = 1913 |publisher = McBride, Nast & Company |location =New York |chapter=Our Ancient Hub |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=xy5CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 }} |
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* {{cite book|editor = [[Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin]] and [[Albert Bushnell Hart]] |title=Cyclopedia of American Government|year=1914|publisher=D. Appleton and Company |chapter=Boston |chapterurl= http://archive.org/stream/cyclopediaofamer01mcla#page/146/mode/2up |volume=1 }} |
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*{{cite book |author=[[Edwin Monroe Bacon]] | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-YR5aY_o5ygC | title= Book of Boston: Fifty Years' Recollections of the New England Metropolis | year=1916 | publisher=Pilgrim Press | location=Boston}} |
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* {{cite book |title=[[Automobile Blue Book]] |year=1917 |publisher=Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co. |location=New York |chapter=Boston |chapterurl= http://archive.org/stream/OfficialAutomobileBlueBook/officialautomobilebluebook1917-02#page/n329/mode/2up }} |
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* {{cite book|author1=Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth|author2=Stephen Elliott Kramer|title=Great Cities of the United States |year=1922|publisher=Iroquois Publishing Company |location=Syracuse, New York |chapter=Boston |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=Jb9EAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA141 }} |
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* {{cite book |url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/mastatelibrary/sets/72157634974482238/ |title= Atlas of the City of Boston |publisher= G.W. Bromley & Co. |year= 1928 |via=[[State Library of Massachusetts]] }} |
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* {{cite journal |title=The Genesis of Boston |journal=[[The Atlantic]] |volume=156 |year=1935 |author=[[S. Foster Damon]] |url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1935/10/the-genesis-of-boston/304381/ }} |
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* {{cite book |url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mastatelibrary/sets/72157634969569499/ |title= Atlas of the City of Boston |publisher= G.W. Bromley & Co. |year= 1938 |via=[[State Library of Massachusetts]] }} |
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;1950s-1970s |
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* {{Citation |publisher = MIT Press |publication-place = Cambridge, Massachusetts |title = Image of the City |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL5795447M/The_Image_of_the_City |author = [[Kevin A. Lynch|Kevin Lynch]] |publication-date = 1960 |chapter=Boston |page=16+ |ol=5795447M }} |
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* {{Citation |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24149173M/A_report_on_the_existing_industrial_crisis_in_the_city_of_Boston_(an_analysis_of_the_problems_with_r) |publication-date = 1964 |author = Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce |title = Report on the existing industrial crisis in the city of Boston }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Barre Publishers |publication-place = Barre, Massachusetts |title = Boston: Portrait of a City |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL5912910M/Boston_portrait_of_a_city. |author = [[Walter Muir Whitehill]] |publication-date = 1964 |ol=5912910M }} |
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* Henretta, J.A. (1965) "Economic Development and Social Structure in Colonial Boston", ''The William and Mary Quarterly'' 22(1): 75-92. |
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* {{cite book |author=Martin Green |title= Problem of Boston |oclc=1016725 |publisher= W.W. Norton & Company |year= 1966 }} |
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* Ward, D. (1966) "The Industrial Revolution and the Emergence of Boston's Central Business District", ''Economic Geography'' 42 (2): 152-171. |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Beacon Press |publication-place = Boston |title = Boston ways: high, by, and folk |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL16413538M/Boston_ways_high_by_and_folk |ol=16413538M |author = George F. Weston |year= 1967 }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Yale University Press |editor=[[Stephan Thernstrom]] and [[Richard Sennett]] |title = Nineteenth-Century Cities |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL5440390M/Nineteenth-century_cities |series=Yale Studies of the City |publication-date = 1969 |ol=5440390M }} (includes essays about Boston) |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Beacon Press |publication-place = Boston |title = Boston Observed |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL4769638M/Boston_observed |ol=4769638M |author = Carl Seaburg |publication-date = 1971 }} |
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* {{Citation |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24621988M/City_of_Boston_current_problems_and_issues |publication-date = 1972 |author = [[Boston Redevelopment Authority]] |title = City of Boston: current problems and issues }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Oxford University Press |publication-place = New York |title = American Urban History |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL5307653M/American_urban_history |editor = Alexander B. Callow |publication-date = 1973 |edition=2nd |chapter=Boston: 'A Citty upon a Hill' |author=[[Darrett B. Rutman]] |ol=5307653M }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Harvard University Press |series=Harvard Studies in Urban History |isbn = 0674644956 |title = The Other Bostonians: Poverty and Progress in the American Metropolis, 1880–1970 |author = [[Stephan Thernstrom]] |publication-date = 1973 }} |
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*{{cite book| author1=[[Howard Mumford Jones]] |author2= Bessie Zaban Jones | title=Many Voices of Boston: A Historical Anthology 1630–1975 | location=Boston | publisher=Little, Brown and Company | year=1975 | isbn=0-316-47282-4}} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = New York Graphic Society |title = Built in Boston: City and Suburb, 1800–1950 |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24751516M/Built_in_Boston |author = Douglass Shand-Tucci |publication-date = 1978 |ol=24751516M }} |
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;1980s-1990s |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Houghton Mifflin |isbn = 0395276098 |publication-place = Boston |title = Lost Boston |author = [[Jane Holtz Kay]] |publication-date = 1980 }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Harvard University Press |series=Harvard Studies in Urban History |title = Urban Growth and City Systems in the United States, 1840–1860 |author = [[Allan Pred]] |publication-date = 1980 |chapter=Boston's City-System Interdependencies |pages=65–83 |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ey3qltqagPEC&pg=PA65 }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = E.P. Dutton |publication-place = New York |title = Encyclopedia of American Cities |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL4120668M/The_encyclopedia_of_American_cities |publication-date = 1980 |ol=4120668M |editor=Ory Mazar Nergal |chapter=Boston }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Vintage Books |publication-place = New York |title = The City Observed, Boston: a Guide to the Architecture of the Hub |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23256413M/The_city_observed_Boston |author = [[Donlyn Lyndon]] |publication-date = 1982 |ol=23256413M }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Dover Publications |publication-place = New York |title = Boston Then and Now: 59 Boston sites photographed in the past and present |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL4271212M/Boston_then_now |author = Peter Vanderwarker |publication-date = 1982 |ol=4271212M }} |
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* {{citation |title=City with a Ticking Time Bomb |work= Financial Times |location=London |date= March 6, 1984 }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Globe Pequot Press |publication-place = Chester |title = Boston Globe Historic Walks in Old Boston |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL2213403M/The_Boston_globe_historic_walks_in_old_Boston |author = John Harris |year = 1989 |ol=2213403M }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = University of Massachusetts Press |publication-place = Amherst |title = Planning the City upon a Hill: Boston since 1630 |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL1562221M/Planning_the_city_upon_a_hill |author = Lawrence W. Kennedy |year = 1992 |ol=1562221M }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Houghton Mifflin Co. |publication-place = Boston |title = Cityscapes of Boston: an American City Through Time |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL1562103M/Cityscapes_of_Boston |author1 = [[Robert Campbell (journalist)|Robert Campbell]] |author2=Peter Vanderwarker |publication-date = 1992 |ol=1562103M }} |
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* {{Citation |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/ia:worldencyclopedi00kuri/World_encyclopedia_of_cities |title = World Encyclopedia of Cities |publication-date = 1994 |location = Santa Barbara, California |publisher=ABC-CLIO |author=George Thomas Kurian |volume=1: North America |chapter= Boston }} (fulltext via Open Library) |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Beacon Press |publication-place = Boston |title = Boston Sites & Insights |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL1421334M/Boston_sites_and_insights |ol=1421334M |author = Susan Wilson |publication-date = 1994 }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Arcadia |publication-place = Dover, N.H. |title = Boston |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL1028399M/Boston |author = Anthony Mitchell Sammarco |publication-date = 1995 |ol=1028399M }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Fodor's |publication-place = New York |title = Boston |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24710817M/Fodor's_97_Boston |publication-date = 1996 |ol=24710817M }} |
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* {{cite book |author=Lawrence W. Kennedy |year=1998 |chapter= Boston, Massachusetts |title= Encyclopedia of Urban America |isbn=9780874368468 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |via=Credo Reference }} {{subscription required}} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = St. Martin's Press |publication-place = New York |series = [[Let's Go travel guides|Let's Go]] |title=USA |publication-date = 1999 |ol=24937240M |chapter=New England: Massachusetts: Boston |url=http://archive.org/stream/letsgousa199900newy#page/90/mode/1up }} |
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===Published in the 21st century === |
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* Thomas O'Connor, Boston, A to Z (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000) |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |title = Boston: a Topographical History |edition=3rd |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL58903M/Boston |author = [[Walter Muir Whitehill]] |publication-date = 2000 |ol=58903M }} |
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* {{cite book|editor=Paul S. Boyer |title= Oxford Companion to United States History |year= 2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-508209-8 |chapter=Boston |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=SgtyKzBes6QC&pg=PA82 |page=82 }} |
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* {{citation |title=Governing Greater Boston |year= 2003 |editor= Charles C. Euchner |publisher=[[Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston]] |url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/rappaport/research-and-publications/major-reports/governing-greater-boston |isbn=0-9718427-1-X }} |
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* {{citation |author=[[Edward Glaeser]] |title=Reinventing Boston: 1640–2003 |year= 2003 |url=http://post.economics.harvard.edu/hier/2003papers/2003list.html |publisher= Harvard Institute of Economic Research }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = [[Lonely Planet]] |title = Boston |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24751454M/Boston |publication-date = 2003 |edition=2nd |ol=24751454M }} |
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* {{cite book| author=Nancy S. Seasholes | title=Gaining Ground: a History of Landmaking in Boston | location=Cambridge, Massachusetts | publisher=MIT Press | year=2003 |isbn=0262194945 }} |
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* {{cite book|editor=David Levinson|title=Encyclopedia of Homelessness |year= 2004|publisher=Sage Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-2751-8 |chapter=Boston |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=q-PgHH8TJi8C&pg=PA29 }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Northeastern University Press |isbn = 1555536212 |publication-place = Boston |title = When in Boston: a Time Line & Almanac |author = Jim Vrabel |publication-date = 2004 }} |
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* {{Citation |publisher = ABC-CLIO |isbn = 1576070271 |publication-place = Santa Barbara, California |title = Historic Cities of the Americas |author = David Marley |publication-date = 2005 |chapter=Boston |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=q1a4j2HNmjUC&pg=PA521 }} |
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* {{cite book|author=John Hanson Mitchell |title= Paradise of All These Parts: A Natural History of Boston|year= 2009|publisher=Beacon Press|isbn=978-0-8070-7149-6}} |
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* {{cite web |url= http://www.pewstates.org/research/analysis/americas-big-cities-in-volatile-times-city-profiles-85899515062 |work=America's Big Cities in Volatile Times: City Profiles |title= Boston |year=2013 |author=American Cities Project |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=[[Pew Charitable Trusts]] }} |
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Revision as of 07:43, 27 May 2015
This is a timeline of the history of the city of Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
17th century
- 1625 – William Blaxton arrives.
- 1630
- English Puritans arrive.
- First Church in Boston established.
- September 7 (old style): Boston named.
- 1631 – Boston First Watch (police) established.
- 1632 – Settlement becomes capital of the English Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1]
- 1634
- Boston Common established.[2]
- Samuel Cole opened the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts on the 4th of March. [4]
- 1635 – Boston Latin School founded.[3]
- 1636 – Town assumes the prerogatives of appointment and control of the Boston Watch.
- 1637 – Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts founded.
- 1638
- Desiré slave ship arrives.[4]
- Anne Hutchinson excommunicated.
- 1644 - "Slaving expedition" departs for Africa.[5]
- 1648 - Margaret Jones hanged.[6]
- 1649 – Second Church established.
- 1657 – Scots Charitable Society of Boston founded.
- 1658 – Town-House built.
- 1660
- June 1: Mary Dyer hanged.
- Copp's Hill Burying Ground and Granary Burying Ground established.[2]
- 1669 – Third Church built.[2]
- 1679
- Province House and Baptist church built.[2]
- Fire.[7]
- 1680 – Paul Revere House built (approximate date).
- 1688 – King's Chapel built.
- 1689 – The Boston Revolt results in the overthrow of Sir Edmund Andros, unpopular governor of the Dominion of New England.
- 1690 – London Coffee-House in business.[8]
- 1692
- Town becomes part of the British colonial Province of Massachusetts Bay.
- Boston Overseers of the Poor established.[9]
- 1699 – Brattle Street Church built.
18th century
1700s–1760s
- 1700 – North Writing School established.[10]
- 1701 – Castle William (fort) rebuilt in harbour.
- 1704
- Capen house built (approximate date).
- April 24: The Boston News-Letter begins publication.[11]
- 1705 – Benjamin Franklin born on Milk St.
- 1711
- October: Fire.[2]
- Pierce–Hichborn House built (approximate date).
- 1712 – Crease's apothecary rebuilt.
- 1713 – May: Boston Bread Riot.
- 1716 – Boston Light erected in harbour.[7]
- 1719 – December 21: Boston Gazette newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1722
- 1723 – Old North Church built, Salem Street.
- 1729 – Old South Meeting House[1] and Granary built.[2]
- 1732 – Hollis Street Church established.
- 1733 – September 27: Rebekah Chamblit executed.
- 1735 – Trinity Church built on Summer St.
- 1737
- Charitable Irish Society of Boston founded.[9]
- Saint Patrick's Day begins.[14]
- 1738 – Workhouse built.[2]
- 1742 – Faneuil Hall built.
- 1744 – Hospital active on Rainsford Island.[7]
- 1745
- March: Military expedition sails from Boston to Louisbourg.[15]
- November 5: Unrest during Pope's Night.[7]
- Bells installed in Christ Church.[16]
- 1748 – Manufactory House established.[7]
- 1752
- Smallpox epidemic.[7]
- Concert Hall built.
- 1754 – Boston Marine Society incorporated.
- 1755 – November 18: Cape Ann earthquake.
- 1760
- 1765 – Protest against Stamp Act.[17]
- 1768
- Britain's American Customs Board headquartered in Boston.
- June 10: Protest against customs officials.
- July: The Liberty Song published.
- October: British troops begin to arrive.[18][19]
1770s–1790s
- 1770
- Massachusetts Spy newspaper begins publication.
- March 5: Boston Massacre.[1]
- 1772
- Committee of correspondence formed.[15]
- Boston Pamphlet (rights declaration) published.[20]
- 1773
- Hutchinson Letters Affair.
- December 16: Boston Tea Party.[21][22]
- 1774
- January: Royal American Magazine begins publication.
- March 31: Boston Port Bill blocks trade.[1]
- 1775
- April 19: Siege of Boston begins.
- June 17: Battle of Bunker Hill takes place near town.
- 1776 – March 17: Siege of Boston ends; British depart.[1][17]
- 1784 – Massachusetts Bank founded.
- 1785 – Massachusetts Humane Society headquartered in Boston.[23]
- 1786 – Charles River Bridge built.[2]
- 1787
- April: Fire.[2]
- October 18: Massachusetts General Court receives U.S. Constitution.[24]
- African Masonic lodge active.[4]
- 1788
- January 9: Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. Constitution begins at State House.[24]
- January 17: Convention to ratify U.S. Constitution moves to Federal Street Church.[24]
- February 6: Delegates ratify U.S. Constitution;[24] Boston becomes part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- February 8: Parade in honor of ratification of U.S. Constitution.[24]
- 1789
- William Hill Brown's The Power of Sympathy published.
- Boston Directory and Massachusetts Magazine begin publication.
- 1790
- Memorial column erected atop Beacon Hill.
- Population: 18,320.[25]
- 1791 – Massachusetts Historical Society founded.
- 1792
- Board Alley Theatre opens.
- Boston Library Society established.
- J. & T.H. Perkins shipping merchant in business.
- 1793 – West Boston Bridge opens.[2]
- 1794
- Julien's Restorator opens on Milk Street.[26]
- February 3: Federal Street Theatre opening performance.
- 1795
- Columbian Museum and Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association established.
- Mount Vernon Proprietors in business.
- Tontine Crescent built.
- 1796
- Haymarket Theatre, African Society,[27] and Boston Medical Dispensary[28] established.
- Otis House built in West End.
- 1797 – October 21: USS Constitution ship launched.
- 1798 – Massachusetts State House built.
- 1799 – Board of Health created.[29]
19th century
1800s–1840s
- 1800 – Population: 24,937.
- 1801 – Almshouse built on Leverett Street.[2]
- 1803
- Boston Female Asylum incorporated.
- Holy Cross Church built.
- 1804
- Anthology Club, Social Law Library,[30] and Market Museum established.
- Nichols house built.
- Union Circulating Library in business.
- 1805
- Ice merchant F. Tudor in business.[31]
- Boston Medical Library established.
- 1806 – African Meeting House and Old West Church built.
- 1807
- Boston Athenæum founded.
- Charles Street Meeting House built.
- 1808 – Roman Catholic diocese of Boston established;[32] John Cheverus becomes bishop.[33]
- 1809 – Craigie Bridge opens.
- 1810
- American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions headquartered in Boston.
- Boylston Market and Park Street Church built.
- Philharmonic Society established (approximate date).
- Bryant & Sturgis shipping merchants in business.[34]
- 1811 – Massachusetts General Hospital[28] and Boston Lyceum for the Education of Young Ladies established.
- 1812 – Fragment Society founded.
- 1813 – Boston Daily Advertiser begins publication.
- 1814 – Linnaean Society of New England established.
- 1815
- Handel and Haydn Society founded.[35]
- May: North American Review begins publication.
- 1816 – Provident Institution for Savings established.
- 1818
- New-England Museum opens.[36]
- November 3: Exchange Coffee House burns down.
- Methodist Episcopal Church established.[37][38]
- Annin & Smith in business (approximate date).
- 1819 – Cathedral Church of St. Paul built.
- 1820 – Mercantile Library Association established.
- 1821
- English Classical School established.[39]
- Doggett's Repository of Arts opens (approximate date).
- 1822
- Boston incorporated as a city.[40]
- Leverett Street Jail opens; old jail closes.
- May 1: John Phillips becomes mayor.[41]
- 1823
- Chickering and Sons piano manufacturer in business.[35]
- Josiah Quincy III becomes mayor.
- City seal design adopted.[42]
- 1824
- 1825
- Pendleton's Lithography in business.
- American Unitarian Association headquartered in city.
- 1826
- Massachusetts General Colored Association and House of Juvenile Reformation[26] established.
- Quincy Market built.
- Atwood & Bacon Oyster House in business.
- 1827
- September 24: Tremont Theatre opens.
- Boston Seaman's Friend Society organized.[28]
- 1829
- Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and Boston Lyceum established.
- Harrison Gray Otis becomes mayor.
- Tremont House built.
- Walker's An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World published.[44]
- 1830
- Boston Society of Natural History established.
- July 24: Boston Evening Transcript begins publication.
- Population: 61,392.
- 1831
- The Liberator[45] and The Boston Post begin publication.
- New England Anti-Slavery Society established.
- S.S. Pierce in business.
- 1832
- Boston Lying-In Hospital and Afric-American Female Intelligence Society[46] established.
- Charles Wells becomes mayor.
- 1833
- The Boston Journal newspaper begins publication.
- Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, Boston Seaman's Aid Society, and East Boston Company[26] founded.
- Harding's Gallery active (approximate date).
- 1834
- Parker & Ditson and Boston Sugar Refinery (East Boston) in business.
- Temple School opens.
- Theodore Lyman becomes mayor.
- Thompson Island becomes part of Boston.[47]
- 1835 – Abiel Smith School[38] and American House (hotel) founded.
- 1836
- East Boston annexed to Boston.[48]
- Boston Pilot Catholic newspaper in publication.[33]
- National Theatre and Lion Theatre open.[34]
- Chamber of Commerce established.[49]
- Samuel Turell Armstrong becomes mayor.
- 1837
- June 11: Broad Street Riot.
- Samuel Atkins Eliot becomes mayor.
- Harvard Musical Association organized.[35]
- 1838 - African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church established.[50]
- 1839
- Lowell Institute lectures begin.
- Melodeon opens.
- City lunatic asylum established.[26]
- 1840
- Friends of Ireland society founded.[26]
- Durgin-Park restaurant[51] and Peabody's West Street Bookstore in business.
- Cunard's steamship Britannia sails from Liverpool to Boston.[52]
- Population: 93,383.
- Jonathan Chapman becomes mayor.
- 1841
- Boston and Albany Railroad in operation.[26]
- Boston Museum, Boston Artists' Association, and Plumbe's photo gallery established.
- 1842 – Merchants Exchange built.
- 1843
- Tremont Temple established.
- Martin Brimmer becomes mayor.
- 1844
- Liverpool-Boston "White Diamond Line" begins operating.[53]
- Phillips School established.
- 1845
- Chinese Museum, Howard Athenaeum, and New England Historic Genealogical Society established.
- Horticultural Hall built.
- William Parker becomes mayor, succeeded by Thomas Aspinwall Davis, Benson Leavitt, and Josiah Quincy, Jr.
- McKay shipbuilder in business in East Boston.
- 1846
- October 16: First public demonstration of the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic, Ether Dome.
- J.B. Fitzpatrick becomes Catholic bishop of Boston.[33]
- John P. Jewett bookseller in business.
- 1847
- City Point Iron Works, Bay State Iron Company,[26] and Little, Brown and Company publisher in business.
- Irish Immigrant Society[33] and Needle Woman's Friend Society[54] established.
- 1848
- October 25: Water celebration.
- C.F. Hovey and Co. in business.
- Ladies Physiological Institute founded.[55]
- 1849
- Custom House built.
- November 23: Beacon Hill Reservoir opens.
- Mendelssohn Quintette Club founded.[35]
- John P. Bigelow becomes mayor.
1850s–1890s
- Parkman–Webster murder case.
- Fetridge and Company in business.
- Roberts v. City of Boston racial segregation lawsuit decided.[56]
- Charles Street Jail built.
- Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion begins publication.
- September 17–19: Railroad Jubilee[57]
- February 9: Ordway Hall opens.
- October 24: Daniel Webster dies.
- Sovereign of the Seas (clipper ship) launched.[43]
- Mount Hope Cemetery consecrated.[58]
- Orpheum Theatre built.
- Sailors' Snug Harbor of Boston incorporated.[9]
- Somerset Club established.
- Benjamin Seaver becomes mayor.
- Boston Watch and Police ceased, and Boston Police Department came into being.
- Boston Public Library, Adath Israel synagogue, and Boston Theatre open.
- Boston Art Club founded.[60]
- Ticknor and Fields publishers in business.
- May: Anthony Burns arrested; abolitionist unrest ensues.[17]
- Jerome V. C. Smith becomes mayor.
- Massachusetts Homoeopathic Hospital established.[28]
- Parker House hotel and Williams & Everett in business.
- Alexander H. Rice becomes mayor.
- State Street Block built.
- November 1: Atlantic Monthly begins publication.
- Frederic W. Lincoln becomes mayor.
- Der Pionier German-language newspaper in publication.
- Area of city: 1,801 acres.[43]
- August: New England Colored Citizens' Convention held in city.[61]
- Boston Aquarial Gardens open.
- Public Garden and Gibson house built.
- Old Feather Store demolished.
- October 18: Edward VII of the United Kingdom visits Boston.[62]
- Young's Hotel in business.
- Population: 177,840.[25]
- Arlington Street Church and Studio Building constructed.
- Jordan Marsh opens.
- Joseph Wightman becomes mayor.
- Boston Educational Commission[63] and Oneida Football Club[64] founded.
- March 24: National Theatre burns down.
- May 28: 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry departs for South Carolina.
- July 14: Protest against draft.[65]
- Boston College, Boston Children's Aid Society[28] and Union Club of Boston established.
- Hancock Manor demolished.[66]
- Frederic W. Lincoln becomes mayor again.
- New England Museum of Natural History built.[67]
- Boston City Hospital opens.[29]
- De Vries, Ibarra & Co. in business (approximate date).
- City Hall and Horticultural Hall built.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology opens.
- Ropes & Gray in business.
- Bostoner Zeitung German-language newspaper begins publication.[26]
- New England Conservatory and Boston Society of Architects[60] established.
- YWCA Boston incorporated.
- Otis Norcross becomes mayor.
- Roxbury annexed to Boston.
- Boston Lyceum Bureau established.
- August 20: Chinese embassy visits Boston.[68]
- Woman's Board of Missions headquartered in Boston.[69]
- Nathaniel B. Shurtleff becomes mayor.
- June 15: National Peace Jubilee opens.[11]
- Boston University chartered.[70]
- Shreve, Crump & Low, Boston Musical Instrument Company, and Frost & Adams in business.
- Boston Children's Hospital, Horace Mann School for the Deaf,[39] and Evening High School[39] established.
- American Woman Suffrage Association headquartered in city.[71]
- Dorchester annexed to Boston.[48]
- Woman's Journal begins publication.
- Population: 250,526.[25]
- May 16: South End Grounds open.
- Globe Theatre and Apollo Club (chorus)[9] established.
- William Gaston becomes mayor.
- Lauriat's bookshop in business.[72]
- March 4: The Boston Globe newspaper begins publication.
- June 17: World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival opens.[11]
- November 9: Great Boston Fire of 1872.[11]
- Old South Church and St. Leonard's Church[73] built.
- Brookline-Boston annexation debate of 1873.
- Massachusetts Normal Art School and Catholic Union of Boston[74] founded.
- Henry L. Pierce becomes mayor, succeeded by Leonard R. Cutter.
- Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Jamaica Plain[58] and West Roxbury[48] annexed to Boston.
- Pastene's food shop in business.[75]
- Samuel C. Cobb becomes mayor.
- Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Hayden Building constructed.
- February 15: Great Elm felled by storm, Boston Common.
- July 4: Museum of Fine Arts opens on Art Square.[76]
- Appalachian Mountain Club headquartered in city.[77]
- Boston Merchants' Association[78] and MIT Woman's Laboratory established.
- April: A telephone line connects Boston and Somerville, Massachusetts.[79]
- Trinity Church built.
- Marcella-Street Home opens.[58]
- Women's Educational and Industrial Union and Footlight Club (theatre group) founded.
- Frederick O. Prince becomes mayor.
- Gaiety Theatre opens.
- New England Society for the Suppression of Vice founded.[80]
- Henry L. Pierce becomes mayor again.
- Boston Cooking School, Massachusetts Bicycle Club, New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, Copley Society of Art,[60] Irish Athletic Club,[81] and Park Theatre established.
- Frederick O. Prince becomes mayor again.
- September 17: 250th anniversary of settlement of Boston.[82]
- Boston Conservatory of Elocution, Oratory, and Dramatic Art founded.
- Population: 362,839.
- Boston Symphony Orchestra,[35] The Bostonian Society, Filene's, Boston Camera Club, and Associated Charities of Boston[28] established.
- Bijou Theatre established.
- Whitman's Leaves of Grass banned.[80]
- Samuel Abbott Green becomes mayor.
- Long Island becomes part of Boston.
- Chickering Hall built.
- Albert Palmer becomes mayor.
- August 4: Thomas Stevens (cyclist) arrives from Oakland, California.[83]
- Cyclorama Building built.
- Tavern Club founded.
- Augustus Pearl Martin becomes mayor.
- Boston Ecclesiastical Seminary opens.
- Boston Pops Orchestra, North Bennet Street Industrial School, and New England Woman's Press Association[84] established.
- Hugh O'Brien becomes mayor.
- Boston Fruit Company (importer) in business.
- First Spiritual Temple built.
- Children's playground opens in the North End.[85][86]
- June: New England Fair exhibition building burns down.[87]
- Grand Opera House established.
- Sacred Heart Church built.[73]
- Bellamy's fictional Looking Backward: 2000-1887 published.
- January 7: Thomas N. Hart becomes mayor.
- Tremont Theatre opens.
- Boston Architectural Club organized.[60]
- Thomas N. Hart becomes mayor.
- Boston Macaroni Company in business.[75]
- College Club founded.
- Boston Courant newspaper begins publication.[88]
- New England Kitchen begins operating.[89]
- Nathan Matthews, Jr. becomes mayor.
- Columbia Theatre and Lend a Hand Society[9] established.
- New Riding Club building constructed.[90]
- Denison House (settlement) and North End Union founded.
- Adams Courthouse built.
- Grundmann Studios and Mechanic Arts High School[39] established.
- The First Church of Christ, Scientist built.
- Keith's Theatre and Epicurian Club of Boston[91] established.
- Immigration Restriction League headquartered in city.
- Edwin Upton Curtis becomes mayor.
- Boston Public Library, McKim Building built.[29]
- Steinert Hall built.
- Josiah Quincy becomes mayor.
- Boston Cooking-School Cook Book published.
- April 19: Boston Marathon begins.[92]
- September 3: Park Street (MBTA station) opens.
- YMCA "Evening Institute for Younger Men" (precursor to Northeastern University) and Alliance Française[93] established.
- South Station built.
- Simmons College and Boston Rescue Mission[5] founded.
- Choate, Hall & Stewart in business.
- MIT's Technology Review begins publication.[94]
20th century
1900s–1940s
- Symphony Hall and Colonial Theatre[95] built.
- Thomas N. Hart becomes mayor again.
- Population: 560,892.
- January: L Street Brownies (swim club) plunge begins.[96]
- April 20: Huntington Avenue Grounds open.
- Boston Red Sox and Boston Equal Suffrage Association[97][98] founded.
- Horticultural Hall built on Massachusetts Avenue.
- Boston Guardian newspaper begins publication.[27]
- Patrick Collins becomes mayor.
- Tennis and Racquet Club building constructed.[90]
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Catholic Charitable Bureau,[99] and the Boston Society for the Protection of Italian Immigrants[100] established.
- Jordan Hall opens.
- Gazzetta del Massachusetts newspaper begins publication.[101]
- Wentworth Institute of Technology and Metropolitan Improvement League[60] founded.
- Cabot, Cabot & Forbes in business.
- Fenway Studios built.[90]
- Universal Peace Congress held.
- Daniel A. Whelton becomes acting mayor.
- Westland Gate built.[90]
- John F. Fitzgerald becomes mayor.
- Longfellow Bridge built.
- Suffolk University, Boston City Club, and Junior League of Boston[102] established.
- Boston Finance Commission established.
- The Christian Science Monitor begins publication.
- George A. Hibbard becomes mayor.
- Boston Opera Company and Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology established.[103]
- Women's Municipal League of Boston active.[104]
- Paul Revere House restored.[2]
- Boston Flower Exchange and Boston Marine Museum founded.
- Boston Opera House and Museum of Fine Arts open on Huntington Avenue.[60][105]
- Charles River Dam Bridge built.
- Chilton Club for women and League of Catholic Women[106] established.
- John F. Fitzgerald becomes mayor again.
- Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities,[60] Armenian General Benevolent Union,[107] and World Peace Foundation[28] headquartered in city.
- Boston Arena opens, and today the world's oldest operational indoor multisports facility.
- Plymouth Theatre opens.
- January: Revere House hotel burns down in Bowdoin Square.
- March: Red Line (MBTA) begins operating.[108]
- April 20: Fenway Park opens.
- Hyde Park annexed to Boston.[47]
- St. James Theatre opens.
- City Park and Recreation Department created.[29]
- Vedanta Center established (approximate date).[109]
- Boylston Street Fishweir discovered.
- Women's City Club[106] and Boston Society of Landscape Architects[60] established.
- James Michael Curley becomes mayor.
- May 4: Exeter Street Theatre opens.[110]
- Guild of Boston Artists incorporated.[60]
- City Planning Board[29] and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston established.
- Custom House Tower built.
- Artists League of Boston founded.[60]
- Boston Chronicle begins publication.[111]
- Quong Kow Chinese School founded.[112]
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology relocates from Boston to Cambridge.
- Boston School for Secretaries established.[113]
- Andrew James Peters becomes mayor.
- Red Sox win World Series.
- January 15: Boston Molasses Disaster.
- September 9: Boston Police Strike.
- Emmanuel College founded.
- Loew's State Theater (cinema) opens.[110]
- James Michael Curley becomes mayor again.
- Boston Council of Social Agencies incorporated.[99]
- September 8: Boston Airport opens.
- WBZ (AM) radio begins broadcasting in Boston.[114]
- International Institute of Boston opens.[115]
- The Boston Bruins professional ice hockey team is founded, one of the NHL's Original Six teams.
- Metropolitan Theatre built.[95]
- Republican Malcolm Nichols becomes mayor.
- August 23: Sacco and Vanzetti executed.[116]
- Boston College High School incorporated.
- Park Plaza Hotel in business.
- Boston University Bridge built.
- November 17: Boston Garden opens.
- Beacon Hill Garden Club founded.
- John William McCormack becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 12th congressional district.
- Caffe Vittoria [6] in business.
- James Michael Curley becomes mayor yet again.
- Boston Municipal Research Bureau founded.
- Charles/MGH (MBTA station) opens.[108]
- Slifky's Reliable Oil Burner Service in business in Dorchester.[117]
- St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church established.[7]
- Frederick Mansfield becomes mayor.
- Sumner Tunnel opens.
- Calvin Coolidge College established.[1]
- Boston Housing Authority established.[29]
- Boston Museum of Modern Art founded.[118]
- Marquand's fictional The Late George Apley published.
- Maurice J. Tobin becomes mayor.
- Wheelock College incorporated.
- Housewives League of Boston founded.[106]
- Holy Name Church built.
- Citgo sign erected.
- Hatch Memorial Shell built.
- Boston School of Pharmacy incorporated.[105]
- McCloskey's children's book Make Way for Ducklings published.
- November 28: Cocoanut Grove fire.[3]
- New England Chinese Women's Association headquartered in city.[119]
- Fenway Garden Society established.[90]
- John E. Kerrigan becomes acting mayor.
- Schillinger House and French Library[93] founded.
- Fidelity in business.
- City Department of Veterans’ Services created.[29]
- Community Boating incorporated.
- James Michael Curley becomes mayor yet again once more.
- Mayor Curley imprisoned; John Hynes becomes acting mayor.
- Boston Trailer Park established.[120]
- Old John Hancock Building built.
- John F. Kennedy becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 11th congressional district.[121]
- Wally's nightclub in business.
- Freedom House established.[27]
1950s–1970s
- January 17: Great Brink's Robbery.
- Federation of South End Settlements[105] and Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts[27] established.
- Population: 801,444.
- June 15: Storrow Drive opens.
- October 6: WGBH (FM) begins broadcasting.[122]
- Museum of Science opens.
- Long Island Viaduct (bridge) built.[123]
- Schillinger House renamed Berklee College of Music.
- May 2: WGBH-TV begins broadcasting.
- June 5: Martin Luther King, Jr. earns PhD from Boston University.
- Saint Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church active.[124]
- Boston Catholic Television begins broadcasting.
- Boston Airport renamed Logan International Airport.
- O'Connor's fictional The Last Hurrah published.
- Boston Redevelopment Authority and Gibson House Museum established.
- WILD (AM) radio on the air.[114]
- February 16-17: Snowstorm.[125]
- November: Funeral of James Michael Curley.[126]
- Freedom Trail established.[127]
- Central Artery (freeway) built.
- Sister city relationship established with Kyoto, Japan.
- March 3-5: Snowstorm.[125]
- October 1: Peace rally held.[128]
- Model United Nations conference held at Northeastern University.[129]
- Sister city relationship established with Strasbourg, France.
- John F. Collins becomes mayor.
- American Meteorological Society headquartered in city.[citation needed]
- Callahan Tunnel and Boston Common Parking Garage[130] open.
- Puerto Rican Entering and Settling Service founded.[105]
- Massachusetts League of Cities and Towns headquartered in Boston.[citation needed]
- June 14: Boston Strangler murders begin.
- Scollay Square razed.[131]
- Caffe Paradiso in business.[132]
- Metropolitan Area Planning Council and Boston Ballet founded.
- Prudential Tower built.
- University of Massachusetts Boston and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority established.
- May 22: Bellflower Street fire in Dorchester.[133]
- John Pinette is born in Boston.
- April 23: Civil rights rally held on Boston Common.[56]
- Boston Phoenix begins publication.[134]
- Lower Roxbury Community Corporation,[105] Haley House,[135] and South End Historical Society established.
- Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity school desegregation program begins.
- Copley Square remodelled.
- Charles Cinema in business.[110]
- Chinese American Civic Association headquartered in city.[136]
- Bowker Overpass built.[90]
- April 4: Racial unrest.[137]
- April 5: James Brown concert, Boston Garden.[138]
- May 2: Boston Celtics win basketball championship.[137]
- National Center of Afro–American Artists, Alianza Hispana,[105] Sociedad Latina de South Boston,[105] and city Council on Aging[29] established.
- Blackside films in business.
- Kevin White becomes mayor.
- February: Boston City Hall dedicated.[137]
- February 24-27: Snowstorm.[125]
- May 5: Boston Celtics win basketball championship again.[137]
- New England Aquarium opens.
- Walk for Hunger begins.
- May: Antiwar demonstration held.[139]
- May 10: Boston Bruins win ice hockey championship.[137]
- Boston Pride begins.[140]
- Aerosmith (musical group), Boston Center for the Arts, and city Rent Board[29] established.
- One Boston Place and 28 State Street built.
- Massachusetts Rehabilitation Hospital and Boston Food Co-op established.[141]
- Government Service Center built.
- Nova Scotia's donation of the Boston Christmas Tree tradition resumes.[142]
- June 17: Hotel Vendome fire.
- Labor demonstration.[139]
- Maison Robert restaurant in business.[143]
- Boston Public Library Johnson building opens.[29]
- Bunker Hill Community College, Roxbury Community College, Boston Harbor Association, City Life/Vida Urbana, and Boston Baroque[144] founded.
- Desegregation busing conflict.[145][146]
- Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción active.[105]
- The Rathskeller music venue opens.
- Rosie's Place founded.
- ArtsBoston established.
- Boston Consulting Group in business.
- New Boston Review begins publication.
- John Hancock Tower built.
- First Night begins.
- Boston Irish News begins publication.[88]
- Boston Film/Video Foundation and Boston By Foot established.
- WGBH Ten O’Clock News (local news) begins broadcasting.[147]
- Faneuil Hall marketplace developed.[148]
- Federal Reserve Bank Building constructed.
- Chinese Progressive Association founded.[105]
- January 20-21: Snowstorm.[125]
- February 6-7: Snowstorm.[125]
- Newbury Comics in business.
- American Buddhist Shim Gum Do Association headquartered in Brighton.[149]
- Boston Preservation Alliance founded.[150]
- L'Espalier restaurant in business.[151]
- WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble begins.
- Boston Children's Museum building and Computer Museum open.
- John F. Kennedy Library built.
- Center for Chinese Art and Culture,[105] and Mission of Burma (musical group) established.
- Brian J. Donnelly becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 11th congressional district.
1980s–1990s
- Boston Early Music Festival, Boston Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Youth, and Culinary Historians of Boston[152] founded.
- The Channel (nightclub) opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Barcelona, Spain.
- Population: 562,994.
- Boston Society of Film Critics, Dance Umbrella,[153] and Boston Area Feminist Coalition[105] founded.
- Boston Food Bank incorporated.[154][155]
- J.P. Licks in business.
- Suffolk Construction Company in business.
- Boston Gay Men's Chorus[156] and Boston Fair Housing Commission[29] established.
- Sister city relationship established with Hangzhou, China.
- Cheers fictional television program begins broadcasting.
- Dorchester Reporter begins publication.[157]
- Boston Community Access and Programming Foundation established.[158]
- Bayside Expo Center opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Padua, Italy.
- Raymond Flynn becomes mayor.
- Bernard Law becomes Catholic bishop of Boston.[33]
- Bain Capital, Trident Booksellers,[159] and Copley Place Cinemas[110] in business.
- Boston Human Rights Commission, and city Office of Business and Cultural Development established.[29]
- Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative[160] and Universal Buddhist Congregation[149] established.
- Lecco’s Lemma hip-hop radio program begins broadcasting on WMBR.[161][8]
- Sister city relationship established with Melbourne, Australia.
- ACT UP/Boston[105] and Jamaica Plain Historical Society[162] founded.
- Back Bay (MBTA station) rebuilt.
- Partners In Health nonprofit headquartered in city.
- Joseph P. Kennedy II becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 8th congressional district.
- Hamersley's Bistro in business.[163]
- City of Boston Archives and City Year established.
- Hynes Convention Center and 75 State Street[164] built.
- Aberdeen Group in business.
- Michael Dukakis presidential campaign and Pioneer Institute headquartered in city.
- Tent City (housing complex) dedicated.
- October 23: Stuart shootings in Mission Hill.
- Biba restaurant in business.[163]
- Sister city relationship established with Haifa, Israel.
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church[165] and New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans[9] founded.
- March 18: Gardner Museum heist.
- Population: 574,283.[25]
- Deer Island Prison closes.
- Spare Change News begins publication.
- Ten Point Coalition founded.[166]
- Chinese Historical Society of New England headquartered in city.[167]
- Avalon nightclub opens.
- July 12: Thomas Menino becomes mayor.
- Urban College of Boston established.
- C-Mart grocery in Chinatown[168] and Alpha Management Corp. (landlord)[169] in business.
- August 15: Chinook Checkers Program wins Man vs Machine World Team Championship.[170][10]
- Alternatives for Community and Environment founded.
- Rent control ends.[29]
- Harbor Lights Pavilion (amphitheatre) opens.
- Ted Williams Tunnel opens.
- Piers Park Sailing Center, and city Office of Civil Rights[29] established.
- Stop & Shop grocery in business in Jamaica Plain.[168]
- Citizen Schools nonprofit headquartered in Boston.
- Boston Fashion Week begins.
- Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, city Public Health Commission,[29] and Massachusetts Interactive Media Council established.
- Sister city relationship established with Taipei, Taiwan.
- Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth headquartered in city.
- Boston Coalition of Black Women incorporated.[105]
- April 1: Blizzard.[125]
- Grub Street writing center established.
- Shaw's grocery in business in Dorchester.[168]
- Dudley Film Festival begins.
- Urban Ecology Institute [11] founded.
- No. 9 Park restaurant in business.[171]
- Mike Capuano becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 8th congressional district.
- John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse built.
- Northeastern University's Center for Urban and Regional Policy[172] and Fidelity Center for Applied Technology established.
- Nixon Peabody in business.
- Sister city relationship established with Boston, England.
21st century
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2000s
- T Rider's Union, Boston University's Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and Technology Goes Home digital divide project[173] established.
- Flour Bakery [12] in business.
- Stephen Lynch becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district.[174]
- Sister city relationship established with Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.
- Trader Joe's grocery in business in Back Bay.[168]
- MassEquality headquartered in Boston.[citation needed]
- Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Boston reported.
- Super 88 grocery in business in Allston.[168]
- South End Technology Center active.[175]
- February 17-18: Snowstorm.[125]
- Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge opens.
- Discover Roxbury established.[176]
- Independent Film Festival of Boston and Anime Boston convention begin.
- AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts headquartered in city.
- June: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center opens.
- July: 2004 Democratic National Convention held.
- October 27: Red Sox win World Series.
- Boston Social Forum held.
- Artists for Humanity EpiCenter built.
- Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti headquartered in Boston.
- City's "Office of Arts, Tourism, and Special Events"[29] and Boston Public Library Map Center established.
- January 22-23: Blizzard.[125]
- Boston Workers Alliance and Boston Derby Dames (rollerderby league) established.
- Universal Hub begins publication.[177]
- Eastern Standard restaurant and Toro restaurant in business.[171]
- July 10: Big Dig ceiling collapse.
- December: Institute of Contemporary Art building opens in South Boston.
- Big Dig completed.
- 826 Boston (writing center) and Berklee's Cafe 939[178] open.
- Charles/MGH (MBTA station) rebuilt.
- Myers + Chang restaurant in business.[171]
- Xconomy begins publication.
- Sister city relationship established with Valladolid, Spain.
- Grow Boston Greener established.[179]
- Rose Kennedy Greenway built.
- Open Media Boston established.[180]
- BostInno begins publication.
- Boston Book Festival[181] and TEDx Boston begin.
- GlobalPost news headquartered in Boston.[182]
- Boston Street Lab incorporated.[183]
- City government "Citizens Connect" 3-1-1 app launched.[175]
- Higher Ground Boston,[184] and Bocoup Loft,[185] Boston World Partnerships nonprofit,[186] and Boston University's New England Center for Investigative Reporting established.
- Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center opens in Roxbury.[187]
2010s
- One City One Story,[188] Boston Rising program in Grove Hall,[189] Girls Rock Boston,[190] JP Music Festival,[191] and Design Museum Boston[192] established.
- MuckRock headquartered in Boston.
- Island Creek Oyster Bar in business.[171]
- Population: 617,594; metro 4,552,402.[193]
- September 30: Occupy Boston begins.
- Hubway (bike system) and Future Boston Alliance established.
- Boston Urban Iditarod begins.[194]
- Population: 625,087; metro 4,591,112.[195]
- October: Hurricane Sandy.
- Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012 headquartered in Boston.
- Boston Contemporary Dance Festival begins.[196]
- Population: 636,479.
- February 8-9: Blizzard.[125]
- April 15: Boston Marathon bombings.[197]
- April 19: City shuts down for manhunt of marathon bombing suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev
- June 12: Whitey Bulger trial begins.[198]
- October 30: The Boston Red Sox, in an end-of-year triumph, win the 2013 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals; the first win at Fenway Park since 1918, and the third they've won since 2004.
- November 5: Boston mayoral election, 2013.
- Millennium Tower construction begins.
- Digital Public Library of America headquartered in Boston.
- Code for Boston active.[175][199]
- Longfellow Bridge renovation begins.
- November 14, 2013, Bulger was sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus five years for his crimes by U.S. District Judge Denise Casper.[200] As of January 10, 2014 Bulger is currently incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona [13].
- Marty Walsh becomes mayor.[201][202]
- Boston Veterans Treatment Court begins operating.[203]
- April: City government open data executive order signed.[204]
- December: Boston bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics submitted.[14]
- TD Garden, the home of the Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics, will receive a $70 million facelift over the next two years.[205][206][207]
- January 5: Boston Marathon bombing trial begins.[208]
- January 26-27: January 2015 North American blizzard.[125]
- Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate opens.
See also
- Annual events in Boston
- History of Boston
- List of mayors of Boston
- Past Members of the Boston City Council
- Timeline of Massachusetts[209]
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