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68-94 South Market Street
Welcome to the Financial District's trifecta of South Market Street, Clinton Street, and Commercial Street.
This page explores the evolution of the three streets located in the heart of Boston's Financial District in the North End. The proximity to the wharfs and expanding railway systems created the perfect location for mercantile activity to prosper. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at Boston Public Library is utilized with their Atlascope tool. This tool allows for close up observation of maps digitized from 1883-1938. Maps are used as an artifact and jumping off point to investigate the landowners, the street structure, the constructions of buildings, and ultimately what is sacrificed for the Central Artery.
What did the parcels look like in 1888?
68-94
South Market St.
61-77
clinton St.
19-41
Commercial St.
Explore the evolution of the parcel through maps below:
What are the narratives in the trifecta?
Bibliography
Bromley, George Washington. Atlas of the City of Boston. Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley & Co., 1883. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
Bromley, George Washington. Atlas of the City of Boston. Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley & Co., 1888. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
Bromley, George Washington. Atlas of the City of Boston. Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley & Co., 1895. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
Bromley, George Washington. Atlas of the City of Boston. Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley & Co., 1902. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
Bromley, George Washington. Atlas of the City of Boston. Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley & Co., 1928. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
Bromley, George Washington. Atlas of the City of Boston. Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley & Co., 1938. Boston Public Library, via Atlascope.
"Firemen battling fire on Clinton Street, Boston." Photograph. April 20, 1971. Digital Commonwealth, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/zs25xm84v
Jones, Leslie. "Push cart rush on Clinton Street in the Market District, 3PM." Photograph. 1930. Digital Commonwealth, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h73rb88b
"New auxiliary girders Commercial St. near Prince St." Photograph. 1909. Digital Commonwealth, https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:h989sj41q
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