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Building Boston: Stories of Architectural and Engineering Feats

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Take an expertly guided tour of Boston’s historic landmarks and epic past. Follow the history of the Boston Marathon and the architectural gems that grace the Copley Square/Back Bay area where the race ends. Take a deep dive into the subway dig. Find out how fabled landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted figured out learn how to put a salt marsh throughout the city to forestall flooding, paving the best way for these days’s green ribbon of parks. Interwoven with anecdotes about landmarks such as the Boston Commonplace, the Boston Red Sox Fenway Park, and the Esplanade are observations concerning the character of a city that took the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing in stride. Best for both armchair reading and to be used as a unique visitors’ guide.

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