Jamaica Plain (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738512464)

Jamaica Plain: Then & Now is a fascinating photographic history of a Boston neighborhood once referred to as the "Eden of America." At one time a part of Roxbury and later West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain was annexed to the city of Boston in 1874. During the next five decades, the neighborhood expanded due to the railroad and streetcars and became known as one of the "streetcar suburbs." In this lavishly illustrated book, vintage images placed alongside contemporary photographs show well-known buildings and streetscapes as they once were and as they appear today. Included are Jamaica Pond, with its icehouses, and the area of Forest Hills, with the elevated line and streetcars, as well as schools, places of worship, and homes.

Author: Anthony Mitchell Sammarco
ISBN-10: 073851246X
ISBN-13: 9780738512464
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 08/27/2003
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.70w x 0.38d