{"id":1811478,"date":"2023-01-13T07:51:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T12:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1811478"},"modified":"2023-01-13T09:04:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T14:04:29","slug":"new-boston-focused-map-exhibitions-at-the-leventhal-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/01\/new-boston-focused-map-exhibitions-at-the-leventhal-center\/","title":{"rendered":"New Boston-Focused Map Exhibitions at the Leventhal Center"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Atlas of the City of Boston<\/em> (1931). Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Opening today at the Boston Public Library\u2019s Leventhal Map Center, Building Blocks: Boston Stories from Urban Atlases<\/em><\/strong> is an exhibition that explores street-level changes to Boston in the period between the Civil War and World War II. Media release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Building Blocks: Boston Stories from Urban Atlases<\/em> features rare materials from the BPL\u2019s historic collection of maps and atlases alongside lithographs, photographs, and sketches of familiar local landscapes. Visitors will discover how the atlas collections opens up a world of fascinating stories, with vignettes including the city\u2019s first African Meeting House in the heart of Beacon Hill, landmarks of leisure like the \u201cDerby Racer\u201d and \u201cGiant Safety Thriller\u201d amusement rides in Revere, public health infrastructure on Gallops Island in Boston Harbor, and many more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The in-person exhibition at the BPL\u2019s Central Library opens today; a digital version will follow online. Runs until 19 August 2023. A curatorial introduction<\/a> will take place next Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a permanent exhibition, Becoming Boston: Eight Moments in the Geography of a Changing City<\/em><\/strong>, also opens today at the Leventhal: \u201cIn the eight cases of this exhibition, we follow the changing spatial forms of the place we now call Boston\u2014from before the landscape carried that name all the way through the struggles, clashes, and dreams that continue to reshape the city today.\u201d<\/p>\n

See the Leventhal\u2019s exhibitions page<\/a> and their preview of 2023 events<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Opening today at the Boston Public Library\u2019s Leventhal Map Center, Building Blocks: Boston Stories from Urban Atlases is an exhibition that explores street-level changes to Boston in the period between the Civil War and World… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[161,54,50],"class_list":["post-1811478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-boston","tag-cities","tag-exhibitions","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1786392,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/10\/new-exhibition-at-the-leventhal-crossing-boundaries\/","url_meta":{"origin":1811478,"position":0},"title":"New Exhibition at the Leventhal: Crossing Boundaries","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"9 October 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"A new exhibition opened at the Leventhal Map Center today: Crossing Boundaries: Art \/\/ Maps \"juxtaposes contemporary works of art with selected maps from the collections of the Norman B. 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