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The City of Boston\u2019s planning department has a room with a 1:40 scale model of downtown Boston and surrounding neighbourhoods<\/a>. The Leventhal Center\u2019s Facebook page has a few more photos<\/a>. (Update: Bluesky<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The City of Boston\u2019s planning department has a room with a 1:40 scale model of downtown Boston and surrounding neighbourhoods. The Leventhal Center\u2019s Facebook page has a few more photos. 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