Boston’s Narrative: Revealing a City Through Maps

Boston’s story is often told in part through its history of mapping. City maps reveal how the land is shaped and what values were important to the cartographers and citizens who commissioned them. Ubiquitous visual tools today, maps also talk about property, insurance, neighborhoods, history, religion, politics, and even the future. Learn more about some provocative past depictions of Boston using the visual language of maps.

March 1st, 2016

Venue : Boston Society of Architects Space, Boston, MA Co Sponsors: CultureNOW BSA Foundation BSA Urban Design Committee MODERATOR: Alex Krieger, professor in practice of urban design, Harvard GSD SPEAKERS: Nancy S. Seasholes, Historian Carlo Ratti, Director, MIT SENSEable City Laboratory Ronald Grim, Curator, Boston Public Library Leventhal Map Collection INTRODUCTIONS: ABBY SUCKLE FAIA, President cultureNOW