Bostons financial district is considered the heart of New Englands banking and finance. It is a veritable overlay of sleek modern office buildings and elegant high-rise structures of the early twentieth century. In the center of this contemporary skyline is evidence of the financial districts long history. Bostons first skyscraper; the Boston Custom House tower; stands high from where it was built in 1915 on top of the original 1849 custom house building.Bostons Financial District chronicles the steady change from a romantic neighborhood to numerous banking and business houses. It was originally known as Old South End and was a residential site of elegant mansions designed by Charles Bulfinch and located on tree-lined squares and streets that emulated the aristocratic boroughs of London. The photographs in Bostons Financial District show evidence of the destruction wreaked by the Great Boston Fire of 1872 and the rebuilding of Bostons center of commerce. With its well-known banks and businesses; the financial district has witnessed some of the most monumental and influential historical changes in the city of Boston.
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Review
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Many Fascinating Contributions. but Lacks an Overarching FrameworkBy Dr. Laurence RawThe two editors of this anthology deserve congratulation for the way in which they have assembled a variety of contributions from film. television. literary and video experts. We learn a lot about the ways in which Poe has remained enduringly popular ever since his works first appeared in the early nineteenth century; he means different things to different groups of people. I also like the way the book visits hitherto undiscovered aspects of Poe adaptation in popular music and video games. The only small criticism I have is that the anthology as a whole does not really explain why Poe has remained such a potent symbol in American cultures past and present. both in psychological as well as political terms. Certain contributions do address this issue. but Id have liked more reference to it in the introduction.
