[PDF] Village Greens Of New England eBook

Author : Eric Hurwitz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 38,59 MB
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1493019287

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The state of Massachusetts still has and continues to celebrate its town or village greens. These greens date back to Colonial times where they served as the physical and spiritual centers for these early towns. Today many town greens continue to be the center of town events, fairs, and other gatherings. Massachusetts Town Greens explores the history of these remarkable greens and provide a guide to current events.

Author : Bruce Irving
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 27,17 MB
Release : 2011-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0881509272

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"Read the stories behind the scenery: Short, rich, uncommonly engaging histories and descriptions of New England's most notable and recognizable features are accompanied by pitch-perfect photos by one of the region's best architectural photographers."--P. [4] of jacket.

Author : Joseph S. Wood
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 24,94 MB
Release : 2002-09-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780801866135

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New England colonists, Wood argues, brought with them a cultural predisposition toward dispersed settlements within agricultural spaces called "towns" and "villages." Rarely compact in form, these communities did, however, encourage individual landholding. By the early nineteenth century, town centers, where meetinghouses stood, began to develop into the center villages we recognize today. Just as rural New England began its economic decline, Wood shows, romantics associated these proto-urban places with idealized colonial village communities as the source of both village form and commercial success.

Author : Frederic S. Dennis
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 24,23 MB
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781332169498

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Excerpt from The Norfolk Village Green This brochure, published for private circulation only, will attain its object if it inspires the sacred duty of preserving the beautiful Village Green of Norfolk, and of handing it down in all its glory of historical tradition, local association and natural beauty, to future generations. As all the village greens of New England have a certain common significance, it opens with a description of them in general, and passes on to describe in detail the Norfolk Green, and to narrate the principal events that have occurred upon it. The inspiration to write a brief historical sketch of my mothers birthplace was derived from the words of Rev. Dr. Joseph Eldridge in one of his Thanksgiving sermons, in which he said: "It is a duty of filial piety, as well as gratitude to the supreme disposer of events, to gather up, and preserve, and transmit all the memorials we can, of the labors, trials and achievements of those who have preceded us on the spot where we dwell." A chronological table giving a brief history of the town from its incorporation to the present time is added. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Mark C. Childs
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 27,47 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780826330048

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This discussion of what makes public places appealing and useful will inspire those involved with public planning and design.