-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Birds-eye-view exhibitions Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:50:38 -0500 From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] I can also highly recommend the Boston Public Library and Harvard exhibitions! An amazing collection of wonderful views which draw you in to their world. At the Boston Public Library opening were all these folks from the various nabes shown in the views, and you could hear lively discussions about what was where, what was NOT there, what had been shifted to emphasize a particular building or factory [well! Somebody PAID to make that happen!] etc., etc. A lot of fun to eavesdrop. This is a "twofer" -- if you get to Boston and/or Cambridge you can certainly make both shows. Just check on hours and availability before making the trek! errr, trip. And you can go to the Globe restaurant across Boylston from the Lib for lunch and a brew. Alice Alice C. Hudson Chief, The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division The Humanities and Social Sciences Library The New York Public Library 5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117 New York, NY 10018-2788 [log in to unmask], 212-930-0589, fax 212-930-0027 Hours: 1-7:30 Tu & Wed, 1-6 Thurs-Sat. Closed Sun, Mon. http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html "Boston Rare Maps" <mlb@bostonrarema To ps.com> "Boston Rare Maps" <[log in to unmask]> 01/21/2008 02:19 cc PM Subject Boston Rare Maps announcement Dear Friends, Boston Rare Maps has the privilege of being involved in two map-related exhibitions now on display in the Boston area: “Henry F. Walling and the Elevation of American Mapmaking” at the Harvard Map Collection, and “Boston & Beyond: A Bird’s Eye View of New England” at the Boston Public Library. I hope you will be able to attend. Sincerely, Michael Buehler Boston Rare Maps Incorporated 88 High Street Southampton, MA 01073 [log in to unmask] www.bostonraremaps.com Please reply to this address if you would prefer not to receive such messages in the future. ***************************************************************************************** Henry F. Walling and the Elevation of American Mapmaking Co-curated by Michael Buehler of Boston Rare Maps and David Cobb of the Harvard Map Collection, this exhibition uses maps and supporting material to document the prolific career of mapmaker Henry Frances Walling (1825-1888). Arguably the most accomplished and interesting American mapmaker of the mid-late 19th century, Walling was responsible responsible for at least 117 large-scale maps of American towns and counties, nearly 20 state maps and atlases, substantial contributions to the work of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey, and important academic publications. This exhibition will be on display through April 1, 2008 at Harvard’s Pusey Library, located on the main campus adjacent to Widener Library. A map of the Harvard campus may be found at http://map.harvard.edu/level2.cfm?mapname=camb_allston&tile=F7&series=W. Admission to the Library is free but requires presentation of a picture ID. Boston & Beyond: A Bird's Eye View of New England Sponsored in part by Boston Rare Maps, this exhibition by the Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library celebrates one of the world's pre-eminent collections of bird's eye views. The story told in the exhibit is of the growing economic vitality and urbanization of the Boston and New England region during the last half of the 19th century, when industrialization and immigration were the primary engines of urban growth. This free exhibit at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square will run daily through June 2008. Boston Rare Maps, along with the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, is supporting the lecture series accompanying the exhibition. March 4: Ronald Grim, Curator of the Leventhal Map Center, “Which Way North?” March 18: Debra Block, Director of Education of the Leventhal Map Center, “Time Shifts: A Changing America, 1855-1900” April 9: Alex Krieger, Professor of Urban Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design, “As Though in Flight: 19th Century American Urban Views” All lectures will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the Library’s Abbey Room and be followed by a gallery tour of the exhibit. A virtual tour of Boston and Beyond will appear on the Leventhal Center website within the next few weeks (http://maps.bpl.org/ex/exhibit/).