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1970 Map of Boston South

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Boston South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The Charles River Basin and the dense urban core of Boston anchor this 1970s record, capturing a period of significant transit and infrastructure revision. Purple revision overlays highlight the expansion of modern highways and changes to the city's complex shoreline, from the industrial Reserved Channel in South Boston to the burgeoning runways of Logan International Airport. The map traces a high concentration of institutional and historical landmarks, including the prestigious campuses of Harvard University and the Mass Institute of Technology, as well as the venerable Faneuil Hall in the city center.

Southward, the landscape shifts toward the residential and burial grounds of the city's outer neighborhoods. Large green spaces like Franklin Park and the sprawling Forest Hills Cemetery provide a stark contrast to the surrounding grid of Roxbury and Dorchester. The map also details the southern reaches into Quincy and Milton Village, noting the site of the Adams National Historic Site, documenting the preservation of colonial history amidst late-twentieth-century development.