East Boston: a survey and a comprehensive plan . h,because of its peculiar advantages in waterfront facilitiesand nearness to the financial and industrial center, it offersmany problems of great importance not only to Bostonbut also to all of New England. to the city in 1637 as Noddle Island, EastBoston had few inhabitants and was of but little conse-quence. Not until 1840 did the population begin toincrease materially, and even then the island was largelya residential suburb with gardens to the waters edge andpleasant homesteads on the hills. With the increaseddemand for piers
East Boston: a survey and a comprehensive plan . h,because of its peculiar advantages in waterfront facilitiesand nearness to the financial and industrial center, it offersmany problems of great importance not only to Bostonbut also to all of New England. to the city in 1637 as Noddle Island, EastBoston had few inhabitants and was of but little conse-quence. Not until 1840 did the population begin toincrease materially, and even then the island was largelya residential suburb with gardens to the waters edge andpleasant homesteads on the hills. With the increaseddemand for piers on the open harbor, the overcrowding in 2 City Planning Board. the older city, the introduction of ferries and the develop-ment of steam railroads, urban conditions spread intoEast Boston, and the section near the deep water becamemore closely built up. Marsh areas were filled andutilized and Breeds Island was added to the district. With the growth of the district have come added publicresponsibilities. Private owners have laid out streets and. ^W%1 FIG. 2.—LOCATION MAP. Showing East Boston and its relation to the city as a whole. sold their lands; railroads have located lines, yards andpiers; while telephone and telegraph, street car and gascompanies and other public service corporations haveacquired rights in the streets. The city has been calledupon to build and maintain the streets, to provide schoolsand libraries, to furnish police, health and fire protection,to construct water and sewer systems, to provide parksand playgrounds and to regulate building and industrial Development of East Boston. 3 activities on private properties. To-day the many depart-ments of the city and the public service corporations arecalled upon to maintain the present systems and to providefor further extensions and revisions. Plans. Plans are being adopted from time to time for suchimprovements as the extensions of rapid transit and rail-way lines, the development of vacant lands, marshes andf
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