Quincy's Market A Boston Landmark /

Quincy's Market A Boston Landmark / John Quincy, Jr. ; [new foreword by Hillary Corbett].

A bustling commercial center and favorite tourist attraction on Boston's historic waterfront, Quincy Market, the popular name for Faneuil Hall Marketplace, draws throngs of visitors to the magnificent granite buildings and cobblestone concourses that house the area's specialty shops, resta...

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Access E-Book
Access Note:Open Access.
Main Author: Quincy, John, 1951- (Author)
Corporate Author: Project Muse.
Other Authors: Corbett, Hillary (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Quincy's Market (Boston, Mass.)
Markets > Conservation and restoration > Massachusetts > Boston.
Architecture > Massachusetts > Boston.
Boston (Mass.) > Economic conditions.
Boston (Mass.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Boston (Mass.) > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Divisions over a marketplace : From open fields to Faneuil Hall
  • Faneuil Hall and the marketplace witness a revolution
  • A need for renewal : Josiah Quincy proposes a new marketplace
  • Negotiating for a grand market
  • Building the new market
  • Faneuil Hall market is born
  • Quincy's Market : Decline and survival
  • Rebuilding the markets
  • Faneuil Hall marketplace : Sustaining the results.

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