Lost Boston

by Jane Holtz Kay

Photographs document homes, mansions, theaters, museums, office buildings, factories, and churches in Boston that have been torn down or destroyed by fire

Genres: History, Photography, Nonfiction

336 pages, Paperback

First published November 19, 1980

Reviews

[David Romm]

Boston was created over several hundred years. And Kay’s question to the reader, “has Boston reached its peak.” And the hope that Boston will continue to both preserve some parts, and innovate in others.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

"In the United States a man builds a house in which to spend his old age, and he sells it before the roof is on [in the] bootless chase of hte complete felicity which forever escapes him."

Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

[Traceyalice · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book about a city that was--I wish more art deco/art nouveau storefronts survived urban renewal in Boston.