tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3083073747205413776..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Massachusetts Manuscript MapsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-72579181402851128962009-04-13T12:45:00.000-05:002009-04-13T12:45:00.000-05:00You’re right; Boylston Street (né Frog Lane) defin...You’re right; Boylston Street (né Frog Lane) defines one southerly edge of the Common, but Charles Street is the border between the Common and Public Garden. <BR/><BR/>In the 1700 Charles Street would have been more or less at the water’s edge. The Public Garden and Back Bay sit on landfill areas.<BR/><BR/>Back in the 1770s, Pleasant Street was still being developed, and sparsely populated. It looks like waterfront property, but actually it ran alongside the mudflats and probably wasn‘t so pleasant.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-14701399539071809622009-04-13T12:27:00.000-05:002009-04-13T12:27:00.000-05:00You say "“Frog Lane” is now Boylston Street, and d...You say "“Frog Lane” is now Boylston Street, and divides the Common from the Public Garden." I believe it's Charles Street that separates the Common from the Garden, and it would be an extension of the way called 'Pleasant Street' on the right side of the map.G. Lovelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06648203174473197752noreply@blogger.com