You Are Here - 1806 Map, Commonwealth Pier - Seaport World Trade Center - Boston, MA
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N 42° 21.060 W 071° 02.480
19T E 331870 N 4690766
This "You Are Here" on the 1806 map marks the point where you would be - in a mucky salt flat.
Waymark Code: WMWJ7D
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2017
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In Boston's Seaport District, at the Seaport World Trade Center, is a pair of signs, each with three maps that have a "You Are Here" star on each of them.
The World Trade Center is along Seaport Boulevard, east of the Moakley Courthouse and north of the Boston Convention Center. The signs are on the second level, at the end of the upper road, World Trade Avenue. The signs are on either side of the entrance arch.
The signs each have three maps of the same area but from a different year. The stars are a central part of these signs, as they provide a reference point so that the reader understands better the changes that took place as the area was landformed from flats to the developed shoreline.
The featured star is on the 1806 map. The area is in a large mud flat. To the west is the Boston peninsula. To the south is Dorchester Neck. The map notes changes being made to the shoreline, including land being filled in at Boston neck and two places where wharves are being filled in (called 'wharfing out.').
Location Name: 1806 Map, Seaport World Trade Center, Commonwealth Pier
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