You Are Here - 1867 Map, Commonwealth Pier - Seaport World Trade Center - Boston, MA
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NorStar
N 42° 21.060 W 071° 02.480
19T E 331870 N 4690766
This "You Are Here" marker is on 1867 shows that the area was at the beginning of being lanformed.
Waymark Code: WMWJ7X
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 - this one is on the 1867 map.
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 1867 map. The map shows a proposed tidal basin with a long causeway that is about where the present Seaport Boulevard is located. Since this is marked as proposed, I'm not sure whether the location has been changed or is still mud flat.
Location Name: Seaport World Trade Center, Commonwealth Pier, Boston
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