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1986: The Navy Yard - The Anchor in Harbor Park

1986: The Navy Yard - The Anchor in Harbor Park

Succinct summary of reuse, activation, and historic preservation principles that have guided planning in the Navy Yard for over three decades.

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1986

The Navy Yard

The Anchor in Harbor Park

A succinct summary of reuse, activation, and historic preservation principles that have guided planning in the Navy Yard for over three decades.

"As the Navy Yard reaches the point of 'critical mass'—the point where a project hits its stride and begins to attain a recognizable shape and form—it daily becomes clearer and clearer that this place will become one of the jewels in Boston's crown, and, as such, one of the country's national treasures."

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