Modern Plate
The second half of the Roxbury set, following farmland, brooks, ponds, housing, industry, population, and social change into the modern neighborhood.
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Original Historical Boston map print by Ed McCarthy.
Interactive map room
Use the zoom controls, mouse wheel, or trackpad to inspect the map. Once zoomed, drag the image to move around the page.
High-resolution detail
This enlarged section shows the fine detail, image work, annotations, and hand-drawn character of the finished map.
Open high-resolution detail ↗The story on the map
The 2012 map continues where the historical Roxbury plate leaves off. Former farmland becomes dense residential blocks, waterways disappear or are filled, and industrial and demographic changes reshape the neighborhood. The pair is designed to reward side-by-side comparison.
Companion map
Roxbury 1852The first half of Roxbury’s two-map story: early settlement, farmland, population change, religion, and the beginnings of industrialization.