check out your area with a bunch of historical maps!! nj and nyc are prob the best to check out (look at how central park changed ove the years!)
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As an urban planner, I love maps. And, as someone casually fascinated by language/linguistic geography and sociolinguistics this is so interesting to me! I come back all the time as Iโm exploring new neighborhoods. Done by the good people at the Endangered Language Alliance.
Another fascinating project (and mapped in, like, HTML) is this interactive map done by an amateur linguistic geographer, North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns.
Jan 22, 2024
Really interesting website that overlays historic atlases on modern maps of Boston. Some things I learned today:
- My house is on land formerly owned by a man named "Henry B. Goodenough"- hilarious puritan name (the tow lot near me is on Goodenough street- I hope you've never had the misfortune of going there)
- The fire station at the corner of Brighton and Cambridge is on the site of a baptist church (see picture)
- Comm ave used to not go past washington street... extended between 1882 and 1885
- A lot of Boston University is built on what used to be a river island
Idk how interesting it is for non-boston locals, but it's fun to mess around with.
Apr 3, 2024
nothing better than plucking up that little yellow guy and getting a view from the streets.
for instance, i've never been to New Bedford High School but it seems chill
Mar 3, 2024
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i listen to this album and after nearly every song think โthis is literally the best song everโ
the starting trio of freak/tin man/steamroller is so incredible
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it's boutta be a donna summer summer
May 28, 2024
first photo in my camera roll, saved from tumblr in 2012. absolute classic and i still think of this all the time
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