Waterfront Wednesdays Episode #6: The F Word

Join us for this week's episode of Waterfront Wednesdays where Jill and Alice are dropping the F-bomb: FILL. They're referring to Boston's filled tidelands, of course. Find out how fill has transformed Boston's harbor and waterfront from the 1700s to today, and what it could mean for the city's future. Be sure to follow Jill and Alice on twitter @harborhorwood and @ferryfaerie. Learn how to get involved in the City of Boston's Boston's Climate Ready program: https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/climate-ready-boston/climate-ready-downtown-and-north-end And read about the city's vision to protect Boston's waterfront: https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/resilient-boston-harbor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shoreline map, flood map and Ryan Playground rendering courtesy of City of Boston. "A view of part of the town of Boston in New-England and Brittish[sic] ships of war landing their troops!" by Paul Revere, 1768, courtesy of the Boston Public Library Archives "Map of Boston in the state of Massachusetts" by John Groves Hales and Thomas Wightman, 1814, courtesy of the Library of Congress Back Bay Map reproductions courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library "Boston and its environs" by London R. Phillips, 1806, courtesy of the Boston Public Library Archives "Plan of South Boston" by Thomas W Davis, 1880, courtesy of the Boston Public Library Archives