Michael Messina

(via Top Ten Roadblocks to Public Participation – Michael...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:47:33 -0400

(via Top Ten Roadblocks to Public Participation – Michael Messina)

Convention crowd, Chicago (LOC) by The Library of Congress on...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:00:00 -0500

Convention crowd, Chicago (LOC) by The Library of Congress on Flickr.

Photo taken at the 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Roots of Crowdsourcing – Collective Intelligence and Crowd...

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:47:43 -0500

Roots of Crowdsourcing – Collective Intelligence and Crowd Wisdom by Michael Messina

"It’s also possible for groups of people to work together in ways that seem pretty stupid, and I..."

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:42:50 -0500

“It’s also possible for groups of people to work together in ways that seem pretty stupid, and...

Lexington, MA - if only every town had a bike path!

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:07:32 -0500

Lexington, MA - if only every town had a bike path!

Boston’s Old Court House and the site of the City’s...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:37:00 -0500

Boston’s Old Court House and the site of the City’s first prison.

(via Notes on Public Participation)

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:41:09 -0500

(via Notes on Public Participation)

Malden Square in 1917, looking down Pleasant Street Library of...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Malden Square in 1917, looking down Pleasant Street

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection

Map of Malden, MA (1795) by Peter Tufts Courtesy of the Norman...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:45:00 -0500

Map of Malden, MA (1795) by Peter Tufts

Courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library

Cutting Down Beacon Hill to Fill Mill Pond - Boston, MA...

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:21:00 -0400

Cutting Down Beacon Hill to Fill Mill Pond - Boston, MA (1811)

Workers from the Mill Pond Corporation shovel dirt and gravel from Beacon Hill to be hauled away by horses to fill in the stenchy Mill Pond Cove, otherwise known today as the Bulfinch Triangle, named after Charles Bulfinch. Few individuals influenced the development of Boston like Charles Bulfinch. He was a “triple threat” as an architect, entrepreneur and the chief town official of his day. And essentially he was Boston’s first urban planner (Kennedy). In the background is the Massachusetts State House, designed by Bulfinch in his signature Federal style, completed in 1798.

The Mill Cove project was the first of many landfill projects in Boston and it added over 50 acres of land to the city. The filling of Mill Pond began around 1807 and took just over 20 years to fill. Over 16% or one-sixth of Boston is built on landfill. And Boston probably has more made land than any city in North America (Seasholes).

Image by Flux.books at en.wikipedia [CC-BY-SA-2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], from Wikimedia Commons.