Hi -- I'm the author of that web page. Thanks much for the tip about the PPW. When I go back and properly organize the page, I'll include your new information and anything else that gets mentioned in the comments to this post. Unfortunately that may not be very soon, because I'm in the process of moving to Seattle, but it'll get done someday. :) You've also spurred me to consider putting some contact information up in there...
If you want to do some of your own research on the history of Somerville land use, I can't recommend the Sanborn maps highly enough. They don't offer much more than one or two snapshots of the city in time, but those snapshots are amazing. You can access them over the web, using your Somerville library card, but it's a bit of an involved process and I'm afraid I don't remember the details, nor is a quick google turning them up. There may also be more material at the actual physical library.
Also, I should thank you for bringing my work to the attention of many more people than would ever have seen it otherwise.
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Date: 2010-06-04 04:43 pm (UTC)If you want to do some of your own research on the history of Somerville land use, I can't recommend the Sanborn maps highly enough. They don't offer much more than one or two snapshots of the city in time, but those snapshots are amazing. You can access them over the web, using your Somerville library card, but it's a bit of an involved process and I'm afraid I don't remember the details, nor is a quick google turning them up. There may also be more material at the actual physical library.
Also, I should thank you for bringing my work to the attention of many more people than would ever have seen it otherwise.