These projects probe and illuminate the urban effects of Boston's Big Dig, the largest urban public work undertaken in U.S. history which aimed to correct the central artery of the city. It examines the local condition of the site as a case study of contemporary space and the unexpected impacts that public works have on urban landscapes.
Through graphic analyses, illustrations and alternative scenarios this book presents projects on a range of different scales that address the specificities of infrastructural public space, while dealing with such topics as the history of park and infrastructure space in Boston, residual surface structures, the evolution and notion of the term 'green', and pedestrian walks and spaces.