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Norman B. Leventhal (August 30, 1917 – April 5, 2015) was an American businessman, the chairman of The Beacon Companies, a developer and manager of office buildings, housing, and hotels. Leventhal was best known for his work in civic improvements to the city of Boston, and consequently had a park named after him of which he oversaw the creation.
The center manages the geographic collections of the Boston Public Library as well as material collected by Norman B. Leventhal during his lifetime, known as the Mapping Boston Collection. Its holdings stretch chronologically from the 15th century to the present, and geographically cover the world, with a focus on Boston and New England.
Detail of 1883 map of Boston, showing Post Office Square and vicinity Post Office Square, Boston, 1876 Garage in Post Office Square that was demolished to make way for the creation of Norman B. Leventhal Park. In the 18th century, rope manufacturers occupied the area, then it became a residential district, and later a business and commercial area.
Plans and construction documents for the artwork are based on research of historic maps from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center collection, [5] and writings of historian Nancy Seasholes. [6] The entire shoreline surrounding the original land mass of Boston has been repeatedly filled in and modified, starting in the early 17th century, through a ...
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Many of the Boston Public Library's collections are available to the public online, including rare books and manuscripts, the anti-slavery manuscript collection, historical children's books, the John Adams Library, historic maps from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, historical images, prints, and photographs, sound archives, and silent films.
It was expanded in 1953 and designated a Boston Landmark in 1978. The structure was converted to a hotel by developer Norman B. Leventhal's The Beacon Companies. It opened in 1981, managed by Le Meridien Hotels, as the Hotel Meridien Boston, with its name later changed slightly to Le Méridien Boston.
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...