Boston gets a lot of attention for its drastic changes even over the past century. Comparing modern Boston to its 1893 map:
* All of Logan airport, Winthrop, etc simply didn't exist
* MIT was a mud flat
* South Bay was still a bay, not a shopping center
* Obviously pre-interstate, railroads dominate the transportation focus
* Back Bay has already been filled in. The collection of mini-street grids is apparent in Back Bay and South Boston (Southie).
* The isolation of the Boston peninsula is less apparent at this point. E.g. Paul Revere's "one if by land, two if by sea" for the British heading NW to Lexington.
* All of Logan airport, Winthrop, etc simply didn't exist
* MIT was a mud flat
* South Bay was still a bay, not a shopping center
* Obviously pre-interstate, railroads dominate the transportation focus
* Back Bay has already been filled in. The collection of mini-street grids is apparent in Back Bay and South Boston (Southie).
* The isolation of the Boston peninsula is less apparent at this point. E.g. Paul Revere's "one if by land, two if by sea" for the British heading NW to Lexington.