“Wonderland,” a place name that conjures up an alternative reality is currently a forlorn vacant lot on a filled estuary that sits between an arterial road and a rail corridor. Its namesake, an enormous amusement park on par with Dreamland on Coney Island, only existed from 1911 until 1916. During and after its demise, Wonderland was the site of a velodrome and a dog track, both uses that perpetuated the use of the site for mass entertainment. Today, Wonderland and nearby Suffolk Downs, a former horse track, are two of a half dozen remaining redevelopment sites left in metropolitan Boston.
Details
- Publication Date
- Dec 21, 2017
- Language
- English
- Category
- Reference
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Northeastern Architecture
Specifications
- Pages
- 62
- Binding
- Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Small Landscape (9 x 7 in / 229 x 178 mm)