{"id":257,"date":"2013-10-21T06:05:11","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T06:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highstreethill.org\/?page_id=257"},"modified":"2018-05-15T17:35:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:35:23","slug":"links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/highstreethill.org\/?page_id=257","title":{"rendered":"Local Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"top\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#neighborhood\">Around The Neighborhood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#town\">Around Town<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"neighborhood\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Around the Neighborhood<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/frla\"><strong>Olmsted National Historic Site<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nOlmsted moved his home to Brookline in 1883 and established at &#8220;Fairsted&#8221; the world&#8217;s first full-scale professional office for the practice of landscape design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericklawolmsted.com\"><strong>Frederick Law Olmsted<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe life and work of Frederick Law Olmsted, founder of American landscape architecture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"town\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Around Town<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklinema.gov\/\"><strong>Town of Brookline<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nNews, meeting schedules and information about the town.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklinehistoricalsociety.org\"><strong>Brookline Historical Society<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nDedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Brookline&#8217;s diverse history. Maintains three historic buildings. Online archive of early 1900s streetscapes and three 1888 maps including one containing the High Street Hill area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklinepolice.com\"><strong>Brookline Police<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPolice history, bulletins, programs, reports, procedures and safety tips.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklinelibrary.com\"><strong>Brookline Public Library<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nProgram information and catalog access.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookline.k12.ma.us\/\"><strong>Brookline Public Schools<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nInformation, calendars and news about each school, the administration and school committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/brookline.wickedlocal.com\/\">Brookline TAB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Online edition of the Brookline community newspaper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklineadulted.org\"><strong>Brookline Adult &amp; Community Education<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPrograms and classes, special events, lectures, senior center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklineartscenter.com\"><strong>Brookline Arts Center<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nA supportive environment where people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities can study, create, and present art.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklinecommunity.org\/\">Brookline Community Foundation<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThe Foundation&#8217;s donors and partners give thousands of dollars a year in grants to enhance the quality of life in Brookline and to build community.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklinearts.org\/\">Brookline Commission for the Arts<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nA nonprofit volunteer organization which sponsors a wide range of arts programs and events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklinefoundation.org\"><strong>Brookline Education Foundation<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nA nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Brookline&#8217;s commitment to excellence in public education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklinegreenspace.org\"><strong>Brookline Greenspace Alliance<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nA nonprofit environmental advocacy and education organization formed in 1987 by a group of concerned citizens to preserve, protect and enhance the open spaces of Brookline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emeraldnecklace.org\"><strong>Emerald Necklace Conservancy<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nA public-private partnership formed in 1996 to protect, restore, maintain and promote the landscape, waterways and parkways of Olmsted&#8217;s Emerald Necklace park system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.muddyrivermmoc.org\"><strong>Muddy River Restoration Project Maintenance and Management Oversight Committee<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe independent citizen-led oversight body of the Muddy River Restoration Project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinebank.org\/muddyriverproject.htm\"><strong>Muddy River Dredging Project<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nOne page illustrated overview of flood control, environmental improvements and historic preservation for the Emerald Necklace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mwra.state.ma.us\/04water\/html\/hist2.htm\"><strong>Early Boston Water System<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Water supply history of Jamaica Pond, the Cochituate Aqueduct and Brookline Reservoir.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.middlesexcanal.org\/aqueducts\/cochituate.htm\"><strong>Cochituate Aqueduct Gatehouses<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nImages of Cochituate Aqueduct gatehouses in Brookline, Newton and Wellesley.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hiddenbrookline.org\/freedom\/undergroundrr.html\"><strong>Brookline and the Underground Railroad\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nFosters public awareness of the resistance to slavery in Brookline. Includes info about the Samuel Philbrick House at 182 Walnut St.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityheritagemaps.com\"><strong>Community Heritage Maps<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nProvides high quality replicas of detailed neighborhood maps based upon pre-1922 real estate and insurance maps. Twenty-three 1919 maps of Brookline are available including two of the High Street Hill area. Images can be viewed on-line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wardmaps.com\"><strong>WardMaps.com<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nArchival reproductions of urban maps. Twenty-three 1913 maps of Brookline are available including two of the High Street Hill area. 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