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Who drew the boundary of Back Bay?

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The archive records Back Bay as an official neighborhood of Boston, as bounded by the Boston Planning Department. urn:lemay:boston:entity:back-bay

That is the official layer — the boundary an authority drew — and on it Back Bay covers 399 acres. What people call this place, and where they say it reaches, are filed separately as attested claims. urn:lemay:boston:entity:back-bay

The records this answer rests on

  • Back Bay — entityurn:lemay:boston:entity:back-bay

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