Larry Blaine wrote:

>Whitehead had a few mordant things to say about the skinflint Yankees who
>dominated the cultural life of Boston in those days, who were willing to
>pay for excellent buildings but not for good land to put them on. ...

I believe much of the land in the Symphony Hall and Northeastern University
area is reclaimed.  That is, if you go back far enough, you'd be in Boston
Harbor.  (There is a section of Boston that is not now wet, called the Back
Bay.  It once was.) So I imagine it was very expensive property.

Regards,

Tom Connor