Beneath the Streets of Boston: The Original Big Dig

Join Joe McKendry for a presentation entitled Beneath the Streets of Boston: The Original Big Dig, a detailed history of this country's oldest underground system.

"Building his magnificent watercolor illustrations from a combination of old photographs, architectural drawings, and  newspaper clippings, he has created a coherent and convincing picture of 23 years of construction that significantly improved life above ground for the residents of one of America's most beautiful cities," said Caldecott winning author and illustrator David Macaulay.

Joe McKendry is a painter and illustrator whose work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the London Times, the Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, Esquire, and GQ.  His children's book, Beneath the Streets of Boston: Building America's First Subway (David R. Godine, 2005), portrays the planning and construction of Boston's subway system.

This event is free and open to the public.  For more information, visit www.actonhistoricalsociety.org.