While I have already defined the main theme of the Bulfinch Triangle (i.e. the effect of changes in transportation on the evolution of the site), there are several other aspects that I want to explore in the final presentation. First off, I am hoping to discuss the influence of how the site was used before being developed. Even before the land was filled, the site was used as a mill pond used mainly to provide power to surrounding mills as well as a method of waste disposal. It is a combination of new technologies in the ways roads were paved and the fact that the pond was used for waste disposal that it was eventually targeted as one of the first land reclamation projects. This is the first time that a major innovation in transportation-related technologies has affected the site in a grand scale and marks the birth of the Bulfinch Triangle.
Additionally, I want to draw similarities between the Triangle today and Newbury Street (which is being presented the same day). Currently, Canal Street feels very much like a smaller scale version of Newbury Street, and it has pretty much always been the heart of the Bulfinch Triangle. This is because it is right next to the plot of land owned by the city of Boston that is always used as a transportation hub. Because of this, Canal Street is the first to feel the effects of changes in transportation. In my presentation, I aim to discuss how land use has changed along with transportation, and how those changes in land use have led to Canal Street becoming what it is today.