Enjoy lunch at a location of your choosing with author, Yanni Tsipis, Boston resident and native, graduate of MIT and year-round instructor at MIT Center for Real Estate.  Included in this wonderful opportunity are all four books signed by the author!

Boston's Central Artery Fifty years ago, the Central Artery snaked its way through Boston, destroying century-old neighborhoods and bustling commercial districts in the very heart of the city. Designed to open Bostonís downtown to convenient car and truck access, the highway cut a two-mile-long gash through the nationís oldest and most historic city, destroying or casting a shadow over some of its most architecturally significant buildings.

Building Route 128 Route 128 traces its origins to the late 1920s, when the Massachusetts Department of Public Works cobbled together a makeshift network of existing roads through Bostonís suburbs. Between 1947 and 1956, during a statewide push to build new highways, Route 128 was reconstructed as a major regional expressway.

Boston's Bridges Flanked by rivers and ocean inlets, Boston has always been a city of bridges. At one time, Bostonians built more bridges per acre of city land than any other American city. From the days of the old Charles River crossing to the striking new Zakim span, these bridges stand as public monuments as much as they serve Boston’s transportation needs. In no other American city can such a dense collection of diverse bridge types, styles, and ages be found today.

Building the Mass PikeBy 1950, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its capital city had fallen on hard times. With the regionís railroads in decline and the roads in appalling disrepair, the difficulty of moving people and goods around the state and into its largest port was taking a heavy toll on the economy. The solution came in 1952 from one man and the road he devoted the last decade of his life to building. The man was William Callahan, and the road was the Massachusetts Turnpike.