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-{{:boardwalk.jpg?400 |Boardwalk running along the road to the President's House (right) and Smith House (left), ca. 1885. Photo Credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34617039
+[{{:boardwalk.jpg?400 |Boardwalk running along the road to the [[president_s_house|President's House]], now the [[english_department_building_115_vernon|English Department Building]] (right) and [[smith_house|Smith House]] (left), ca. 1885. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34617039|Trinity College Archives]]}}]
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+Some of Trinity's earliest campus walkways were actually boardwalks. During the late 19th century, wooden elevated sidewalks called "boardwalks" were a common feature in cities and towns. As roads were unpaved, they enabled people to keep their shoes clean and elevated from the dirt or mud roads.
-During the late 19th century, wooden elevated sidewalks called "boardwalks" were a common feature in cities and towns. As roads were unpaved, they enabled people to keep their shoes clean and elevated from the dirt or mud roads.
+Trinity College had several boardwalks installed on the [[summit_campus|Summit Campus]] prior to 1900. A prominent boardwalk led from [[vernon_street|Vernon Street]] to [[alumni_hall|Alumni Hall]] to the [[long_walk|Long Walk]], and another boardwalk led past [[jarvis_scientific_laboratory|Jarvis Laboratory]].
-Trinity College had several boardwalks installed on the [[summit_campus|Summit Campus]] prior to 1900. A prominent boardwalk led from [[vernon_street|Vernon Street]] to [[alumni_hall|Alumni Hall]] to the [[long_walk|Long Walk]], and another boardwalk led past [[jarvis_scientific_laboratory|Jarvis Laboratory]]. Around 1905, the boardwalks were replaced with flagstones.
+Around 1905, the boardwalks were replaced with flagstone paths.
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 [[http://www.archipedianewengland.org/1600-1699/historic-paving-and-sidewalks-in-new-england/|"HISTORIC PAVING AND SIDEWALKS IN NEW ENGLAND"]] (2019) by Hillary Rayport Hedges, Charles Sullivan, and Brian Pfeiffer, architectural historian.
-[[http://www.digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, p. 48.
+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2/|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, p. 48.
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