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<br /> A Grand Undertaking<br /> The Grand Allée at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate<br /> 1<br /> A Grand Undertaking: The Grand Allée at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate<br /> First Edition copyright © 2012 The Trustees of Reservations<br /> All rights reserved. The book, or portions thereof, may not<br /> be translated or reproduced in any form without written<br /> permission of copyright owner.<br /> ISBN 978-0-9651563-0-1<br /> Editing/Writing by Laurie O’Reilly<br /> Design by Elizabeth Hall McCormack<br /> Additional writing by April Austin<br /> Cover photo: © TTOR<br /> Photography: J. Beck, T. Kates, Jumping Rocks, E. McCormack, TTOR<br /> Published by The Trustees of Reservations<br /> 572 Essex Street | Beverly, MA 01915 | www.thetrustees.org<br /> Printed and bound by Blurb<br /> 2<br /> This book is dedicated to the memory of David Crockett<br /> When Gordon Abbott, then President of The Trustees of Reservations, wrote his definitive history of<br /> t<a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=1"> A Grand Undertaking The Grand Allée at Castle Hil</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=2"> A Grand Undertaking: The Grand Allée at Castle Hi</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=3"> This book is dedicated to the memory of David Cro</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=4"> Chapter 1 History & Background Measuring 1,500 </a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=5"> 5</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=6"> 6</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=7"> the park-like grounds of English manor houses and</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=8"> RIGHT: Columns of evergreens, like Italy’s famous</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=9"> 9</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=10"> The rest of the Estate’s landscape was just as g</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=11"> LEFT: Arthur Shurcliff brought to life Mrs. Crane</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=12"> 12</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=13"> Chapter 2 The Project By 2007, the Allée’s visi</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=14"> 14</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=15"> CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: An enormous crane gently lif</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=16"> 16</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=17"> 17</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=18"> PREVIOUS PAGE:The Grand Allée today, revealing a </a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=19"> 19</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=20"> 20</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=21"> LEFT TO RIGHT: Trees are cleared along the final </a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=22"> The Casino restoration In 1998, Castle Hill was d</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=23"> TOP LEFT: The restoration of the Casino took two </a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=24"> Chapter 3 Going Green As trusted caretakers of </a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=25"> 25</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=26"> In addition to recycling the trees, The Trustees </a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=27"> 27</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=28"> 28</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=29"> Chapter 4 The Future The Cranes loved opening t</a> <a title="A Grand Undertaking | The Grand Allee at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/453301e7?page=30"> FIND YOUR PLACE</a>