To boldly go where no market has gone before: parcel 18 and the limits to progressive local land-use policy.
Published: 1992
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.; Development Projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Roxbury -- History.; Downtown, Boston (Mass.) -- Development Projects -- Linkage.; Land use -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Linkage -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.; Parcel 18, Roxbury, Boston (Mass.); Politics -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Ruggles Center, Boston (Mass.); Southwest Corridor -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Boston (Mass.) -- Economic policy.; Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) -- Development Projects -- History.
Description: ...presented to the Harvard College Committee on Degrees in Social Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree with honors of Bachelor of Arts; a case study of Parcel 18 (Ruggles Center) in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood; chapters include: "Political Development and Development Politics" (1950-1967: Back to Downtown: Manifestations of Downtown-Neighborhood Rivalry; 1967-1983: The [Mayor] White Years, and the Black Community; 1983: Linkage Payments and the Power of the Neighborhoods; 1983-1992: Boston Under Flynn), "From Highway Plans to Development Plans" (The Southwest Corridor; Obstacles to Development; The Theory of Parcel-to-Parcel Linkage; The BRA's Vision; Selecting a Developer), and "Public Politicization" (The MWRA [MA Water Resources Authority] Needs a New Home; Choosing Parcel 18; Fighting at the Statehouse; Attempts at a Compromise; The MWRA Thinks Again); also includes a theoretical argument about the economic constraints on local progessive land use policy; the author claims that this study is the only complete historical record of this development project; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection....