midtown cultural district open space study.
Contributors: Boston Redevelopment Authority.
Published: 1989
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
Subjects: Children -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Child care services -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Homeless persons -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Land use -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Midtown Cultural District, Boston (Mass.); Open spaces -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Theater District, Boston (Mass.); Tourists -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; City planning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Issues.; Art -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Chinatown (Boston, Mass.) -- Issues.
Description: ...examination of the population characteristics and community needs, reliant upon interviews with residents, community activists, Task Force members and service organizations on open space needs; includes sections on day care, tourists, the homeless, performance and visual artists and their patrons, office and retail workers, residents and abutting neighborhoods (Chinatown), housing (with inventory of housing developments), etc.; also looks at environmental factors, urban design issues and feasibility analysis; gives history and area description, inventory of open space and opportunities; this item was in the BRA collection...