Highland park 1630-1977.
Contributors: Perry, Stewart E.
Published: 1977
Language: eng
Subjects: Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Roxbury.; Political participation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Roxbury.; Property Rehabilitation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Roxbury.; Quality of life -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Roxbury.; Roxbury Action Program (RAP); Quality of life -- Massachusetts -- Roxbury (Boston); Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Roxbury.; Highland Park (Boston, Mass.); Southwest Corridor (Boston, Mass.) -- Citizen participation.
Description: ...a brief history of the Highlands area of Boston's Roxbury neighborhood; includes a history of the Roxbury Action Program (RAP) in Highland Park (1969-1977) to improve the quality of life in the area through various urban renewal programs such as affordable housing rehabilitation and by promoting black culture; also describes it's citizen participation role in the Southwest Corridor project; photocopies of this item were in the BRA collection...