Modifications of the downtown-waterfront urban renewal plan.
Published: 1973
Language: eng
Subjects: Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Waterfront.; Building Heights -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Waterfront.; Older people -- Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Waterfront.; Hotels -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Waterfront.; Parcel Development -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Waterfront.; Parking -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Waterfront.; Parks -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Proposed.; Sargents Wharf, Boston (Mass.); Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Waterfront -- Plans.; Waterfront Restudy Committee, Boston (Mass.); Atlantic Avenue (Boston, Mass.); North End (Boston, Mass.) -- Waterfront -- Urban Renewal.
Other titles: Release dated December 13, 1973.
Description: ...press releases from Robert T. Kenney, BRA Director, announcing modifications of Boston's downtown waterfront urban renewal plan as worked out with the Waterfront Restudy Committee, a group of citizens representing the North End, the Waterfront, Sierra Club, League of Women Voters and other organizations; the changes involve the narrowing of Atlantic Avenue and the reconfiguring of various parcels that will allow for the development of new housing of which approximately half will be for low and moderate income families and the elderly; other changes deal with building heights, parking, a motel, Sargents Wharf, a new park, etc.; parcels involved are A-6, A-7, D-7, C-2b, and C-2; also includes a BRA Board memo, a summary of housing sites, a list of Committee members and 3 glossy photographs; copies of this item was in the BRA collection...